The Conference Center in Salt Lake City will close from late March 2026 to March 2027, except for general conference and other major scheduled events.

President Brigham Young, who was a carpenter, glazier and painter, said to cancel everything on Valentine’s Day in 1853. He said he was going to break ground for the Salt Lake Temple, and if people wanted to talk to him, they could bring a pick or a shovel.

Learn about the new presidents and matrons of the Bangkok Thailand, Bogotá Colombia, Managua Nicaragua, Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala, Orem Utah, Phoenix Arizona, Preston England and San Salvador El Salvador temples. They will begin their service in September or when the new temples are dedicated.

This house of the Lord in eastern Virginia, one of four temples in various stages in the state, will be built on a 23-acre site.

Learn about the new presidents and matrons of the Bismarck North Dakota, Logan Utah, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, San Antonio Texas, Snowflake Arizona and Tucscon Arizona temples. They will begin serving in September.

The future house of the Lord is planned as an 18,500-square-foot building in southern Chile.

“May the beginning of this work inspire us all to rededicate our lives to Thee and Thy Beloved Son,” prayed Elder Joni L. Koch at the groundbreaking.

Nearly 80 years after it was prophesied, the Jacksonville Florida Temple began its construction phase to become “a symbol of peace, a symbol of unity, a symbol of interfaith dialogue,” said Elder Massimo De Feo.

Elder Bednar utilized a common Filipino phrase to express "deep reverence and wholehearted appreciation" for the new temple in Alabang, Philippines.

See site maps released for the Flagstaff Arizona Temple and Kahului Hawaii Temple.