Editing Salt Lake Bees (section)

===Prior Salt Lake City teams===
After the 1914 [[Pacific Coast League]] season, Salt Lake City businessman Bill "Hardpan" Lane purchased the [[Sacramento Solons]] and brought the team to Utah as the [[Salt Lake City Bees]]. Though a charter member of the PCL, the Solons suffered on the field and at the gate, being exiled at times to [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]], [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], and [[San Francisco]]. On March 31, 1915, their first game was played with more than 10,000 fans pouring into Majestic Park (later renamed Bonneville Park) to cheer the Bees to a 9–3 win over the [[Vernon Tigers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/salt-lake-telegram-salt-lake-makes-real/167205550/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Salt Lake Makes 'Real' Debut Into Pacific Coast League Baseball|work=The Salt Lake Telegram|location=Salt Lake City|date=April 1, 1915|page=3}}</ref>

The original Bees never won a PCL [[Pennant (sports)|pennant]], but they drew attendees well, especially given the small market size. However, other PCL team owners resented the high cost of travel to Salt Lake City. When the Vernon Tigers abandoned Los Angeles after the 1925 season, it was suggested to Lane that he would do well to transfer his team to Southern California. After 11 seasons, the Bees moved to Los Angeles for the 1926 season. Initially known as the Hollywood Bees, the team soon became the Hollywood Stars. After ten seasons in Hollywood, the team transferred again to San Diego, where it played as the San Diego Padres from 1936 to 1968. Salt Lake City was without a baseball team until 1946, when it received a franchise in the [[Pioneer League (baseball)|Pioneer League]].<ref name=BRSLC>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Salt%20Lake%20City&state=UT&country=US|title=Salt Lake City, Utah Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 3, 2019}}</ref>

Salt Lake City once was home to an all-black baseball team called the Occidentals. They played during the early 1900s against white teams in Utah and across the Western United States.<ref name="OCC">{{cite news |last1=McGriff |first1=Jamie |title=Salt Lake Bees Discover History of Utah's All-Black Baseball Team |url=https://kjzz.com/news/local/salt-lake-bees-discover-history-of-utahs-all-black-baseball-team-occidentals-early-1900s-minor-league-sports-baseball-history |access-date=September 5, 2023 |work=KJZZ |date=August 18, 2023}}</ref>