The choice by one household of Utah automotive sellers to promote the Utah Jazz created a uncommon alternative for an additional family-owned dealership group within the state to sponsor the basketball crew.
Ken Garff Automotive Group has signed on to be the official automotive companion of the Jazz, somewhat greater than a 12 months after the household of vendor Larry H. Miller, who died in 2009, offered the crew.
It is the primary sponsorship settlement between the crew, which moved to Utah in 1979, and Ken Garff, which was based in 1932. Miller purchased the Jazz in 1985.
Asbury Automotive purchased Miller’s 61 dealerships final 12 months for $3.2 billion.
“We’re excited to companion with the Utah Jazz for the primary time in our 90-year historical past and work collectively to additional strengthen our group in Utah,” Ken Garff proprietor John Garff mentioned in an announcement.