Utah is considering a significant investment in sports infrastructure, with proposals to allocate $900 million and $1 billion of taxpayer money towards the construction of new Major League Baseball (MLB) and National Hockey League (NHL) stadiums, respectively. A bill to finance a potential MLB stadium in Salt Lake City has passed its first legislative hurdle, aiming to revamp the city's west side. The proposal included raising hotel and car rental taxes to fund half of the MLB stadium's estimated $1.8 billion cost. However, recent developments have seen Utah lawmakers retract plans to increase the hotel tax for the MLB stadium's construction, amidst concerns from Jordan Garn of the Utah Hotel and Lodging Association about the burden on hotels.
Utah lawmakers Tuesday scrapped plans to raise the hotel tax for construction of a potential Major League Baseball stadium on Salt Lake City’s west side. | By @dennisromboy https://t.co/gYeMcWV2ua
From @AlixelCabrera: Utah drops statewide hotel tax from public funding plan for MLB stadium #utpol #utleg https://t.co/fNsLWgQHmS via @UTNewsDispatch
UPDATED: Utah lawmakers scrap raising hotel tax for MLB stadium @thelhmcompany https://t.co/d3LkTQAlZq #utpol #utleg
Interesting Utah lawmakers Tuesday scrapped plans to raise the hotel tax for construction of a potential Major League Baseball stadium on Salt Lake City’s west side. https://t.co/qmiWsEMj8p
Utah lawmakers scrap raising hotel tax for MLB stadium https://t.co/d3LkTQAlZq #utpol #utleg
NEW: The plan to finance a Major League Baseball stadium on Salt Lake's west side got a big change as it hit the House floor Tuesday. @LindsayOnAir https://t.co/nHBexoyxNp
Members of the Utah House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that speeds up redevelopment on Salt Lake City's west side and sets up the framework for a Major League Baseball stadium. https://t.co/7mznyVfxie
The following is not a typo. Utah lawmakers want to raise sales tax in SLC & hotel room tax statewide to spend almost $2 Billion, yes $2 BILLION, on an MLB stadium & NHL arena in Salt Lake City. How do we feel about this? #utpol #MLB #NHL
A proposal to raise hotel and car rental taxes to fund half of a potential Major League Baseball stadium — estimated to cost $1.8 billion — on Salt Lake City’s struggling west side cleared a Utah legislative committee Friday. | By @dennisromboy https://t.co/umCN93EnRa
Revamping Salt Lake City’s west side: Proposed MLB stadium clears first legislative hurdle @slcmayor @theLHMcompany https://t.co/Y5Zwri3ziU #utpol #utleg
A bill that sets up the framework to finance a potential Major League Baseball stadium in #Utah cleared the fence in its first legislative at-bat. https://t.co/T34BjhHBJl #mlb #baseball #slc #saltlakecity
How much are you willing to pay for baseball and hockey? The Utah Legislature is considering committing $900M and $1B of taxpayer money, respectively, to building new baseball and hockey stadiums. Do you support that spending?
Utah may pay $900M to fund potential MLB stadium, increase hotel tax #stgeorge #southernutah #cedarcity #utleg @UTNewsDispatch https://t.co/FxKPw5AYvw
Jordan Garn, Utah Hotel and Lodging Association, supports @MLB coming here, but concerned hotels bear too much burden with tax hikes on accommodations. @KUTV2News https://t.co/njNf7Xr5PP