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Originally Posted by jettio
Kansas City used hotel and rental car tax increase to fund Sprint Center which is now T-Moblie Center.
Jackson County used 3/8 cent sales tax increase to fund improvements to the K and Arrowhead.
A business use tax would have funded rolling roof that could cover either stadium, but that did not get majority vote.
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https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2397151
Kansas City OKs sales tax for sports renovations
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Voters on Tuesday split on a pair of measures to pay for upgrades to Kansas City's sports stadiums, approving a sales tax for renovations but rejecting a plan for a rolling roof to make both facilities climate-controlled. The measures in Jackson County were designed to raise more than $500 million to renovate Kauffman Stadium, where baseball's Kansas City Royals play, and Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs.
Voters supporting the tax increases feared the teams might leave without the improvements. Opponents decried giving aid to millionaire team owners. A three-eighth-cent sales tax will raise $425 million over 25 years to renovate the stadiums and add such amenities as a pavilion behind the baseball stadium.
A separate user tax would have generated about $200 million for the rolling roof. With all precincts reporting, the sales tax won by about 5,000 votes, while the roof plan failed by under 4,000 votes. The teams' owners have pledged, together, more than $125 million toward the renovations.
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Later, The Hunt Family threw in nearly $100 million more for renovations out of their own pocket.
I clearly remember when this happened because the first time I rented a car while visiting in 2009, I couldn't ****ing believe the taxes! I paid like $199 for an SUV for the week but paid like $150 in taxes alone.
From that perspective, I totally understand why a city like San Diego, which thrives via tourism, would reject a car rental and hotel tax to build a stadium for the shitty-ass Spanos family.