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Should taxpayers help fund a possible MLB stadium in Salt Lake City? |
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| | For what could be a billion-dollar project, the question of how public funds would be utilized to build a possible Major League Baseball stadium in Salt Lake City arises. Utah government officials seem to disapprove of diverting taxpayer dollars directly to build a ballpark, but have acknowledged the possibility of other funding methods such as tax increment financing or a public-private partnership. But how do Utahns feel about it? A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll found Utahns almost evenly split on the idea, with 47% supporting the use of tax dollars and 50% opposing. Supporters of bringing an MLB team to Salt Lake City point to Truist Park in Atlanta and the adjacent The Battery Atlanta, a mixed-use development and entertainment district, as the blueprint for what they envision in Utah. In Atlanta, the sixth largest professional sports market in the country, public funding covered 45% of the initial cost for the Braves stadium that opened in 2017. Salt Lake City is the 29th largest market, per Nielsen television ratings. |
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