Mike Hendricks at the Star writes about the perils of relying on sales taxes to pay for a new stadium.
Three out of the 32 NFL stadiums have a ticket tax. Others depend upon a combination of those and other financial approaches that put the tax burden more on sports fans than folks who might never attend a game due to lack of interest or they can’t afford to buy a ticket.
“Generally speaking, that’s a much better approach,” says Patrick Ishmael, the Kansas City-based director of government accountability at the Show-Me Institute, a libertarian think tank.