It seems that the entertainment tax that applies to all other forms of entertainment in downtwon Minneapolis and the convention center tax on food and beverages as well as any local sales tax to fund police and other public safety functions of the city that might be approved MUST apply to baseball admission tickets.
We can't allow this to pass as the new ballpark if it brings additional visitors to the city who are mostly going to spend money on tickets and in the ballpark we need to make sure it is taxed at the same rate as other forms of entertainment in the downtown zone. David Strand Loring Park Paying high taxes for my coffee and occassional dinner and lunch in my neighborhood --- "Leurquin, Ronald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://ww3.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/bs/84/HF2480.html > > Taken from above link: > 9 City requirements. > Subd. 1. Requires city of Minneapolis to vacate a > portion of Third Avenue North. > Subd. 2. Requires city of Minneapolis to convey land > it owns within the development area to the authority > without charge. > Subd. 3. Requires city of Minneapolis to issue > liquor licenses for the premises of the ballpark. > Subd. 4. Actions taken by Minneapolis under this > section not deemed to be an expenditure. > 10 Local taxes. Sales of admissions to baseball > events are exempt from local sales taxes. > > So this has Mpls giving up land it owns without > repayment, and then exempts tickets from local > taxes. > Just how much will I as a Mpls resident end up > paying for this thing? > Why do I feel so alone as seeing this thing as a > giant example of reverse Robin Hooding? > When are the tax payers going to stand up and put > major league sports in their place? > Ron Leurquin > Nokomis East > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at > http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a > member is in violation, contact the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: > http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused > Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
