Salt Lake City Billion Dollar Ballpark Funding Drama: A Shifting Plan

💰Lawmakers shift funding plan for billion dollar ballpark in Salt Lake City, opting to use existing sales tax instead of increasing hotel tax.

📊Estimate for funding now at least $600 million for the ballpark, down from previous estimate of $900 million.

⚾️Lawmakers continue to push for the construction of a major league baseball stadium in Salt Lake City.

🌆The ballpark would be built on the west side of Salt Lake City and funded by taxpayer money.

🚨Rural search and rescue funding removed from funding package in favor of ballpark construction.

Why did lawmakers change the funding plan for the ballpark?

—Lawmakers decided to use existing sales tax instead of increasing hotel tax to fund the ballpark.

How much funding is now estimated for the ballpark?

—At least $600 million is now estimated for the construction of the ballpark.

Where will the ballpark be located?

—The ballpark will be built on the west side of Salt Lake City.

Who will pay for the ballpark?

—Taxpayers will fund the construction of the ballpark.

What was removed from the funding package?

—Funding for rural search and rescue was removed from the package.

00:00Lawmakers in Salt Lake City change funding plan for billion dollar ballpark, opting to use existing sales tax instead of increasing hotel tax.

00:02Estimate for funding now at least $600 million for the ballpark, down from previous estimate of $900 million.

00:05Lawmakers continue to push for the construction of a major league baseball stadium in Salt Lake City.

00:08The ballpark would be built on the west side of Salt Lake City and funded by taxpayer money.

00:11Rural search and rescue funding removed from funding package in favor of ballpark construction.