Residents in Salt Lake City will likely be the funders of a sports-entertainment zone centering on the Jazz and Utah's new NHL team, even if they never buy a ticket. Residents in Salt Lake City will likely be the funders of a sports-entertainment zone centering on the Jazz and Utah's new NHL team, even if they never buy a ticket to a game.
"It probably isn't fair; it probably should be broader," said Shane Hanna, who lives in Sugar House. "The surrounding areas will benefit from it as well.""It's going to be a Utah team," she said. "We read that yesterday. It's not a Salt Lake team, it's a Utah team." For baseball, property taxes from new building in the Fairpark area would finance an MLB stadium, with a cap at $900 million.
Clayton Holdstock, who described himself as a "casual hockey fan," said he could see both sides of public financing.