claim: using a surcharge on the cigarette tax to help pay for a new downtown sports arena "is not feasible under state law."
author: tom barrett
evidence_1: in fall of 2011, mayor michael b. coleman with the support of columbus city  council ... the current and potential streams of non-income tax funding that could  benefit ... the committee recommends the city consider an admissions surcharge  as a .... in 1967, the state of ohio enacted legislation permitting municipalities to  ...
evidence_2: using a surcharge on the cigarette tax to help pay for a new downtown sports  arena "is not feasible under state law." — politifact wisconsin on thursday,  march ...
evidence_3: county will pay most of the cost using proceeds from the half-cent ... not go to a  ballot, the new proposal called plan b, was ... state will have $50m available in  tax credits for the project. ... downtown sports-entertainment .... approval of a  cigarette tax of 30 cents a pack to help fund a .... possible future  referenda.
evidence_4: using a surcharge on the cigarette tax to help pay for a new downtown sports  arena "is not feasible under state law." — politifact wisconsin on thursday,  march ...
evidence_5: franchise and possible sources of financing for the new stadium. ... metrodome in  downtown minneapolis for the start of the 1982 baseball ... and the met center  hockey arena, is owned by the metropolitan sports facilities .... it is not clear if  any portion of the stadium may be financed with tax-exempt ..... federal cigarette  tax.