From Deseret News archives:
Real S.L. may seek state funds
Sandy pondering a bill to create new funding
Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan told the Deseret Morning News on Friday that the city is considering promoting a bill this session to create another funding source to help pay for the 136-acre Major League Soccer project.
When asked for details, Dolan replied: "I don't want to talk about this right now."
House Speaker, Greg Curtis, R-Sandy, confirmed late Friday that he has been talking with Dolan about funding options but isn't sold on the idea of running a bill to fund a soccer stadium.
"I just really don't know if I have the fight in me," Curtis said. "That would involve a significant legislative fight. I'm not sure that my legislative colleagues are going to step in and say, 'We're going to do it.'"
A Real spokesman also declined to comment on any bills that might help fund a stadium.
"Our efforts are 100-percent focused on getting the county deal done," said Eric Gelfand, senior vice president of communications at SCP Worldwide, the company of Real team owner Dave Checketts. The company owns 50 percent of the team.
Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon denied Real's first funding plan in May, and the County Council followed suit in July. That angered several local leaders, including Dolan, who said at the time that the project "is dead."
Despite assertions from county leaders that they are still considering the deal, Curtis doesn't buy it.
"I said it was up to the county, and they have determined from my perspective they have determined to not do it," Curtis said. "They said (the funding deal is) still alive. I don't believe it."
During last year's legislative session, leaders passed a bill that allowed Salt Lake County to levy a tourism tax for the stadium project. Although legislators authorized the use, its implementation was left to the discretion of the county.
But now that the stadium deal is unfolding, Curtis is relying on a resolution, passed by the County Council, promising the Legislature that the county won't spend any hotel-room taxes without direction from the Legislature.
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