Many non-Salt Lake County senators were miffed that portions of a tax on car rentals, which occur in Salt Lake County, would be kept in Salt Lake County instead of going to fund tourism and other programs in their counties.

Salt Lake City leaders maintain the expansion funding scenario is similarly unfair because the state is unwilling to pay for any of the cost. Latest projections show the state will earn an additional $2.2 million in extra yearly tax revenue from the expansion, yet the state isn't contributing any money. Salt Lake City, on the other hand, would only gain $600,000 a year in extra revenue, with Salt Lake County getting a $1.2 million boost.

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