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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 2068138, member: 27"]
[USER=127]Cheriehoop[/USER] is correct; sales tax is charged on all ticket sales, concessions, parking, merchandising, etc. in the Dome.  That, along with all the taxes paid by patrons using hotel rooms, local restaurants, etc. generates enormous revenue for the state that would not exist if the Carrier Dome did not exist.

As far as property taxes, the last I knew, the Dome, as well as all property owned by SU, is exempt.  The city of Syracuse and SU however negotiated a deal where the city gets a substantial payment each year in return for the city not pursuing claims it is non tax exempt.

[URL="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-12-18/sports/0280180119_1_tax-exempt-status-city-of-syracuse-dome"]The Carrier Dome will be exempted from property taxes...[/URL]

The dome was a great investment for the state.  Besides providing millions of dollars in sales tax revenue to the state, that investment has a lasting major impact on the economy of CNY, gave thousands of NYS kids a big time facility in play in (football, basketball, track and field, field hockey, soccer, marching band, etc).  It also gave upstate NY residents a chance to see big time concerts that would not easily be able to see otherwise, as well as give access to other unique non-SU athletic events for CNY residents (like NCAA events in lacrosse and basketball, NFL exhibition games, boxing matches, monster trucks, etc.).

NYS rarely makes good decisions spending money.  This was one of the rare good decisions.  And when they invest again in a renovation of the Dome, it will be another great investment.
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