Stormland TV did a story on the Haymarket Center that is being built in Lincoln, NE. One of the ways they are paying for it is through a 2% Occupation tax (which is really just an entertainment tax). Sioux Falls already has a 1% tax, but what if we to make it higher to not only subsidize the new EC but pay off bonds? I have often suggested a corporate entertainment tax also, maybe businesses that employee over 50 people in SF could be a part of the tax.
As a guy said at a recent Listening and Learning session, (54:00 MIN) “Businesses need to have a little skin in the game.” He is right, and what a better way to do it. They are constantly harping we need more entertainment in SF so they can attract workers, well guess what, here is your opportunity to pony up.