What the new Titans stadium plan means for Nashville taxpayers
The Metro Council will soon vote on a $2.2 billion plan to build a new stadium for the Tennessee Titans.
In December, the Council voted to approve the term sheet, which includes $500 million in state funds that can only be used toward a new enclosed stadium. Additional funding would come in the form of football-related revenue, a 1% hotel tax in Davidson County and money collected from the stadium campus.
The vote passed by a wide margin, but there is a small, yet vocal, contingent opposed to using taxpayer funds to build a new home for a professional sports team worth $3 billion.
Mayor John…
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