| City |
Facility
(Teams) |
Referendum |
Taxpayer Costs |
Year
Opened |
| Year |
Result |
| Major League Baseball |
| Arlington |
The Ballpark in Arlington |
1991 |
Passed
(approx. 65%) |
Voters approved a ½ cent local sales tax increase to help pay for the stadium. With tax breaks and rent subsidies, total public financing exceeded $200M. |
1994 |
| Houston |
Minute Maid Park; formerly Enron Field (Astros) |
1996 |
Passed (51%) |
Voters approved the use of $180M in hotel and rental car taxes to help pay for the stadium. The team added a payment valued at $53M and private investors contributed $35M. |
2000 |
| National Basketball Association |
| Dallas |
American Airlines Center (Mavericks and Stars)* |
1998 |
Passed |
Voters passed by just 1,600 votes a $125M package funded by new 5% car rental and 2% hotel taxes. |
2001 |
| San Antonio |
SBC Center (Spurs) |
1999 |
Passed (60%) |
Voters approved $146.5M for arena construction paid for by a county tax increase, a hike in the hotel tax from 15% to 16.75%; and a car rental tax increase from 10% to 15%. |
2002 |
| Houston |
NBA Arena (Rockets and WNBA Comets) |
1999 |
Defeated (54%) |
Voters defeated expenditure of $80M in public funds raised through hotel and car rental taxes, along with proposed tax exemptions on parking revenues and tax rebates on ticket sales. |
N/A |
| Houston |
Toyota Center (Rockets and WNBA Comets) |
2000 |
Passed (61%) |
Voters approved an arena funding plan nearly identical to one rejects a year earlier with nearly all the $125M-$175M public contribution coming from existing hotel and car rental taxes. |
2003 |
| National Hockey League |
| Dallas |
American Airlines Center (Stars and Mavericks)* |
1998 |
Passed |
Voters passed by just 1,600 votes a $125M arena construction package funded by new 5% car rental and 2% hotel taxes. |
2001 |
| National Football League |
| Houston |
Reliant Stadium |
1996 |
Passed (51%) |
Voters approved public financing of a new football stadium at the same time that they approved funding for a new baseball stadium. When the Oilers moved after the 1996 season, interest in a new football stadium lapsed until the NFL awarded the city a new franchise in 1999. |
2002 |
