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5% ‘seat fee’ proposed to fund arts
By Lucas Sullivan
The Columbus Dispatch
Sunday February 19, 2012 5:39 AM

The cost of attending a Bruce Springsteen concert or an Ohio State University football game could increase under a proposal to enact a seat surcharge on every entertainment ticket. In a presentation to county commissioners on Thursday, members of the Greater Columbus Arts Council proposed a 5 percent “seat fee” — state law calls it an “admissions tax” — to provide a new and stable revenue stream to promote and sustain the arts.

READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/02/19/5-seat-fee-proposed-to-fund-arts.html

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Zooky

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Seems like a great idea. Adding 90 cents to a Clippers ticket as cause for concern is laughable.

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Zooky said:
Seems like a great idea. Adding 90 cents to a Clippers ticket as cause for concern is laughable.

Not really. That's an extra 4 or 5 bucks for a family, and the Clippers have traditionally provided extremely affordable family entertainment in town.

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An extra $4 makes a clippers game not affordable? You're kidding right??

Posted 1 year ago #
jamiegentry
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http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/any-way-to-avoid-promowest-fees

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Zooky said:
An extra $4 makes a clippers game not affordable? You're kidding right??

I think it could make a family decide between a Clippers game and a movie from the redbox with some snacks. I think 5% per ticket is way too high.

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Zooky said:
An extra $4 makes a clippers game not affordable? You're kidding right??

An extra $4 makes a Clippers game less affordable, particularly for low income families. No, I don't think the residents of the Arena District or Downtown will care, but the people who had been going to games in Cooper for years might.

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Plenty of "low income" families have gone to cbj & that arena football thing in the past & lowest prices on those tickets is 1.5-2x cost of clippers games. Lack of Public funding for arts in columbus does need to be tackled & this is a move in the right direction.

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Zooky said:
Plenty of "low income" families have gone to cbj & that arena football thing in the past & lowest prices on those tickets is 1.5-2x cost of clippers games. Lack of Public funding for arts in columbus does need to be tackled & this is a move in the right direction.

1. What is your evidence that poor families are going to Blue Jackets games? I've seen none.

2. Funding for arts in Columbus has been tackled with the bed tax, and with tourism on a dramatic rise last year, not sure why this isn't enough still.

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This would make existing entertainment 5% more expensive in order to make arts-based more accessible, affordable and provide new cultural options that don't currently exist.

Sounds like a good deal to me.

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Or we could re-examine the distribution of the bed tax.

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Arts council President Milt Baughman said sustainability is important because the Columbus-area arts culture contributes $67 million in tax revenue and has created 25,000 jobs.

raise the city income taxes 5% on those 25,000 people who got jobs the Columbus area arts culture created.

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Coremodels said:
Or we could re-examine the distribution of the bed tax.

Pretty sure Experience Columbus is looking to tap that fund further...

http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/columbus-tourism-experience-columbus-news-038-updates#post-391301

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Kinda implies that there's not enough people to patronize art events without subsidy from sporting events, no?

Of course, that gets into funding of stadiums... hmm.

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Walker said:
Pretty sure Experience Columbus is looking to tap that fund further...

http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/columbus-tourism-experience-columbus-news-038-updates#post-391301

Yeah, it sucks that they worked so hard for a big, downtown hotel that won't actually be contributing bed taxes to them for 30 years, but I'm not entirely convinced.

Anyone who knows me should know I'm not opposed to funding the arts, particularly on a local level, I just don't know that I buy this answer.

Maybe even further examination of the split between county and city of the bed tax should be looked at as well.

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I think it will need to come from multiple sources with small percentages (ie in the 1% or less range) and should be in areas that are related to entertainment. I think they could easily make a ton of money if they set up some very small extra (even hundredths of a percent) fees for restaurant/bar tabs in entertainment districts such as the Brewery District, AD, Downtown, Easton and the SN.

If my bar tab costs an extra 10 cents at Tip Top I am not going to sweat it - especially if I am down there because I am headed to a performance at The Commons.

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By this rationale, why not add a 5% tax on everything for anything?

Posted 1 year ago #
BCNation
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By Lucas Sullivan

Columbus(/Franklinton)'s founding father (minus the "T" in his last name), hehe?

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rus said:
Kinda implies that there's not enough people to patronize art events without subsidy from sporting events, no?

I didn't realize watching Bruce Springsteen (the example in the original article) was a sport. ;)

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I like this idea more.

Illinois flirting with ‘pole tax’ for strip clubs

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois already charges so-called sin taxes on smokes, booze and casino gambling. Now, state lawmakers are thinking about imposing a $5 skin tax to get into strip clubs.

Club owners are in an uproar, arguing that the tax might put smaller strip joints out of business and throw dancers, bartenders, bouncers and valet attendants out of work.
Illinois flirting with ‘pole tax’ for strip clubs

“We wouldn’t want that,” said Tiffany Winkler, manager of the Pink Monkey in Chicago.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2012/02/17/illinois-flirting-with-pole-tax-for-strip-clubs.html

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