A comprehensive look at what's at stake for downtown Salt Lake City
June 29, 2024
By Dennis Romboy
Keven Rowe, a real estate attorney with Buchalter in Salt Lake City, said he can’t imagine the council not approving the tax increase given the momentum the new NHL team has generated. But there’s a question about whether the project benefits the people whose sales tax is going up and whether the funds are a public investment or subsidy for wealthy developers.
“That’s the question of the whole proposition, right? Is that fair and does that actually really make sense for the average Salt Lake City resident?” Rowe said. “That’s the political balance that people have to thread with respect to this. That’s why you see the sales pitches that you see, which is it’s obvious that money is going to people with money. So the question is, is that OK or not?”
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