希尔斯伯勒县通过光芒队新球场拨款 9000万美元加2.63亿美元债券获批
佛罗里达州希尔斯伯勒县委员会11月10日表决通过坦帕湾光芒队新球场的多项关键拨款。委员会批准把球场列为新增资本改良项目，从社区投资税延期项目基金储备中划拨9000万美元，作为球场项目2027财年的启动预算；同时把光芒队球场列入可通过续期社区投资税资助的基础设施项目名单，并授权县政府发行至多2.63亿美元旅游发展税收益债券为球场建设融资。光芒队新球场计划建在希尔斯伯勒学院戴尔马布里校区的120英亩用地上，总投资约23.6亿美元，目标2029年3月完工。今年8月，坦帕市与希尔斯伯勒县已同意合计8.76亿美元公共资金，其中坦帕市8000万美元、县里7.96亿美元。此次表决正值县财政承压之际：佛州选民通过的第3号修正案将大幅提高自住房产税免税额，佛罗里达政策研究所估计县财政头两年收入缺口接近10亿美元。
Hillsborough County Approves Rays Ballpark Funding: $90 Million Plus $263 Million in Bonds
The Hillsborough County Commission in Florida voted on November 10 to approve key funding measures for a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark. The commission added the ballpark as a new capital improvement project and appropriated $90 million from the Community Investment Tax extension project fund reserves as the project’s fiscal 2027 startup budget; it also placed the Rays ballpark on the list of infrastructure projects eligible for the renewed Community Investment Tax and authorized the county to issue up to $263 million in tourist development tax revenue bonds to finance construction. The new ballpark is planned for a 120-acre site at Hillsborough College’s Dale Mabry campus, at a total cost of about $2.36 billion, targeting completion in March 2029. In August, the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County had agreed to a combined $876 million in public funding — $80 million from the city and $796 million from the county. The vote comes as county finances are under pressure: Amendment 3, passed by Florida voters, will sharply raise the homestead property tax exemption, and the Florida Policy Institute estimates a revenue gap of nearly $1 billion for the county over the first two years.
来源：希尔斯伯勒县委员会
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