Funding For Community Bowl Debated

What will it take to upgrade the athletic facilities in Minot Maybe the better question is how will an upgrade be paid for That was the main topic of discussion for the Community Bowl Committee that met at Minot s City Hall this morning The group now has an artist s rendition of what a new Football track and Soccer complex would look like but how will the 11 to 12 million be raised to pay for it A proposed hospitality tax is currently be researched but Minot Mayor Curt Zimbelman cautioned the group against using only that to raise the funds mainly because it would take so long Curt Zimbelman Minot Mayor When you are looking at a hospitality tax and I hope that works out well you are probably looking at 15 to 18 years of tax and that is a difficult sell for a tax that long I just although a sales tax would be tough as well personally I think that is a much easier sell to the community You may notice another feature with the proposed facility a bubble that would be used in the winter months keeping the inside a comfortable 55 degrees That would add an additional one million dollars to the project If a one cent sales tax like the mayor was suggesting is the direction the committee chooses to go it would be on the ballot more than likely in June of next year Paying for the Community Bowl in that fashion would take about two years with between six and eight million being generated each year