By Spencer Soicher, 9 News | Two Denver City Council members are proposing a tiered seat tax on tickets at large private venues to generate an estimated $30 million per year for transportation programs the city has struggled to fund. Councilmembers Sarah Parady and Flor Alvidrez presented the proposal this week that would send the measure to Denver voters on the November 2026 ballot. If approved, the tax would apply to original ticket sales at privately owned venues with more than 1,000 seats. It would not apply to resale tickets.
The proposal is structured in three tiers. In the current state of the proposal, tickets priced under $100 would carry a 5% tax. Tickets priced between $100 and $250 would carry a 10% tax. Tickets over $250 would carry a 15% tax.
City-owned venues, including Red Rocks Amphitheatre, are exempt. There is already an existing 10% seat tax at city-owned venues.
Alvidrez said the revenue would fund two long-underfunded city programs: the Safe Routes to School Action Plan, adopted in 2021 to build safer walking and biking infrastructure for students, and Denver Moves Everyone, the city’s long-term transportation plan.
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Read the rest of this proposal here:
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-news/denver-may-ask-voters-to-approve-new-ticket-tax/73-fb818975-98f7-43ad-9695-2c9a71ae0914?tbref=hp
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