ClickOnDetroit.com, the website for Detroit's Local4 NBC affiliate WDIV, reports the following:
Local Business Leaders Say No To New Tax
Local business leaders are fighting to stop the new tax plan that will charge people to purchase tickets for sports, entertainment and other luxury items.
Mike Ilitch, owner of the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings and other venues like the Fox Theatre and Bill Davidson, who owns the Detroit Pistons and several concert venues launched a Web site to get you to speak out about the tax.
Opponents to the tax said it unfairly burdens Detroit, the biggest concert and sports venue area in the state.
According to lawmakers, the luxury tax would bring in an estimated $100 million into the state,
from Ansar Khan's Red Wings Bulletin blog at mlive.com:
"It wasn’t too surprising to see empty seats at Joe Louis Arena in the first round against Calgary, considering the state of the economy in Michigan, the high ticket prices and the team’s string of early playoff exits...Obviously, they miscalculated in setting ticket prices for the playoffs. There’s nothing they can do about it now, but, unless the Wings win the Stanley Cup, they’re going to have to lower ticket prices next season, especially in the playoffs."
ranks Mike Ilitch at #242 (tied with Oprah Winfrey) on its annual list of the "400 Richest Americans."
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