Tourist taxes also funded about half of the team's current home, the TD Waterhouse Centre. Schools and roads have been far removed from the debate. New Orleans also spends room taxes on schools. And cities such as Chicago and Seattle spend room taxes on everything from sidewalks to roads. Each of those cities has a room tax significantly higher than Orlando's 5 percent room tax and 6 percent sales tax.
Many residents think tourists have an obligation to help fix the roads they clog.
I get it pretty bad in the morning. You don't move. Poll finds broad support In the Sentinel poll, support for spreading the room taxes around crosses gender, geographic and even political lines. In each group, the ratio was at least 2-1. The survey of 625 people was taken April 18 and 19 and was spread over Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties, considered the heart of the Magic's following in Central Florida.