Supporters of the tax feel that the Browns will leave Cleveland if the stadium is not renovated, which will cause economic hardships in Cleveland. The proposal has a 10- year tax on alcohol and tobacco products. This lessens the burden of taxpayers by reducing taxes for the sports facility and can reduce the amount of tobacco and alcohol use in the state. In California, a majority of the voters are supporting increasing sin taxes to help fund educational and health programs. Cigarette tax may go up by as much as one dollar a pack.
Sin taxes are an excellent vehicle in which to generate funds for any institution or facility.
It was also said that it might make sense to package the stadium plan with other metro-wide project such as transportation improvements. Sam Grabaski, the president of the Minneapolis Downtown Council anticipates the recent budget surpluses will result in Legislature to reduce the statewide sales tax. If the stadium does attract more people from outside the Twin Cities, when they come to the city it'll be people outside the city who pay part of the tax. If it were an income tax to pay for the stadium, it would be entirely the people in Saint Paul who'd pay the income tax. If there were a property tax exemption given to the stadium, it would reduce the property tax revenues collected by the city, county and school district.