Claim: The majority of public funding for the Marlins stadium "came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is incurred by tourists who are visiting our city, NOT the resident taxpayers."
Fact-check: Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria says tourists -- not taxpayers -- paid most of public cost for stadium
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Amy Sherman
Date published: 2013-03-05T00:00:00