Indiana residents push back on taxes for proposed Bears stadium

Some Indiana residents are “not thrilled about the new taxes” that would be put into place to help pay for a potential Bears stadium in Hammond, according to Robert McCoppin of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. The plan would “involve a series of new taxes: a 1% food and beverage tax in Lake and Porter counties, a 5% tax increase on hotel rooms in Lake County, and a 12% admissions tax.” It would also involve “toll roads and creating a special taxing district to funnel new tax proceeds to the stadium project.” But Northwest Indiana residents, some of whom recently had “literally taken to…..

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