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City of Plano Proposition A: arena venue project and taxes to finance it

On the ballot in
City of Plano
Vote
Yes or no
Election
Nov 3, 2026

The question, as printed on the ballot

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; Authorizing the City’s venue project, specifically being a new multipurpose arena for professional or amateur sports, entertainment, and civic events in The Shops at Willow Bend shopping mall area in the City, and authorizing imposition of one or more of the following for the purpose of financing the venue project: (1) a short-term motor vehicle rental tax in the City at a rate not to exceed 5%; (2) an event parking tax at the venue project not to exceed $3.00 per vehicle; (3) an event admissions tax at the venue project at a rate not to exceed 10% of each ticket price; (4) a venue facility use tax in an amount not to exceed $5,000 per game on each member of a major league team that plays a professional sports game at the venue project; (5) a hotel occupancy tax in the City at a rate not to exceed 2% of the room price. If approved, the maximum hotel occupancy tax rate imposed from all sources in the City of Plano would be 15% of the price paid for a room in a hotel.

A “Yes” vote means

A yes vote authorizes an arena at The Shops at Willow Bend area and lets Plano finance it with car rental, event parking, admissions, player and hotel taxes up to the listed limits.

A “No” vote means

A no vote does not authorize the arena venue project or these taxes.

Sources

The question and plain English statement are copied word for word from official election materials. The Gist does not take a side on ballot questions.