St Pete Residents Oppose Tax Dollars for Stadium, but Open to Transit

It should come as no surprise the residents who already live near Tropicana Field don't want to pay for a new stadium, but SaintPetersblog reports that new numbers from St. Pete Polls indicate residents would rather spend their tourist tax receipts on beach renourishment:

According to the poll, conducted on April 1, an overwhelming majority of registered St. Petersburg voters oppose using tax dollars to construct a new stadium for the Rays. 63% of those surveyed oppose using public funds to build a new Rays baseball stadium in Pinellas County, while only 27% support the idea.

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While St. Petersburg voters are opposed to using tax dollars for a new stadium, there are slivers of support for a light rail system in Pinellas. They are evenly split — 47% for and against — on their willingness to pay more in taxes to build a new light rail mass transit system in Pinellas County. By a wider margin — 49% to 42% — voters say they think Pinellas County needs a light rail system.