Plano voters who have not yet cast a ballot get their last chance on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to decide the city's arena question, and they can do it at any of 22 vote centers inside the city.
Polls in Texas open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Collin County runs vote centers, so a registered county voter can use any of its Election Day sites, not only one close to home, according to the county elections office.
What Proposition A says
The City of Plano's only item on the county's sample ballot is Proposition A, a special election question that opens with the words "THIS IS A TAX INCREASE."
It asks voters to authorize a venue project, described as a new multipurpose arena for professional or amateur sports, entertainment and civic events in The Shops at Willow Bend mall area. To pay for it, the measure would allow the city to impose one or more of these taxes:
- a citywide tax on short-term car rentals of up to 5%
- a parking tax at the arena of up to $3 per vehicle on event days
- an admissions tax at the arena of up to 10% of each ticket price
- a facility use tax of up to $5,000 per game on each member of a major league team that plays a professional game there
- a citywide hotel occupancy tax of up to 2%
If the measure passes, the ballot says, the highest hotel occupancy tax rate charged in Plano from all sources would be 15% of a room's price. Voters mark For or Against.
Where to vote in Plano
Eight sites carry over from early voting:
- Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Center, 5801 W. Parker Road
- Davis Library, 7501 Independence Parkway
- Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road
- Carpenter Park Recreation Center, 6701 Coit Road
- Harrington Library, 1501 18th St.
- Collin College Plano Campus, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway
- Parr Library, 6200 Windhaven Parkway
- Liberty Recreation Center, 2601 Glencliff Drive
