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The Tennessee Senate is set to vote on the bill Wednesday. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 9:30 PM EDT April 27, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. A bill meant to help pay for a new $65 million baseball stadium in downtown Knoxville was passed in the Tennessee House of Representatives Tuesday.
The bill would allow the local government to capture and use state and local sales tax collected in the area around the proposed stadium. Officials said that the money taken from sales tax could help cover up to 30% of the construction costs.
State Senator Becky Duncan Massey introduced the legislation along with Representative Jason Zachary. Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs testified to support the legislation and said that it must pass for the project to move forward. He said that stadium would create more than 3,000 jobs and would not add a tax burden on residents.
Company officials indicated a preference for being downtown, Caldwell said at the time. The county was happy to oblige.
The county recently acquired Summer Place at 500 Summit Hill Drive for about $1.6 million from TVA. It was part of a deal that allowed the county to become a long-term tenant in TVA s nearby East Tower for school system space and for University of Tennessee System space.
CGI intends to open an information tech delivery center here, gradually hiring with a target of 300 personnel in five years.
It will be CGI s eighth IT delivery and support center in the U.S.
The average starting salary for an early career professional in Knoxville will be $60,000 annually, according to Alison Hallett, vice president of CGI s U.S. marketing communications.