Oh no, we'll never ask for public funds. Just ask David Checketts and Real Salt Lake. Sandy City prepares to gouge the taxpayers once again.

Surprise Surprise!

County ain't got the funds. See the article in the desnews today. Govt at all levels must cut back to essential services and fire half the workers. The money isn't there.

The county was forced to give $35 million to ReAL/Checketts by the legislature even after the county study said the stadium was a bad deal. Sandy got their funds from the county through force.

How about Sandy residents step up and pay for this one. This way the city leaders can continue to "earn" their executive bonuses. My, it must be "totally awesome" to live in Sandy.

This type of theatre should not be built in Sandy anyway. These developers should be considered 100% ineligible for even requesting public monies because they have already stated they would not.

Coming back later and saying they have private money but might need public money for an addition later is just your typical bait and switch move.

If these developers do ever get public funding it should be limited to ONLY taxes paid by residents of Sandy City.

Let Mayor Tom Dolan and the citizens of Sandy reap what they've sown...we'll see how much the citizens of Sandy like him after their taxes skyrocket and their local schools suffer from less funding when this monstrocity of a development can't make it on private funds.

Didn't Utah learn its lesson with the ReAL Salt Lake and Dave Checketts deal? Never trust a developer when they say funding is not a problem.

While I don't know how I feel about county funding for this project; I do hope that if it is built it won't detract from the fun, wholesome, community theater created by the Sandy Arts guild with performances at the beautiful amphitheater. Our family enjoys their productions every summer; I don't know that we would be able to afford tickets at a "Broadway style theater" or the tax increase necessary for funding. On the other hand, if the county funded a sports complex, it should provide funding for the arts as well.

They should not be given the money as this theater should not even be getting built in Sandy to begin with. A big/fancy Broadway play theater belongs in downtown Salt Lake City, it's a much better fit.

A spot out in the suburbs just doesn't scream "Broadway" to me at all.

So I really hope those pushing this project in Salt Lake push a little harder and faster so they can snatch it up as they should. Please don't let Sandy get it.

If you can afford your own school district, then you can afford to build your own theatre schools. Glad I don't live in Sandy, those taxes are gonna force half the town to move to the west side with the rest of us "poor" people! How poetic!

Interesting comment on the taxes here. However, Sandy I noticed is one of the few cities that didn't propose raising taxes recently. Yet many other cities are raising their taxes just to pay for roads and basic services. So if you're glad you are not living in Sandy because the taxes are going to be high, how are you swallowing the tax increases already on the way in your city, especially on the west side?

The property tax in Sandy hasn't been raised for 23 years and is the lowest of any major city in the state. Unless you live in a hotel, you will not be paying taxes on the soccer stadium which is the same for the Salt Palace, Aravanel Hall, Rose Wagner, etc.