1% local sales tax funding Olympics

Did you know some summer Olympic events will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and not Los Angeles, the host city? Neither did I. To pull this off, the city relied on a 1990s 1% city sales tax to fund quality-of-life improvements in its downtown. It is also how the City has an NBA team.

Governing | How a Sales Tax Helped Oklahoma City Get a Piece of the Summer Olympics