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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 823 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapters 613<\/a> and 629<\/a>; in 1996, chapters 950<\/a> and 1038<\/a>; in 1997, chapters 587<\/a> and 884<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 106<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65517,"section_number":"15.2-5807","catch_line":"Acquisition of property","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5807\/"},{"id":72767,"section_number":"2.2-4345","catch_line":"Exemptions from competitive sealed bidding and competitive negotiation for certain transactions; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4345\/"},{"id":80022,"section_number":"62.1-199","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-199\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63208,"section_number":"58.1-600","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-600\/"},{"id":64845,"section_number":"58.1-605","catch_line":"To what extent and under what conditions cities and counties may levy local sales taxes; collection thereof by Commonwealth and return of revenue to each city or county entitled thereto","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-605\/"},{"id":85798,"section_number":"58.1-606","catch_line":"To what extent and under what conditions cities and counties may levy local use tax; collection thereof by Commonwealth and return of revenues to the cities and counties","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-606\/"}],"permalink":{"id":159715,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73670,"identifier":"15.2-5800","token":"15.2\/IV\/58\/15.2-5800","url":"\/15.2-5800\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5800\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/58\/15.2-5800","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions; professional baseball games; consent for construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5800","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter the following words have the meanings indicated:\n\t\t“Authority<\/span>” means the Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority<\/span>.\n\t\t“Facility<\/span>” means (i) major league and minor league baseball stadiums<\/span>, (ii) practice fields or other areas where major league and minor league professional baseball teams may practice or perform, (iii) offices for major league and minor league professional baseball teams or franchises, (iv) office, restaurant, concessions, retail and lodging facilities which are owned and operated in connection with a major league baseball<\/span> stadium<\/span>, and (v) any other directly related properties including, but not limited to, onsite and offsite parking lots, garages, and other properties.\n\t\t“Major league baseball<\/span>” means the organization which controls the administrative functions for the ownership and operation of major league baseball<\/span> operations in the United States and Canada.\n\t\t“Major league baseball<\/span> franchise<\/span>” means the contractual right granted by major league baseball<\/span> to any person or persons to own or operate a major league baseball<\/span> team in a specified location.\n\t\t“Major league baseball<\/span> stadium<\/span>” means a sports facility<\/span> which is designed for use primarily as a baseball stadium and which meets criteria that may be established by major league baseball<\/span>.\n\t\t“Minor league baseball stadium<\/span>” means a sports facility<\/span> which is designed for use primarily as a stadium for a minor league professional baseball team.\n\t\t“Sales tax revenues<\/span>” means taxes collected under the Virginia Retail Sales and Use Tax Act (\u00a7 58.1-600<\/a> et seq.), as limited herein. Sales tax revenues<\/span> shall not include any local general retail sales and use tax levied pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 58.1-605<\/a> and 58.1-606<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS; PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL GAMES; CONSENT FOR CONSTRUCTION (\u00a7\n15.2-5800)\n\nAs used in this chapter the following words have the meanings indicated:\n\t\t“Authority” means the Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority.\n\t\t“Facility” means (i) major league and minor league baseball\nstadiums, (ii) practice fields or other areas where major league and minor\nleague professional baseball teams may practice or perform, (iii) offices for\nmajor league and minor league professional baseball teams or franchises, (iv)\noffice, restaurant, concessions, retail and lodging facilities which are owned\nand operated in connection with a major league baseball stadium, and (v) any\nother directly related properties including, but not limited to, onsite and\noffsite parking lots, garages, and other properties.\n\t\t“Major league baseball” means the organization which controls the\nadministrative functions for the ownership and operation of major league\nbaseball operations in the United States and Canada.\n\t\t“Major league baseball franchise” means the contractual right\ngranted by major league baseball to any person or persons to own or operate a\nmajor league baseball team in a specified location.\n\t\t“Major league baseball stadium” means a sports facility which is\ndesigned for use primarily as a baseball stadium and which meets criteria that\nmay be established by major league baseball.\n\t\t“Minor league baseball stadium” means a sports facility which is\ndesigned for use primarily as a stadium for a minor league professional baseball\nteam.\n\t\t“Sales tax revenues” means taxes collected under the Virginia\nRetail Sales and Use Tax Act (\u00a7 58.1-600 et seq.), as limited herein. Sales tax\nrevenues shall not include any local general retail sales and use tax levied\npursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 58.1-605 and 58.1-606.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 823, \u00a7 15.1-227.70; 1995, cc. 613, 629; 1996, cc. 950, 1038;\n1997, cc. 587, 884; 2005, c. 106.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}