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If a Facility is built for the purpose of conducting athletic events, “related facilities” includes practice facilities and related offices.\n\t\t“Related properties” means onsite and offsite offices, parking lots, and garages.\n\t\t“Sales and use tax revenues” means tax collections under the Virginia Retail Sales and Use Tax Act (\u00a7 58.1-600 et seq.), as limited herein, generated by eligible transactions. For purposes of this chapter, “sales and use tax revenues” does not include the revenue generated by (i) the one-half percent sales and use tax increase enacted by Chapters 11, 12, and 15 of the Acts of Assembly of 1986, Special Session I, which shall be paid into the Commonwealth Transportation Fund as defined in \u00a7 33.2-1524; (ii) the one percent of the state sales and use tax revenue distributed among the counties and cities of the Commonwealth pursuant to subsection D of \u00a7 58.1-638 on the basis of school-age population; and (iii) the additional state sales and use tax in certain counties and cities assessed pursuant to Chapter 766 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013 and any amendments thereto.\n\t\t“Sponsoring locality” means the participating locality in which the Facility is located.\n\t\t“Sports team” means a sports franchise holder that is a part of the National Basketball Association, the National Basketball Association Development League, the Women’s National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the American Hockey League, the ECHL, the Federal Prospects Hockey League, the Ligue Nord-Am\u00e9ricaine de Hockey, or the Southern Professional Hockey League, and any other national sports league.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":275404,"text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Arena” means an arena or stadium that is located in a Hampton Roads locality or Hampton Roads localities, has a seating capacity of at least 15,000, and (i) is built for the purpose of holding entertainment events, conventions, and conferences; (ii) is built for the purpose of conducting athletic events; or (iii) is built for the purposes described in clauses (i) and (ii).\n\t\t“Athletic events” means events conducted by a sports team.\n\t\t“Bond issuer” means the Authority and any participating locality.\n\t\t“Bond” means a note of any kind, an interim certificate, a refunding bond, and any other evidence of obligation, including private bonds and other forms of private financing.\n\t\t“Eligible transactions” means transactions taking place upon the premises of a Facility, including (i) transactions generating revenues in connection with the development and construction of a Facility that would not be generated but for the existence of the Facility and (ii) transactions that occur while a Facility is under construction.\n\t\t“Facility” means an arena with either related facilities or related properties or both, provided that such related facilities or related properties are both appurtenant to and directly or indirectly benefited by the presence of such arena. “Facility” includes any temporary construction related to the Facility.\n\t\t“Facility Site” means real estate designated, donated, purchased, or otherwise acquired for the purpose of constructing a Facility.\n\t\t“Hampton Roads locality” means the City of Chesapeake, Norfolk, or Virginia Beach.\n\t\t“Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority” or “the Authority” means the authority created pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-5936.\n\t\t“Participating locality” means a Hampton Roads locality that joins the Authority.\n\t\t“Related facilities” means any office, restaurant, concessions, retail, and lodging facilities that are owned and operated adjacent to or in connection with a Facility. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 538<\/a> and 539<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54788,"section_number":"15.2-5936","catch_line":"Creation of Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5936\/"},{"id":72795,"section_number":"33.2-1524","catch_line":"Commonwealth Transportation Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1524\/"},{"id":63208,"section_number":"58.1-600","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-600\/"},{"id":71974,"section_number":"58.1-638","catch_line":"Disposition of state sales and use tax revenue","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-638\/"}],"permalink":{"id":159859,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76720,"identifier":"15.2-5935","token":"15.2\/IV\/59.3\/15.2-5935","url":"\/15.2-5935\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5935\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/59.3\/15.2-5935","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5935","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Arena” means an arena or stadium that is located in a Hampton Roads locality<\/span> or Hampton Roads localities, has a seating capacity of at least 15,000, and (i) is built for the purpose of holding entertainment events, conventions, and conferences; (ii) is built for the purpose of conducting athletic events<\/span>; or (iii) is built for the purposes described in clauses (i) and (ii).\n\t\t“Athletic events<\/span>” means events conducted by a sports team<\/span>.\n\t\t“Bond issuer<\/span>” means the Authority<\/span> and any participating locality<\/span>.\n\t\t“Bond” means a note of any kind, an interim certificate, a refunding bond, and any other evidence<\/span> of obligation, including private bonds<\/span> and other forms of private financing.\n\t\t“Eligible transactions<\/span>” means transactions taking place upon the premises of a Facility, including (i) transactions generating revenues in connection with the development and construction of a Facility that would not be generated but for the existence of the Facility and (ii) transactions that occur while a Facility is under construction.\n\t\t“Facility” means an arena with either related facilities<\/span> or related properties<\/span> or both, provided that such related facilities<\/span> or related properties<\/span> are both appurtenant to and directly or indirectly benefited by the presence of such arena. “Facility” includes any temporary construction related to the Facility.\n\t\t“Facility Site<\/span>” means real estate designated, donated, purchased, or otherwise acquired for the purpose of constructing a Facility.\n\t\t“Hampton Roads locality<\/span>” means the City<\/span> of Chesapeake, Norfolk, or Virginia Beach.\n\t\t“Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority<\/span>” or “the Authority<\/span>” means the authority<\/span> created pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-5936<\/a>.\n\t\t“Participating locality<\/span>” means a Hampton Roads locality<\/span> that joins the Authority<\/span>.\n\t\t“Related facilities<\/span>” means any office, restaurant, concessions, retail, and lodging facilities that are owned and operated adjacent to or in connection with a Facility. If a Facility is built for the purpose of conducting athletic events<\/span>, “related facilities<\/span>” includes practice facilities and related offices.\n\t\t“Related properties<\/span>” means onsite and offsite offices, parking lots, and garages.\n\t\t“Sales and use tax revenues<\/span>” means tax collections under the Virginia Retail Sales and Use Tax Act (\u00a7 58.1-600<\/a> et seq.), as limited herein, generated by eligible transactions<\/span>. For purposes of this chapter, “sales and use tax revenues<\/span>” does not include the revenue generated by (i) the one-half percent sales and use tax increase enacted by Chapters 11, 12, and 15 of the Acts of Assembly of 1986, Special Session I, which shall be paid into the Commonwealth Transportation Fund as defined in \u00a7 33.2-1524<\/a>; (ii) the one percent of the state sales and use tax revenue distributed among the counties and cities of the Commonwealth pursuant to subsection D of \u00a7 58.1-638<\/a> on the basis of school-age population; and (iii) the additional state sales and use tax in certain counties and cities assessed pursuant to Chapter 766 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013 and any amendments thereto.\n\t\t“Sponsoring locality<\/span>” means the participating locality<\/span> in which the Facility is located.\n\t\t“Sports team<\/span>” means a sports franchise holder that is a part of the National Basketball Association, the National Basketball Association Development League, the Women’s National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the American Hockey League, the ECHL, the Federal Prospects Hockey League, the Ligue Nord-Am\u00e9ricaine de Hockey, or the Southern Professional Hockey League, and any other national sports league.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 15.2-5935)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Arena” means an arena or stadium that is located in a Hampton\nRoads locality or Hampton Roads localities, has a seating capacity of at least\n15,000, and (i) is built for the purpose of holding entertainment events,\nconventions, and conferences; (ii) is built for the purpose of conducting\nathletic events; or (iii) is built for the purposes described in clauses (i) and\n(ii).\n\t\t“Athletic events” means events conducted by a sports team.\n\t\t“Bond issuer” means the Authority and any participating locality.\n\t\t“Bond” means a note of any kind, an interim certificate, a\nrefunding bond, and any other evidence of obligation, including private bonds\nand other forms of private financing.\n\t\t“Eligible transactions” means transactions taking place upon the\npremises of a Facility, including (i) transactions generating revenues in\nconnection with the development and construction of a Facility that would not be\ngenerated but for the existence of the Facility and (ii) transactions that occur\nwhile a Facility is under construction.\n\t\t“Facility” means an arena with either related facilities or\nrelated properties or both, provided that such related facilities or related\nproperties are both appurtenant to and directly or indirectly benefited by the\npresence of such arena. “Facility” includes any temporary\nconstruction related to the Facility.\n\t\t“Facility Site” means real estate designated, donated, purchased,\nor otherwise acquired for the purpose of constructing a Facility.\n\t\t“Hampton Roads locality” means the City of Chesapeake, Norfolk, or\nVirginia Beach.\n\t\t“Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority” or “the\nAuthority” means the authority created pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-5936.\n\t\t“Participating locality” means a Hampton Roads locality that joins\nthe Authority.\n\t\t“Related facilities” means any office, restaurant, concessions,\nretail, and lodging facilities that are owned and operated adjacent to or in\nconnection with a Facility. If a Facility is built for the purpose of conducting\nathletic events, “related facilities” includes practice facilities\nand related offices.\n\t\t“Related properties” means onsite and offsite offices, parking\nlots, and garages.\n\t\t“Sales and use tax revenues” means tax collections under the\nVirginia Retail Sales and Use Tax Act (\u00a7 58.1-600 et seq.), as limited herein,\ngenerated by eligible transactions. For purposes of this chapter, “sales\nand use tax revenues” does not include the revenue generated by (i) the\none-half percent sales and use tax increase enacted by Chapters 11, 12, and 15\nof the Acts of Assembly of 1986, Special Session I, which shall be paid into the\nCommonwealth Transportation Fund as defined in \u00a7 33.2-1524; (ii) the one\npercent of the state sales and use tax revenue distributed among the counties\nand cities of the Commonwealth pursuant to subsection D of \u00a7 58.1-638 on the\nbasis of school-age population; and (iii) the additional state sales and use tax\nin certain counties and cities assessed pursuant to Chapter 766 of the Acts of\nAssembly of 2013 and any amendments thereto.\n\t\t“Sponsoring locality” means the participating locality in which\nthe Facility is located.\n\t\t“Sports team” means a sports franchise holder that is a part of\nthe National Basketball Association, the National Basketball Association\nDevelopment League, the Women’s National Basketball Association, the\nNational Hockey League, the American Hockey League, the ECHL, the Federal\nProspects Hockey League, the Ligue Nord-Am\u00e9ricaine de Hockey, or the Southern\nProfessional Hockey League, and any other national sports league.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 538, 539.","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}}