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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60924</law_id><section_number>15.2-5928</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-5113</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="59.2">Virginia Beach Sports or Entertainment Project</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;City&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">City of Virginia Beach</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">City of Virginia Beach</span>, the <span class="dictionary">City of Virginia Beach</span> Development Authority, or any community development authority formed by the <span class="dictionary">City of Virginia Beach</span> pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Localities may consider petitions for creation of authority" href="/15.2-5152/">15.2-5152</a> et seq.) of Chapter 51 for the purpose of developing the <span class="dictionary">sports and entertainment district</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Sales and use tax revenues</span>&#x201D; means tax collections under the Virginia Retail Sales and Use Tax Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title" href="/58.1-600/">58.1-600</a> et seq.), as limited herein, generated by transactions taking place upon the premises of a <span class="dictionary">sports or entertainment project</span>, including transactions generating revenues in connection with the development and construction of such project that would not be generated but for the existence of such project. For purposes of this chapter, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">sales and use tax revenues</span>&#x201D; 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 &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Commonwealth Transportation Fund" href="/33.2-1524/">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 &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Disposition of state sales and use tax revenue" href="/58.1-638/">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.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Sports and entertainment district</span>&#x201D; means the geographic area in the <span class="dictionary">City of Virginia Beach</span> located south of 21st Street, north of Norfolk Avenue, east of Birdneck Road, and west of the Virginia Beach Boardwalk.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Sports or entertainment project</span>&#x201D; means a project including sports facilities, entertainment facilities, or both, representing at least $100 million of investment in the <span class="dictionary">sports and entertainment district</span> of the <span class="dictionary">City of Virginia Beach</span>, including any office, restaurant, concessions, retail, residential, and lodging facilities that are owned and operated adjacent to or in connection with such <span class="dictionary">sports or entertainment project</span>; film and sound studios and any other sports or entertainment-related infrastructure; and any other directly related properties, including onsite and offsite parking lots, garages, and other properties. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Sports or entertainment project</span>&#x201D; includes multiple facilities located on multiple properties, provided that such facilities share a nexus of ownership or management.</p></section></text><history>2019, c. 793; 2020, cc. 467, 1230, 1275.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
