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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 5-801 (2026)

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5-801. Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Authority" means the tourism and sports authority.

2. "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.

3.  "Indian tribe" means any organized Indian nation, tribe, band or community that is recognized as an Indian tribe by the United States department of the interior.

4. "Multipurpose facility" means any facility that is suitable to be used to accommodate professional football franchises, major college football bowl sponsors, other sporting events and entertainment, cultural, civic, meeting, trade show or convention events or activities and may include a stadium, on-site infrastructure, parking garages and lots and related commercial uses within the facility.

5.  "Site host" means any of the following entities that owns all or part of the multipurpose facility site at the time the site is provided to the authority pursuant to section 5-807:

(a)  This state or any agency of this state.

(b)  The county in which the authority is located.

(c)  Any city or town located in the county in which the authority is located.

(d)  Any Indian tribe if all or part of the tribe's reservation is located in that county.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2022 · leading case: Saban Rent-A-Car LLC v. Ariz. Dep't of Revenue, 434 P.3d 1168 (Ariz. 2019).
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Saban Rent-A-Car LLC v. Ariz. Dep't of Revenue, 434 P.3d 1168 (Ariz. 2019). · cites it 4× “See A.R.S. §§ 5-801(4), -802(A), -807 to -809, -815.”
Long v. Napolitano, 53 P.3d 172 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “” See A.R.S. § 5-801(3) (Supp.2001) (defining “multipurpose facility” as “any facility that is suitable to be used to accommodate sporting events and entertainment, cultural, civic, meeting, trade show or convention events or activities and may include a stadium”).”
Saban v. Ador, 418 P.3d 1066 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “See A.R.S. §§ 5-801(1), -839(G)(1), (2). The legislature also authorized Maricopa County to tax hotels at up to 1 percent of room sales to support AzSTA.”
Tp Racing v. Adog (Ariz. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “” A.R.S. §§ 5-801, -815, -1139. ¶16 The legislature uses each of the two words consistently.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 5-801(1) — 1 case
Saban v. Ador, 418 P.3d 1066 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018). “See A.R.S. §§ 5-801(1), -839(G)(1), (2). The legislature also authorized Maricopa County to tax hotels at up to 1 percent of room sales to support AzSTA.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 5-801(3) — 1 case
Long v. Napolitano, 53 P.3d 172 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2002). “” See A.R.S. § 5-801(3) (Supp.2001) (defining “multipurpose facility” as “any facility that is suitable to be used to accommodate sporting events and entertainment, cultural, civic, meeting, trade show or convention events or activities and may include a stadium”).”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 5-801(4) — 2 cases
Saban Rent-A-Car LLC v. Ariz. Dep't of Revenue, 434 P.3d 1168 (Ariz. 2019). “See A.R.S. §§ 5-801(4), -802(A), -807 to -809, -815.”
Saban v. Ador, 418 P.3d 1066 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018). “See A.R.S. §§ 5-801(1), -839(G)(1), (2). The legislature also authorized Maricopa County to tax hotels at up to 1 percent of room sales to support AzSTA.”
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