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Published: February 17, 2008

Money & sports
Sales tax vote is about economics, as well as luring an NBA team

By John Estus

It's called an election about basketball, but the March 4 vote has a lot to do with hot dogs, beers, T-shirts and hotel rooms, too.

NBA teams play 41 home games a year. If Oklahoma City gets a team, that's 41 nights for thousands of basketball fans to buy food and drinks downtown or spend money elsewhere in the city before and after games at the Ford Center .

Supporters of a sales tax extension to spruce up t...

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