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Utah lawmakers Tuesday scrapped plans to raise the hotel tax for construction of a potential Major League Baseball stadium on Salt Lake City’s west side. Opposition to increasing the transient room tax or hotel tax came from hoteliers, leaders in southern Utah as well as some Utah House Republicans. Now, the proposed Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District would rely on the state’s portion of sales tax generated within its boundaries and a 1.5% increase in the car rental tax to fund the project, which includes improvements to the Utah State Fairpark and Jordan River and plans for an MLB stadium.