Pursuant to the authority granted in § 58.1-3703, the governing body of any county, city or town may levy and collect a license tax on any permanent coliseum, arena or auditorium having a maximum seating capacity in excess of 10,000 persons and open to the general public.
Any person may present, conduct, operate or provide amusements, exhibitions, sporting events, theatrical performances or any other lawful performances, exhibitions or entertainment under a single license authorized by this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any license imposed by this section shall be in lieu of any or all licenses required for exhibitions, performances or events occurring within such coliseum, arena or auditorium.
The license tax on the operation of any such permanent coliseum, arena or auditorium shall be no greater than $1,000 per year. If such coliseum, arena or auditorium are owned and operated by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, there shall be no tax.
Code 1950, § 58-266.9; 1982, c. 633; 1984, c. 675.
Structure Code of Virginia
§ 58.1-3701. Department to promulgate guidelines
§ 58.1-3702. Authority of counties, cities and towns
§ 58.1-3703.1. Uniform ordinance provisions
§ 58.1-3703.2. Acceptable identification for business licenses
§ 58.1-3704. License tax on merchants in lieu of merchants' capital tax
§ 58.1-3705. License tax shall be uniform
§ 58.1-3706. Limitation on rate of license taxes
§ 58.1-3708. Situs for local license taxation of businesses, professions, occupations, etc.
§ 58.1-3709. Business located in more than one jurisdiction
§ 58.1-3710. Proration of license taxes
§ 58.1-3711. Limitation on county license tax within boundary of a town
§ 58.1-3712. Counties and cities authorized to levy severance tax on gases
§ 58.1-3713. Local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax
§ 58.1-3713.4. Additional one percent tax on gas
§ 58.1-3715. License requirements for contractors
§ 58.1-3715.1. License requirements for mobile food units
§ 58.1-3716. Wholesale merchants
§ 58.1-3717. Peddlers; itinerant merchants
§ 58.1-3718. Counties, cities and towns authorized to levy a license tax on peddlers at wholesale
§ 58.1-3719.1. Direct sellers; rate limitation
§ 58.1-3720. Amusement machines; gross receipts tax on amusement operators
§ 58.1-3721. License exemptions for coin machine operators
§ 58.1-3722. Stickers to evidence payment of tax
§ 58.1-3726. Fortune-tellers, clairvoyants and practitioners of palmistry
§ 58.1-3728. Carnivals, circuses, speedways; penalties; certain restrictions
§ 58.1-3729. Permanent coliseums, arenas or auditoriums; limitations
§ 58.1-3730. Savings institutions and credit unions; limitations
§ 58.1-3730.1. Industrial loan associations and agricultural credit associations; limitations
§ 58.1-3731. Certain public service corporations; rate limitation
§ 58.1-3732. Exclusions and deductions from "gross receipts."
§ 58.1-3732.1. Limitation on gross receipts; pari-mutuel wagering
§ 58.1-3732.2. Limitation on gross receipts
§ 58.1-3732.3. Limitation on gross receipts of providers of funeral services
§ 58.1-3732.4. Limitation on gross receipts; staffing firms
§ 58.1-3732.5. Limitation on gross receipts of security brokers and dealers
§ 58.1-3733. License tax on commission merchants
§ 58.1-3734. License tax on motor vehicle dealers
§ 58.1-3734.1. Sales involving trade-ins
§ 58.1-3735. Departments of license inspection in certain counties