What I am not OK with is what they did here in AZ:
They added a tax to car rentals (I think it was 5%) to pay for the construction of a new stadium. Thus people who were not going to use the stadium were paying for it so Arizonans would not have to.
Lots of US cities and states pile on special taxes and surcharges, most often on hotel stays and/or rental cars. It gets really outrageous in some places. Costs borne by both businesses and tourists:
http://fortune.com/2015/08/03/travel-taxes-summer-vacation/