The following words, terms or phrases are, for the purpose of this article, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, defined as follows.
ACT. Chapter 334, Texas Local Government Code, as it may be amended or recodified.
ADMISSION TICKET. Any tangible or intangible ticket, pass, authorization, permit, voucher, coupon, license, or other instrument granting the privilege of admission to an event.
BUSINESS DAY. A day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which commercial banks are not required or authorized to close in the City or New York City.
CATERING EVENT. A gathering the primary purpose of which is the serving of a meal as determined in the discretion of the venue operator.
CITY. The City of Fort Worth, Texas.
DIRECTOR. The director of the city's Financial Management Services Department or such other person designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article, and any person designated by the director as his or her representative.
DUE DATE. The first business day following the end of the monthly collection/reporting period.
EVENT. Any event or activity, other than a catering event, held at the venue project, including, but not limited to, a livestock event, as that term is defined in § 32-60; a concert; theater performance; family show; athletic exhibition, meet, or game; or consumer or trade show.
EVENT SPONSOR. The tenant of the venue project or any group or association that organizes, presents, or sponsors an event, including a political subdivision or nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income tax under § 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, by being listed as an exempt organization in § 501(c)(3) of that code.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, trust, company, corporation, association, or other entity.
VENUE OPERATOR. A person operating, managing, or controlling a portion of the venue project by or for the city and includes both a third party engaged under a lease or similar agreement as well as the director and his staff.
VENUE PROJECT. A multipurpose arena at the intersection of Harley Avenue and Gendy Street, other adjacent support facilities, and any related infrastructure, as approved by a majority of the voters of the city voting in the special election held November 4, 2014, which adjacent support facilities include the facilities now existing or hereafter constructed on the campus of the Will Rogers Memorial Center and a livestock support building and landscaped event plaza in the immediate vicinity of the arena. The area designated as the venue project is depicted in the shaded portion of Diagram VP1.
Diagram VP1
VENUE PROJECT FUND. The fund established by the city council under Resolution No. 4387-12-2014 or any account within such fund.
(Ord. 22742-06-2017, § 1, passed 6-6-2017, eff. 6-25-2017)