Associated Press - October 31, 2009 7:34 PM ET
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Court of Appeals says a Grand Traverse County ice arena should be taxed as a commercial property.
The court in a decision released Friday upheld a Michigan Tax Tribunal ruling that Centre ICE Arena in East Bay Township shouldn't be classified as a tax-exempt operation.
The tribunal ruled Centre ICE was improperly listed as tax-exempt from its opening in 1997 until 2004, when the county audited exempt properties and added the facility to the township's tax rolls.
County Treasurer Bill Rokos says Involved Citizens Enterprises Inc., which owns and operates the arena, has paid roughly $420,000 in taxes since being added to the tax rolls in 2004. But Tom Pezzetti Jr., an attorney for the group, says he will recommend taking the case to the Michigan Supreme Court.
Information from: Traverse City Record-Eagle, http://www.record-eagle.com
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