NC's $1.7B stadium financing stalls as House balks at public funding

North Carolina Senate leaders push a government-backed framework to finance a $1.7 billion Raleigh MLB stadium, including $500 million in state funds and the rest from local revenue, sports betting taxes, income tax withholdings from performers, and a new sports-and-entertainment district; House Republicans oppose public funding, leaving the plan out of the state budget and complicating Raleigh’s MLB expansion bid as lawmakers haggle over timing and financing.