In a state and city known for high taxes, some question why we should spend millions on a new baseball stadium. The Omaha Chamber of Commerce says the project would benefit the economy and add to the tax base.

The downtown stadium project would cost about $140 million. Around $60 million of that would come from public money like a hotel tax and rental car tax.

So why not just take that money and instead of a stadium, put it toward our taxes or something else? Supporters of the project say you have to spend money to make money.

While shopping at Village Pointe, the downtown stadium is probably not on many minds, but spending is.

"It's awfully expensive to build a new stadium, you know Rosenblatt seems to meet the needs," says Patty Shaw of Omaha.

Angela Krieger of Omaha sees the new stadium as a hit for Omaha's future. "I think it's an obligation that we take on and I think after a public discussion of its merits that as a community we should be willing to take on a certain burden of investment in our future and that's how I look on it."

David Brown with the Omaha Chamber of Commerce agrees, saying a development like the stadium keeps Omaha thriving. "It enhances our economy, it gives us better jobs, it attracts more people and as you attract more people you've got to have jobs for those people too, so we're continuing this great circle of reinvestment in the community."

Brown says just look around Omaha for proof it works. The ConAgra campus revitalized a rundown area, there's the riverfront developments and then there's the Qwest Center.

"There is a genuine benefit to the public of seeing redevelopment happen and more taxes generated in these redeveloped areas."

Taxes which Brown says benefits us all into the future. "This is all about growth, if you continue growing your community, ultimately you're going to have less impact on your pocketbook because there's going to be more people and more businesses that can pay for the services we all want here."

There were other questions surrounding the stadium issue on Tuesday. MECA, the board which manages the Qwest Center, had issues with the city over a list of requirements that needed to be met to allow the city to build the stadium on Qwest Center parking lots C and E.

The mayor's spokesperson tells Channel 6 News they received an updated list from MECA Wednesday afternoon and they hope to comment on it Thursday.