ARLINGTON -- The Rangers are getting a new ballpark, and the goal is to have it open by 2020.
Arlington voters overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday the continuation of a half-cent sales and hotel/motel tax that will fund the city's share of a $1 billion ballpark. That sales tax was used to build the Dallas Cowboys' stadium and will fund the city's $500 million share of the Rangers' new ballpark.
The final results have not been posted, but the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported the new ballpark was getting about 60 percent of the vote, and opponents had already conceded the election.