Spurs arena deal hits potential snag over public funding
The Spurs’ push for a new arena has encountered something every big-money stadium project eventually seems to find: a fight over public money. San Antonio’s city council previously approved $489 million in municipal bond funding toward construction of a new arena. But with the city now facing a projected budget deficit over the next two years, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones wants voters to have another say. According to Jared Weiss of The Athletic, Jones wants residents to reauthorize the city’s portion of the funding this fall. The deadline to put the issue on the November ballot is Monday, and the...
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