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Arena

As the San Antonio Spurs insist on a tax election this spring, they continue hiding almost all of the arena costs and details

Do people remember how the San Antonio Spurs tried to get a new arena built in 1999? One of their brilliant proposals included a plan to take money away from elementary schools that were teaching children on an already bare-bones budget. Screw the kiddies! Build it! Furthermore, it wasn't that long ago when San Antonio taxpayers gave the team over $100 million dollars for a massive renovation of the arena. I wonder what happened to those upgrades. At the very least, let us be happy that the team wants to leave their current arena for the right reasons. Their…

William Neilson Jr.
Arena

If the current San Antonio Spurs arena never lived up to its economic promises, why would another new arena be any different?

The San Antonio Spurs believe that a new arena would revitalize downtown. Except, haven't San Antonio residents heard that claim before? Yes, they heard this exact claim many times. Why? Because the Spurs seem to ask for a new arena every few years. Whenever they push for a new home, we get to hear about the many claims of economic glory that will follow a new sports venue. Arguably the biggest issue with the last arena was whether the city would see a share of the team's revenues from the arena. By some accounts, it was literally the last…

William Neilson Jr.