SAN ANTONIO \u2014 Bexar County\u2019s Propositions A and B were approved by voters in Tuesday\u2019s election, allowing Project Marvel to move forward as planned.<\/p>\n
Proposition A passed with over 55% of the vote and will fund upgrades to the Frost Bank Center, the Freeman Coliseum and the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Grounds by increasing the city\u2019s hotel occupancy tax to 2% and allocating revenue from the motor vehicle rental tax to cover some of the cost of the project.<\/p>\n
Proposition B, which passed with about 52% of the vote, deals with the funding of a potential new stadium complex for the San Antonio Spurs, and also will use money from a raise in the hotel occupancy tax and money from the motor vehicle rental tax to do so.<\/p>\n
The project will now move forward with that public funding, with construction scheduled to begin in 2028.<\/p>\n
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones released the following statement after the passage of Proposition B:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people of San Antonio have voted to approve the county\u2019s contribution toward the proposed Spurs arena, and I will work to ensure this generational investment helps to revitalize our downtown and strengthen our city. Great cities are built through collaboration, persistence, and a willingness to keep working toward bold visions. Our urban core represents an opportunity to remake a vital part of our city\u2014one that can drive economic activity, create quality jobs, and add affordable housing stock that our community desperately needs. I remain committed to working with my Council colleagues, City Staff, the Spurs, and with community leaders to develop a plan that ushers in an era of progress and affordability downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 Bexar County\u2019s Propositions A and B were approved by voters in Tuesday\u2019s election, allowing Project…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1658,22951,555,409,1062,223,287,82,84,83,1066,6293,27,14568],"class_list":["post-36399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-app-local-state-politics","tag-app-local-elections","tag-app-sports","tag-election","tag-mike-dalonzo","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-san-antonio-what-you-need-to-know","tag-texas","tag-texas-elections-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}