{"id":5275,"date":"2025-10-15T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/5275\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:24:08","slug":"coyote-ugly-largest-share-of-voters-against-public-funding-for-new-san-antonio-spurs-arena-poll-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/5275\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote Ugly: Largest share of voters against public funding for new San Antonio Spurs arena, poll shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A rendering provided by the city shows what Project Marvel could look like. Credit: Courtesy Image \/ City of San Antonio<\/p>\n

More Bexar County voters oppose using public financing to build a new downtown arena for the San Antonio Spurs than favor it, according to a much-anticipated UT-San Antonio\u2019s Center for Public Opinion Research poll<\/a> released Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the data, 46% of voters are against using venue tax funds for a new basketball arena at Hemisfair, compared to 40% who back such a plan. Meanwhile, 15% of respondents remain undecided. <\/p>\n

The polling comes less than a week before early voting begins for the Nov. 4 election that will determine whether voters approve using public funding for the NBA arena. Residents will decide whether to raise the visitor tax to 2% to help publicly finance the sports facility. <\/p>\n

Hypothetically, the Spurs arena would serve as the anchor for Project Marvel, a $4 billion sports-and-entertainment district that would also include an expanded convention center, a renovated Alamodome and a land bridge over I-37.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even though many details about the broader Project Marvel proposal \u2014\u00a0including its funding sources \u2014\u00a0remain murky or nonexistent, 45% of voters said they approve of its pie-in-the-sky vision, while just 40% oppose it.<\/p>\n

UT-San Antonio compiled its data by asking 660 likely Bexar County voters between Oct. 1 and Oct. 3 for their opinion on the ballot proposal using the same language residents will see at their polling places. The survey has a 3.8% margin of error.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPresident Taylor Eighmy\u2019s comments come as the school\u2019s Center for Public Opinion Research plans to unveil a new poll this Wednesday on public support for a Spurs arena.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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