{"id":94777,"date":"2025-12-20T00:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/94777\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T00:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:20:07","slug":"san-antonio-seeks-project-honcho-to-oversee-project-marvel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/94777\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio seeks ‘project honcho’ to oversee Project Marvel"},"content":{"rendered":"

When City Council returns to work in January, they\u2019ll begin the search for a candidate to oversee development of the new downtown new sports and entertainment district.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a major project. We certainly are going to need somebody to manage the day-to-day,\u201d Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones told the San Antonio Report on Friday. \u201cYou\u2019re not going to have somebody [already working within city leadership] with the capacity to do all of that, so you need some kind of\u00a0\u2018project honcho.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Staff plans to brief the council\u2019s Audit Committee on Jan. 13 about the pre-solicitation of a request for proposals for an Executive Program Manager for the Sports and Entertainment District, according to city spokesman Brian Chasnoff.<\/p>\n

Up until a few months ago, then-Assistant City Manager Lori Houston was considered the point person on all things Project Marvel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Houston recently retired from her role<\/a> amid some differences of opinion on the project with the new mayor. But at a gathering of developers back in March<\/a>, she said the plan was always to hire someone additional to oversee it all.<\/p>\n

The roughly $4 billion downtown renovation is expected to include a new $1.3 billion Spurs arena and surrounding mixed-use development, as well as upgrades to the Alamodome and Henry B. Gonz\u00e1lez Convention Center. <\/p>\n

Such goals could be expanded even further, to include plans like affordable housing<\/a> initiatives and public transit, if some members of the council have their way in the coming year.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrea Drusch writes about local government for the San Antonio Report. She’s covered politics in Washington, D.C., and Texas for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, National Journal and Politico.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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