{"id":981503,"date":"2026-08-05T03:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/981503\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T03:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:49:11","slug":"ksat-qa-mayor-jones-renews-call-to-put-citys-contribution-to-new-spurs-arena-up-for-citywide-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/981503\/","title":{"rendered":"KSAT Q&#038;A: Mayor Jones renews call to put city\u2019s contribution to new Spurs arena up for citywide vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones renewed her call to put the city\u2019s $489 million contribution to the new Spurs arena up for a citywide vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Jones said the request should come as no surprise, noting she first signaled her intention to bring the matter back to council on Aug. 21, 2025, the day the original vote was taken. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">She pointed to several changes in the project since then, including the removal of a land bridge over Interstate 37 and the elimination of a planned 1,000-room hotel, as reasons to revisit the decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cOur community was told that they were not going to make a $489 million contribution instead of being asked if they would,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">KSAT has reached out to all 10 City Council members, and the six who responded said they would not support putting the measure on the ballot \u2014 enough to block it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Jones acknowledged the tight timeline but urged residents to contact their council members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Jones also addressed Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s comments about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/04\/gov-abbott-set-to-announce-plan-to-break-energy-monopolies-in-cities-like-san-antonio-in-effort-to-make-energy-cheaper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/04\/gov-abbott-set-to-announce-plan-to-break-energy-monopolies-in-cities-like-san-antonio-in-effort-to-make-energy-cheaper\/\">breaking up municipal utility monopolies<\/a>, pushing back on characterizations of CPS Energy\u2019s general fund contributions as a \u201cslush fund.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">She stated San Antonio and Castroville have among the lowest electricity and gas costs in the state and that CPS revenue helps fund services, including 2,400 daily senior meals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">With the city facing a $158 million budget deficit that\u2019s projected to grow to $264 million without action, Jones said protecting CPS revenue streams and pursuing new ones, including revenue sharing tied to the Spurs arena, is essential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Watch the full interview in the video player above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><b>Read also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones renewed her call to put the city\u2019s $489 million contribution to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":981504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,13239,21468,7452,46866,13123,7202,7203,46865,7199,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-981503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-america","tag-city-hall","tag-cps-energy","tag-gina-ortiz-jones","tag-ksat-qa","tag-project-marvel","tag-san-antonio","tag-sanantonio","tag-saq","tag-spurs","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117040864697962990","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/981504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}