The San Antonio Report’s annual CityFest occasion this month will tackle the most popular subject in Bexar County — the proposed downtown San Antonio Spurs enviornment and leisure district, or Challenge Marvel.
The 2025 CityFest lineup encompasses a ticketed keynote luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 21 with Spurs proprietor Peter Holt and legendary NBA participant Sean Elliot discussing the group’s influence on San Antonio by the years, adopted by two of the largest decision-makers on the downtown enviornment venture, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and Bexar County Choose Peter Sakai, who will unpack the monetary and neighborhood implications of the venture.
Sponsorships for the luncheon can be found, see extra data on on the CityFest web site or e mail occasions@sareport.org.
That dialog will happen simply as early voting will get underway Oct. 20 in Bexar County’s $503 million venue tax election.
The election represents native voters’ first alternative to weigh in on plans lengthy debated behind closed doorways, and maybe their solely likelihood to weigh in on public funding for a brand new downtown Spurs enviornment by a Nov. 4 poll measure often called Proposition B.
Voters may even be requested to contemplate a serious redevelopment of the Spurs’ present Eastside house, listed on the poll at Proposition A, which might flip the Frost Financial institution Middle, Freeman Coliseum and surrounding grounds right into a year-round inventory present and rodeo district.
On Wednesday throughout CityFest, the San Antonio Report will host a panel dialogue with James Nortey of San Antonio for Progress on the Eastside, Father Jimmy Drennan of the COPS/Metro Alliance, Cody Davenport of the San Antonio Inventory Present and Rodeo and Bexar County Supervisor David Smith on what’s subsequent for San Antonio’s East Aspect if the Spurs transfer again downtown.
On Thursday, Hemisfair-area enterprise homeowners Johnny Hernandez and Jody Bailey Newman will take part in a panel with Metropolis Supervisor Erik Walsh in regards to the influence the proposed venture can have on their companies and the encircling neighborhoods, adopted by a enjoyable and free completely satisfied hour.
Pre-register to attend the East aspect panel occasion and small enterprise occasion right here.
