San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs have asked that the City of San Antonio contribute $500 million to the arena's construction.

The city has held community workshops in every city council district to inform residents about it and gather their feedback.

The San Antonio sports teams topped Tuesday's Bexar County commissioners meeting.

The 6-foot-6 guard Dylan Harper said he's excited to join Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle, the team's last two top picks who took home the league's last two Rookie of the Year awards.

The workshops are intended to inform the public about the planned Sports & Entertainment District and get feedback from them about how the city should move forward.

The county proposed to the state that revenue from 'tourist taxes' pay for county arenas' renovations, and the remainder would go to the team's new home.

City leaders said the infrastructure upgrades would be necessary to support the new Spurs arena downtown and a slate of other proposed projects.

Peter Sakai told reporters on Wednesday that he expected the Spurs, county, and city to be ready to share more details with voters in a couple of months, but he cautioned he was not speaking on behalf of the city.

The San Antonio City Council voted to create a new Project Finance Zone that will contribute to Alamodome and Convention Center upgrades, and which may partially fund a Spurs arena.

In a request filed Wednesday, Councilman Manny Pelaez asked his colleagues to consider naming the airport for the man who for three decades established and led "a culture of excellence, dignity, respect, integrity, and selfless service..."