By Jared Weiss | The Athletic, 2025-11-05 11:00:07
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本周二，圣安东尼奥马刺队在圣城的未来终于尘埃落定。当地选民以微弱优势通过了一项投票议案，该议案将动用市、县两级财政资金，用于建设一座全新的市中心球馆，以取代现有的霜岸银行中心。
这项名为B号提案的议案，正式批准了一项被称为“漫威计划”（Project Marvel）的方案，该方案将在圣安东尼奥市中心的阿拉莫穹顶体育馆和会议中心旁，建造一个包含一座耗资14亿美元球馆在内的体育综合体。
在所有投票站完成计票后，贝尔县选民以128,642票对118,068票的结果通过了该议案（领先优势约为4.3%）。本次投票的总体投票率刚过19.3%。
为了推动该提案通过，马刺队发起了一场声势浩大的宣传活动，其中包括在主场比赛中发表演讲、邀请球员为其背书，以及在圣安东尼奥地区随处可见的宣传标语。
马刺队在霜岸银行中心的租约将于2032-33赛季初到期，因此球队可能还需要近十年的时间才能迁往市中心。
选民的这一决定对球队而言正值关键时刻，因为球队正开始围绕超级巨星维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 全力冲击季后赛。
这支球队进入2020年代以来还未曾进入季后赛，但随着近期选中的首轮秀文班亚马、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Steph Castle) 和迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 不断成长为建队基石，球队已具备在未来几年争夺总冠军的有利条件。随着前全明星球员德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 在这个休赛期签下一份新的顶薪续约合同，马刺队已经整装待发，准备围绕文班亚马再次向王朝发起冲击。
现在，他们达成了一项新的球馆协议，这不仅巩固了球队在圣安东尼奥的主场地位，也彻底平息了外界关于球队可能迁往邻近且日益发展的奥斯汀市的担忧。
B号提案是什么？
B号提案的通过，批准了动用约3.11亿美元的县级场馆税收债券，用于在市中心的半球公园（Hemisfair Park）区域建设马刺新球馆，该市其他主要场馆也坐落于此。贝尔县将提高酒店入住税和汽车租赁税，试图将这笔债券的资金压力转移到外来游客身上。此外，圣安东尼奥市将为该项目出资约4.89亿美元，而马刺队将提供5亿美元用于建造球馆并承担任何超额费用。
这与2002年，在以蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 为核心的马刺王朝初期，球队建造霜岸银行中心时所采用的资金结构类似。马刺队和圣安东尼奥市希望，通过一个更宏大的发展规划将球馆迁回市中心，能够在球馆周边打造一个现代化且繁荣的社区，而不是像现在这样，让远离市中心的现有球馆被大片停车场包围。
“漫威计划”是一个以半球公园为核心的庞大市中心重建项目，该区域距离著名的河滨步道仅几步之遥。美洲之塔摩天大楼、阿拉莫穹顶体育馆以及亨利·B·冈萨雷斯会议中心都坐落于此。
“漫威计划”的效果图，这项拟议的市中心重建项目包含一座全新的圣安东尼奥马刺队球馆。（图片由圣安东尼奥市提供）
这项发展计划不仅包括一座新的马刺球馆，还将翻新老化的阿拉莫穹顶体育馆，为其未来可能吸引一支NFL扩军球队做好准备。休斯顿德州人队是联盟于2002年引入的最后一支扩军球队。
从1993年启用至2002年，阿拉莫穹顶体育馆一直是马刺队的主场，之后球队迁至了如今位于市中心以东的霜岸银行中心。然而，霜岸银行中心周边地区始终未能发展成一个广阔繁荣的社区，这也引发了“漫威计划”反对者的担忧。
在选举前夕，圣安东尼奥市长吉娜·奥尔蒂斯·琼斯 (Gina Ortiz Jones) 呼吁对该提案进行进一步分析，而前市长罗恩·尼伦伯格 (Ron Nirenberg) 则在《圣安东尼奥快报新闻》的一篇专栏文章中公开支持该提案。该协议的支持者希望“漫威计划”能够振兴市中心的基础设施，吸引新企业入驻，并确保这座城市唯一的职业体育队伍能够永久留在圣安东尼奥。而反对者，如名为COPS/Metro的倡导团体，则反对使用公共资金建造新球馆，他们援引独立研究称，全国各地的体育场馆很少能带来足够的经济效益。
圣安东尼奥经常在可容纳约68,000名观众的阿拉莫穹顶体育馆举办NCAA男女篮全美四强赛（Final Four）。而马刺未来的新球馆容量可能略低于20,000人，因此不太可能成为四强赛的举办场地，因为该赛事通常在能够容纳更多观众的橄榄球场举行。
阿拉莫穹顶体育馆建于1993年，是全美最古老的主要体育场之一，此次翻新工程将为其带来一番新面貌。
除了升级阿拉莫穹顶体育馆，“漫威计划”还将扩建会议中心，并在那里建造第二家酒店。该计划还将把旧法院大楼改造为一个活动场所，并修建一座人行陆桥，将市中心核心区与半球公园区域连接起来。目前，行人需要穿过街道并从高速公路立交桥下通过，才能到达河滨步道的酒店和餐厅。
该重建项目的支持者认为，这将催生更多的住房、购物和餐饮选择，从而在一个以郊区蔓延为特点的城市中，促进市中心的人口增长。市政府的提案将利用未来因房地产进一步发展而产生的房产增值税来为“漫威计划”提供资金支持。
马刺队通过名为“共同胜利”（Win Together）的政治行动委员会为“漫威计划”展开了大规模的宣传活动，该委员会筹集了约700万美元以支持宣传工作。近几周，电视和数字广告在圣安东尼奥市中心频繁投放，该地区也随处可见实体宣传标语。
在选举前的最后两个主场比赛中，马刺队执行合伙人彼得·J·霍尔特 (Peter J. Holt) 向现场观众发表讲话，为该项目站台。他提醒马刺球迷，尽管球队向观众分发了宣传T恤，但在投票时不要穿着马刺队的装备。马刺传奇人物如马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili) 和现役球星如文班亚马都在社交媒体上和录制的视频中对该投票议案表示支持。
Queridos Spurs fans, mañana es EL día! Todos a votar YES a las Props A y B.
Por el futuro de San Antonio y los Spurs.
Recuerden: No habrá nuevos impuestos. El dinero para el nuevo estadio lo pagan los turistas y los Spurs!
Como siempre… GoSpursGo!!!
My dear Spurs… pic.twitter.com/fY5HAas1Tv
— Manu Ginobili (@ manuginobili) November 3, 2025
“我一直在思考我的未来和现在。当然，是在圣安东尼奥，”文班亚马说。“最近，也想了一些关于球馆的事，因为它一直是个热门话题。……对于我职业生涯的方方面面，我做事都很有目的性。尽管有些事情需要时间，需要耐心，但我从来都不是一个会浪费时间的人。”
这对马刺队和NBA有何影响？
这次投票彻底打消了关于马刺队可能搬迁至其G联盟附属球队所在地——奥斯汀的任何疑虑。与德克萨斯州的大多数主要城市一样，奥斯汀在疫情后经历了全美最迅猛的增长，圣安东尼奥也紧随其后。
马刺队每个赛季会在奥斯汀打两场常规赛，马刺CEO R.C.布福德 (RC Buford) 曾讨论过将马刺队打造成一支更具区域性的球队，类似于金州勇士队。勇士队在赢得三次NBA总冠军后，于2019年从奥克兰跨过海湾，迁至了旧金山的大通中心。
“漫威计划”并非该地区首个此类项目，俄克拉荷马城的MAPS 4计划目前也正在为雷霆队建造一座新球馆。2023年12月，俄克拉荷马城选民以71%的压倒性多数批准了一项球馆协议，其资金主要来源于一项为期72个月、增加1%销售税的法案。该市预计这将产生至少9亿美元，为这支卫冕冠军球队建造新主场提供资金。
这项协议对达拉斯也将产生影响，独行侠队正寻求在他们与美国航线中心球馆的租约于2031年到期后，建造一个全新的大型球馆开发项目。当阿德尔森家族于2023年从马克·库班 (Mark Cuban) 手中收购独行侠队的控股权时，打造一个由独行侠新球馆引领的市中心娱乐区就是该计划的核心部分。
既然圣安东尼奥的选民已经批准了这一方案，这可能会在全联盟范围内催生更多类似的市中心重建项目。
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San Antonio voters approve funding for new downtown Spurs arena
The Spurs’ future in San Antonio was secured Tuesday, as local voters narrowly approved a ballot measure that would devote city and county money to fund the construction of a new downtown arena to replace the Frost Bank Center.
The proposal, Proposition B, greenlights a plan known as Project Marvel, which involves building a sports complex that includes a $1.4 billion arena next to the Alamodome and Convention Center in downtown San Antonio.
Bexar County voters approved the measure by a 128,642-118,068 vote with all vote centers reporting (a margin of about 4.3 percent). Overall turnout was just over 19.3 percent.
The Spurs promoted the proposition with a substantial campaign featuring speeches at home games, player endorsements and signage throughout the San Antonio area.
The Spurs’ lease at the Frost Bank Center expires at the start of the 2032-33 season, so it could be nearly a decade before the team moves downtown.
This decision by voters comes at a crucial time for the franchise as the team begins to ramp up its postseason pursuit around superstar Victor Wembanyama.
The team has not made the playoffs this decade, but is well positioned to contend for a title in the coming years as recent first-round picks Wembanyama, Steph Castle and Dylan Harper continue to develop into franchise cornerstones. With former All-Star De’Aaron Fox signing a new max extension this offseason, the Spurs are equipped to make another run at a dynasty around Wembanyama.
Now, they have a new arena deal to fortify their home in San Antonio and put to rest concerns of a move to the growing metropolis down the road in Austin.
What is Proposition B?
Proposition B’s passing approves around $311 million from a county venue tax bond for constructing a new Spurs arena in the downtown Hemisfair Park area, where the city’s other major venues are located. The county will increase its hotel occupancy and car rental taxes in an attempt to put the funding for this bond on visiting tourists. Additionally, the city of San Antonio will contribute around $489 million to the project, and the Spurs will provide $500 million to build the arena and cover excess costs.
This is similar to the funding structure that was used when the Spurs built the Frost Bank Center in 2002 in the early days of the Spurs’ dynasty around Tim Duncan. The hope for the Spurs and the city is that relocating back to the downtown area with a more substantial development plan will create a modern and thriving neighborhood in proximity to the arena, rather than the vast swath of parking lots surrounding the current arena far from the city center.
Project Marvel is a sprawling downtown redevelopment project centered on the Hemisfair, located within walking distance from the riverwalk. It hosts the Tower of the Americas skyscraper, Alamodome and Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
A rendering of Project Marvel, the proposed downtown redevelopment that includes a new San Antonio Spurs Arena. (Courtesy of the city of San Antonio)
This development plan will not just include a new Spurs arena, but it will also redevelop the aging Alamodome to position it for a potential NFL expansion franchise down the road. The Houston Texans were the last expansion team to enter the league in 2002.
The Alamodome hosted the Spurs from its opening in 1993 until 2002, when the Spurs moved to what is now called the Frost Bank Center east of downtown. The area around Frost Bank Center never developed into a sprawling neighborhood, which prompted concerns from opponents of Project Marvel.
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones called for further analysis of the proposal in the lead-up to the election, and former Mayor Ron Nirenberg endorsed the proposition in a San Antonio Express-News op-ed. Proponents of the deal hope Project Marvel will revitalize downtown infrastructure, attract new businesses and ensure the city’s only professional sports team remains in San Antonio permanently. Opponents, such as advocacy group COPS/Metro opposed spending public funding on a new arena, citing independent research saying sports venues across the country rarely deliver sufficient economic gains.
San Antonio often hosts the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball Final Four at the Alamodome, which seats around 68,000 fans. The next Spurs arena would likely fit slightly fewer than 20,000 fans and is not likely to be used as a Final Four venue, which typically is hosted in football stadiums that can hold larger audiences. The Alamodome renovation would give a facelift to one of the oldest major stadiums in the country, having been built in 1993.
In addition to updating the Alamodome, Project Marvel will expand the convention center and build a second hotel there. It will also turn the old courthouse into an event venue and build a land bridge connecting the heart of downtown to the Hemisfair area. Currently, pedestrians need to walk through streets and under a highway overpass to get to the hotels and restaurants on the riverwalk.
Proponents of the redevelopment project believe it would allow more housing, shopping and dining options to emerge, supporting downtown population growth in a city centered on suburban sprawl. The city proposal will use future taxes on rising property values from further real estate development to support funding Project Marvel.
The Spurs conducted a large campaign for Project Marvel through the Win Together political action committee, which raised around $7 million to support campaign efforts. TV and digital ads ran frequently in recent weeks in downtown San Antonio, and there was physical signage throughout the area.
Spurs managing partner Peter J. Holt addressed the crowd at the last two Spurs home games before the election to endorse the project, reminding Spurs fans not to wear their Spurs gear to the polls despite the team’s giving out campaign shirts to the crowd. Spurs legends such as Manu Ginobili and current stars such as Wembanyama have endorsed the ballot measures on social media and recorded videos.
Por el futuro de San Antonio y los Spurs.
Como siempre… GoSpursGo!!!
— Manu Ginobili (@ manuginobili) November 3, 2025
“I think about my future and my present all the time. In San Antonio, of course,” Wembanyama said. “And recently, a little bit about the arena, because it’s been a subject. … For all areas of my career, I’m very intentional. Even though some things take time, patience is needed, I’ve never been one to waste time.”
What impact will this have on the Spurs and NBA?
This vote puts to rest any concerns the Spurs might relocate to Austin, where the G League franchise is located. Like most major Texas cities, Austin has experienced some of the nation’s largest growth since the pandemic, with San Antonio not far behind.
The Spurs play two regular-season games per season in Austin, and Spurs CEO RC Buford has discussed turning the Spurs into a more regional franchise akin to the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors moved across the bay from Oakland to the Chase Center in San Francisco in 2019, after winning three NBA championships.
Marvel is not the first project of this kind in the region, as Oklahoma City’s MAPS 4 program is now in the process of developing a new Thunder arena. In December 2023, Oklahoma City voters approved an arena deal with a 71 percent majority that relied primarily on a 72-month 1-cent sales tax increase. The city projected this would generate at least $900 million to fund a new home for the defending champions.
This deal will also have implications for Dallas, where the Mavericks are looking to build a new large-scale arena development when their lease at the American Airlines Center ends in 2031. When the Adelson family purchased controlling interest in the Mavericks from Mark Cuban in 2023, creating a downtown entertainment district led by a new Mavericks arena was a core part of the plan.
Now that the voters have approved the concept in San Antonio, this could catalyze further downtown redevelopment across the league.
By Jared Weiss, via The Athletic