By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-11-06 13:05:18
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2025年10月27日，圣安东尼奥——在弗罗斯特银行中心举行的马刺对阵多伦多猛龙队的NBA比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔（5号）与前锋维克托·文班亚马（1号）击掌致意。
洛杉矶报道 —— 当被问及对贝尔县选民投票批准为球队建设市中心新球馆提供资金的计划有何看法时，马刺队的基石球员维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的回答听起来像一位城市规划师。
“这太酷了，”这位21岁的法国球员在周三于洛杉矶以116-118不敌湖人队后说道。“我很高兴。希望这个项目不仅仅是一座建筑，更能成长为一个完整的生态系统。我对此充满期待。”
文班亚马的队友和教练也和这位全明星中锋一道，为周二选举中约52%的选民投票赞成B提案的决定而喝彩。该提案将动用高达3.11亿美元的县酒店及汽车租赁税款，用于资助在Hemisfair公园原德克萨斯文化研究所旧址上建造一座耗资13亿美元的新球馆。
马刺队希望在2032年与贝尔县弗罗斯特银行中心的租约到期后，迁入这座新场馆。
“这是个好消息，”2025年NBA年度最佳新秀、后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 说。“这充分表明了这座城市有多么支持我们，以及他们对我们这座城市有多么关心。”
公共财政将覆盖球馆建造成本的61.5%。市政府已同意出资高达4.89亿美元，资金来源包括其在州酒店税中的份额、球馆周边新开发项目的房产税收入以及这些开发项目的土地租金。
马刺队已承诺出资5亿美元，并承担任何成本超支。
卡斯尔指出，马刺队目前的主场弗罗斯特银行中心也将从周二的选举结果中受益。
获得56%选民支持的A提案将投入高达1.92亿美元的县税收，用于翻新弗罗斯特银行中心、弗里曼体育馆及周边设施，以便圣安东尼奥牛仔竞技节能够全年举办西部主题活动。
“这将会把很多人聚集在一起，”卡斯尔说。“我为此感到高兴。”
一座新球馆的承诺，加上球队已拥有的顶级训练设施，可能会在招募自由球员方面对马刺队有所帮助。
“当我听到‘新球馆’这个词，再考虑到我们现有的阵容和所有年轻天赋，这绝对极具吸引力，”卡斯尔说道。
马刺队很享受在联盟各处的新场馆比赛，包括洛杉矶快船队耗资20亿美元、于2024年8月在英格尔伍德启用的Intuit Dome球馆，那是NBA最新的一座球馆。
现在，他们期待着能在属于自己的、崭新亮丽的场馆里打球。
“我真的为圣安东尼奥市和我们的球队感到兴奋，”马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说。“我认为你在全联盟都能看到这样的趋势。洛杉矶就是一个很好的例子（比如市中心的Crypto.com球馆）。这不仅仅关乎篮球，还包括周边的区域、场馆、餐厅、音乐，所有这些都可能成为与球队共同成长的机会。能成为圣安东尼奥市中心的一部分，对球队来说是一件非常激动人心的事情。”
后卫德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 也表达了与教练同样的看法。
“我为圣安东尼奥、为社区、为市中心感到兴奋，”他说。“这将会是一项宏大的工程，会非常激动人心。我已经迫不及待想看到它完工后的样子了。”
本报道由撰稿人莫莉·史密斯 (Molly Smith) 和索尔·平克 (Saul Pink) 共同完成。
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Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama hopes downtown arena sparks ‘whole ecosystem’
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) and San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) high-five during the NBA game Toronto Raptors at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.
LOS ANGELES - Spurs franchise cornerstone Victor Wembanyama sounded like an urban planner when asked for his reaction to Bexar County voters approving a plan to finance a new downtown arena for the team.
“It’s cool,” the 21-year-old Frenchman said after Wednesday’s 118-116 loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles. “I’m happy. Hopefully it is a project that can grow into something more than just a building, (grow into) a whole ecosystem. I’m hopeful.”
Wembanyama’s teammates and coach joined the All-Star center in applauding the decision by about 52% of voters in Tuesday’s election to approve Prop B, which devotes up to $311 million in county hotel and rental car tax dollars to help pay for a new $1.3 billion arena at the former Institute of Texan Cultures site at Hemisfair.
The Spurs hope to move into the new building after their lease at Bexar County’s Frost Bank Center is up in 2032.
“Great news,” said guard Stephon Castle, the 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year. “It just shows how much the city is behind us and how much they care for our city.”
Public financing will cover 61.5% of the arena’s construction costs. The city has agreed to contribute up to $489 million through a combination of its share of state hotel taxes, property tax revenue from new development around the arena and ground leases for that development.
The Spurs have promised to contribute $500 million and cover cost overruns.
Castle noted the Frost Bank Center, the Spurs’ current home, will also benefit from the results of Tuesday’s election.
Prop A, which 56% of the voters approved, will devote up to $192 million in county tax dollars to renovate the Frost Bank Center, the Freeman Coliseum and surrounding facilities so the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo can host year-round Western events.
“It’s going to bring a lot of people together,” Castle said. “I’m happy about it.”
The promise of a new arena, in addition to the state-of-the-art practice facility they already have, could help the Spurs with recruiting free agents.
“If I hear a ‘new arena,’ and (with) the team we already have, with all the young talent we got, it’s definitely eye opening,” Castle said.
The Spurs have enjoyed playing in new venues around the league, including Los Angeles Clippers’ $2 billion Intuit Dome in Inglewood, which opened in August 2024 and is the NBA’s newest arena.
Now, they look forward to playing in a shiny new venue of their own.
“I’m just really excited for the city of San Antonio and for our organization,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “I think you see it across the league. Los Angeles is a great example of that (with Crypto.com Arena in downtown L.A.). It’s more than just the basketball, with the surrounding areas and the venues and restaurants, the music, all the things that are potentially opportunities to grow with the team. It’s just something really exciting for the team to be a part of downtown San Antonio.”
Guard Devin Vassell echoed his coach’s comments.
“I’m excited for San Antonio, for the community, for downtown,” he said. “It’s going to be huge. It’s going to be exciting. I can’t wait to see what it looks like when it’s finished.”
Staff writers Molly Smith and Saul Pink contributed to this story.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News