The Billion Dollar Question: Who Really Pays for the Spurs Arena?
(It’s Not Your Pothole Fund.) This is Part 4 in a 12-part series on San Antonio’s Sports & Entertainment District, aka Project Marvel. In order to understand how the new Spurs arena will be funded, take a little ride with me. Meet two characters heading to the future San Antonio Sports & Entertainment District (aka […]
Divorcing the Sports District from the City’s Deficit
This is Part 3 in a 12-part series on San Antonio’s Sports and Entertainment District, also known as Project Marvel. One of my favorite quotes comes from the movie Raising Arizona. An inmate, watching a couple argue, leans over to another inmate and says, “I wouldn’t be surprised if the source of the marital friction […]
Not One Project. Not a New District. Not Just for the Spurs.
This is Part 2 in a 12-part series on San Antonio’s Sports and Entertainment District, also known as Project Marvel. My branding mentor has a phrase I’ve always remembered: The One Rule of Carry On. People only have room for one story in their head at a time. That’s it. One story. And that’s part […]