Spurs seek "venue tax" funds for arena upgrades

[ChumpDumper]

No dude... the product is still the same. Bonner gets 3 mill, there is a problem.

They are pricing the homeboy out.

So they are smart for no longer being able to afford a ticket.

[kris]

To emphasize the point, officials this time have redubbed the venue tax the "visitor tax," as a reminder that, for the most part, locals won't pay.

Good PR move, but it begs the question - wouldn't that money go to the locals if it wasn't going to the Spurs?

The Spurs had an arena built 5 years ago that was supposed to be their dream house and now they have a wish list nearly the cost of another arena?

The $163 million whittled down to $100 million is just another ploy to make it sound like they're saving money.

Spurs need to start coughing up more money instead of having the public pay for it.

[The Truth #6]

The car rental tax is really hurting San Antonians, isn't it?

The article mentions several other projects that could use this revenue stream. So yes, locals who don't care about using all that money to modify a 5 year old arena and would rather see it spent on projects that benefit the city as a whole, such as extending the riverwalk or building a performing arts center, would be unhappy.

[ChumpDumper]

The article mentions several other projects that could use this revenue stream. So yes, locals who don't care about using all that money to modify a 5 year old arena and would rather see it spent on projects that benefit the city as a whole, such as extending the riverwalk or building a performing arts center, would be unhappy.

I was talking about the tax itself. No one seems to have a fundamental problem with that, just how to spend it.

I can see the Riverwalk extension, but a performing arts center?

If I still lived there, I'd be all for putting it to a vote. If it came to funding two out of the three, the arts center would lose.

[SequSpur]

I ain't voting for another ing dollar for that hole on the eastside.