If the San Antonio Spurs move to a new arena, Sakai would have to scramble to keep the county-owned Frost Bank Center afloat. But he has a plan for that.
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai learned last summer that city leaders and top Spurs executives had been talking behind his back for months about moving the team from its county-owned home on the East Side to a new downtown arena. Sakai was barely six months in office and still learning the ropes.
He didn't offer any details because he's not directly involved and doesn't know the fine points. But it wouldn't be crazy to think the plan might tackle obstacles to development such as the traffic choke points between Interstate 35 and the site of both the arena and the county-owned Freeman Coliseum. 'Let's take care of the East Side, and then we'll see what we can do for the Spurs,' he said.
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