The San Antonio City Council voted down Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’s plan to “pause” negotiations on Project Marvel Thursday — instead forging ahead with a broad agreement to spend roughly a half-billion dollars on a new downtown Spurs basketball arena.

The council voted 7-4 on Thursday to authorize City Manager Erik Walsh to execute a “nonbinding term sheet ” indicating that the city would commit to providing $489 million for an arena that’s expected to cost roughly $1.3 billion.

Jones, along with progressive council members Teri Castillo (D5), Ric Galvan (D6) and Leo Castillo-Anguiano (D2) voted against the term sheet.

Councilman Edward Mungia (D4) sided with the more business-friendly members on their dais, Sukh Kaur (D1), Marc Whyte (D10), Marina Aldrete Gavito (D7), Misty Spears (D

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