The visionary behind San Antonio’s plans for a new downtown sports and entertainment district regrets naming it Project Marvel — an idea she said confused the public and distracted from the more popular goal of building the Spurs a new arena.

“Project Marvel” is a code name city officials gave their larger vision for roughly $4 billion worth of upgrades to the Henry B. González Convention Center, the Alamodome, a proposed land bridge and NBA arena expected to make the Hemisfair area a major destination for tourists and locals alike.

It was first revealed in emails obtained by open records requests by the Express-News in July of 2024 , and caught on quickly despite city leaders’ efforts to rebrand.

“It’s been a rocky start. We’re still trying to educate the community on what’s happen

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