As voters began to head to the polls on Monday, the Spurs remained elusive about a fear at the back of some fans’ minds. If the team doesn’t get the downtown arena it wants, could it leave San Antonio entirely?

The Spurs’ lease with Bexar County on its current home, the Frost Bank Center, lasts through 2032. But the Spurs want to make a downtown move to Hemisfair, where the City of San Antonio is planning a wider sports and entertainment district, known as “Project Marvel.”

Proposition B on Bexar County voters’ ballots asks whether to use the county’s venue tax on hotel stays and car rentals to help fund the new arena. The proposition includes raising the hotel occupancy tax portion from 1.75% to 2%, while keeping the tax on short-term car rentals at 5%.

The $311 million from the county

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