{"id":232992,"date":"2025-08-15T19:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/232992\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T19:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:28:11","slug":"city-hired-firm-for-project-marvel-analysis-has-business-ties-to-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/232992\/","title":{"rendered":"City-hired firm for Project Marvel analysis has business ties to San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A firm hired by the City of San Antonio to study the economic impact of Project Marvel<\/a> has extensive business ties to a minority owner of the San Antonio Spurs, according to an analysis of background checks by KSAT Investigates.<\/p>\n

The city commissioned CSL International for the analysis<\/a>, which estimated that core projects within the larger Project Marvel could bring in $500 million<\/a> in new spending, tax revenue and jobs in any given year. <\/p>\n

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The analysis states a new downtown Spurs arena alone could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, but noted that number came from a separate analysis done by Stone Planning<\/a>, the firm hired by the Spurs. <\/p>\n

CSL International was purchased by Legends Hospitality Management in 2011, according to the Sports Business Journal.<\/a><\/p>\n

A decade later, Legends Hospitality Management announced it was receiving a majority investment<\/a> from firm Sixth Street Partners. A background check lists Sixth Street Partners as the parent company of Legends.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the Spurs announced<\/a> that Sixth Street Partners, along with Michael Dell, the Chief Executive Officer of Dell Technologies, became strategic partners of the team.<\/p>\n

KSAT Investigates reached out to the city on Friday morning to confirm when it became aware of the connection. KSAT will update this story when they hear back. <\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones called CSL\u2019s analysis incomplete. During a KSAT Q&A<\/a>, the mayor said the firm only reviewed summary findings from Stone Planning. <\/p>\n

Spurs Sports & Entertainment confirmed it did not recommend CSL International to the city or have any involvement in the CSL analysis that the mayor has referred to. <\/p>\n

Jones has called for an \u201cindependent\u201d economic analysis <\/a>to determine the costs and benefits of a proposed new Spurs arena and wider sports and entertainment district.<\/p>\n

Read more reporting on the KSAT Investigates page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More recent Project Marvel coverage on KSAT: <\/p>\n

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