The City of San Antonio is moving forward in its negotiations with the San Antonio Spurs on funding a new downtown arena after an hours-long Wednesday meeting.

It was not easy to get there.

Council members listened to six hours of reports and public comments before three hours of discussion among themselves, ultimately choosing to continue negotiations with the Spurs despite Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and several others asking to slow the process down.

Though Jones called for a pause in negotiations, the majority of council wanted to move forward, asking City Manager Erik Walsh to work toward drafting a non-binding agreement with the Spurs this month.

The marathon meeting revealed more details about where the funds would come from to pay for the $1.3-billion to $1.5-billion arena , a cen

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