Local officials are finalizing negotiations for a new downtown arena for the San Antonio Spurs, but there’s still one potential sticking point: the call for an “independent economic analysis.”

San Antonio City Council is heading toward a showdown Thursday, when council members will choose between approving a funding agreement with the Spurs and Bexar County for the $1.3- to $1.5-billion arena or listening to calls from Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones to slow down and asses more fully what it will cost.

One economic study for the arena already exists: David Stone, a consultant employed by the Spurs, spent six months working with team officials to put together a 29-page analysis of the new arena . He was asked to figure out what kind of economic effects — spending, job creation and tax revenues

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