New Spurs Arena, Sadness in SA: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

This week's top news also included a story on a significant political donations by H-E-B chairman Charles Butt.

click to enlarge An unofficial rendering shows what a downtown Spurs arena and sports district could look like. - X / @MR_COMMON_5ENSE
X / @MR_COMMON_5ENSE
An unofficial rendering shows what a downtown Spurs arena and sports district could look like.
This week's most-read Current stories showed San Antonio's emotional range.

Readers flocked to a story covering the possibility of a new downtown arena for the Spurs after the city was granted exclusive rights to either buy or lease 13.5 acres at Hemisfair, potentially showing excitement for the future of the sports franchise.

However, another of this week's top stories covered a study that found folks in the Alamo City are among the saddest in the nation.

Other big stories this week included Texas Gov. Greg Abbott telling the U.N. to "go pound sand" and H-E-B chairman Charles Butt making significant political donations to candidates Abbott wants kicked out of office.

10. Hemisfair relaunching La Semana music fest. Count its original producers as skeptics.

9. GoFundMe to cover funeral costs of San Antonio school staffer who died after on-the-job injury

8. San Antonio councilman Marc Whyte was intoxicated at time of DWI arrest, DPS says

7. Manny Pelaez snacks, rolls eyes during San Antonio council meeting on Gaza conflict

6. San Antonio sports personality faces blowback for saying the city is poor

5. Greg Abbott tells U.N. to 'go pound sand' over concerns about LGBTQ+ rights in Texas

4. Santikos offering $5 movies, popcorn at San Antonio cinemas this Sunday

3. Study: San Antonio ranks as one of the nation's saddest cities

2. Downtown San Antonio Spurs arena could be one step closer to reality

1. H-E-B's chairman throws $1 million behind candidates Gov. Greg Abbott wants to unseat

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