BREAKING AWAY? SPURS' QUARRY SITE PERFECT FOR CUTTERS?

          The Spurs "are willing" to pay $20M to $40M to help
     build a new arena "touted by local developers," according to
     Christopher Anderson of the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS.  City
     Councilmember Jeff Webster, who represents the area where an
     abandoned quarry is "envisioned as a retail and
     entertainment development with an arena as its prime
     attraction, said the proposal is promising."  Webster said
     the Spurs told him they could contribute up to $40M toward a
     city-owned facility, but Spurs VP Leo Gomez declined to
     discuss a dollar amount.  Mayor Howard Peak said the arena
     plan, promoted by the team and "conceived" by real estate
     company Bitterblue, is "worth sending to the council." 
     After the council views the plan, a 60-day public review can
     begin, then a vote can be made to approve or deny the
     project.  Peak termed the quarry proposal "serious" and said
     that it is the "only deal on the table" (EXPRESS NEWS,8/12).