SPURS ARENA PLAN IN JEOPARDY OVER FINANCING PLAN

          North East School District Officials in San Antonio
     "threatened ... to pull out of all talks" with the Spurs
     over the financing of a new arena, which would "effectively
     kill any deal," according to Christopher Anderson of the SAN
     ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS.  School leaders were "alarmed over"
     how much property tax revenue they would have to "sacrifice
     to the project."  But a Spurs exec said that the team would
     be "willing to give up some of the money generated" if the
     $156M arena is built.  Spurs Exec VP Leo Gomez: "The
     district has some needs and there's a price tag attached to
     that.  That price tag is going to have to be taken care of
     somewhere."  School leaders also "demanded" that the Spurs
     come up with enough money "to offset the district's
     projected losses of more than" $100M over 25 years.  North
     East School District Superintendent Richard Middleton:
     "We're not committed to losing money.  If there's no plan,
     ... we are out of it."  But Gomez said the school district's
     is "claiming money they don't have" (EXPRESS-NEWS, 11/12).