San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones addresses the crowd during a listening session on Friday.

Credit: Michael Karlis Hundreds of San Antonians showed up to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' Thursday and Friday listening sessions on a proposed vote on whether the city should contribute $489 million to a new Spurs arena.

Jones said adding the arena funding measure to the November ballot would cost the city $1. 5 million and added that her staff has asked City Manager Erik Walsh to hold a special meeting on the issue.