An anonymous social media account heavily promoting San Antonio’s Project Marvel — the proposed $4 billion downtown sports-and-entertainment district anchored by a new Spurs arena — is run by an academic and former policy consultant based in Sacramento, California, a person heavily involved in Texas politics told the Current. The San Antonio-based source, who asked not be named for fear of blowback, said the @projectmarvelsa account on social media platform X is owned and operated by Juan “Johnny” Urbano. On his LinkedIn profile, Urbano — a California resident — lists his job as director of assessment and evaluation at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.
