Prop B's success is a [major win for San Antonio](https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/bexar-county-sees-historic-early-voting-turnout-ahead-of-key-propositions-san-antonio-texas-spurs-arena-rodeo-freeman-coliseum-frost-bank-center) residents for several reasons. The first couple are obvious: you keep the Spurs in the city, and Victor Wembanyama stays happy. We want the most up-to-date facilities for our generational superstar. But the one thing folks haven't mentioned much is the end of the Rodeo Road Trip. That's an added benefit that shouldn't be underrated.
The Rodeo Road Trip can't end soon enough
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The tradition has been going on since 2003, back when the arena was still called the SBC Center. There has been a lot of change since then, as the home of the Silver and Black changed to the AT&T Center in 2006. After the naming agreement ended due to an inability to make a deal for an extension, the Frost Bank Center was born. Through it all, the Rodeo Road Trip persisted.
What started as a uniquely, fun quirk on the schedule has turned into a yearly headache that the players shouldn't have to deal with. There is no other team in the league that is routinely forced to spend a month away from their homes.
For a long time, Coach Gregg Popovich used it as a tool to bring a veteran team even closer during a long season, but that was just the greatest coach of all time making the best of an unfair situation.
10 years ago, from this very season, the Spurs spent 18 days on the road from the first away game to the last. That number has increased to [21 days on this campaign.](https://airalamo.com/schedule) Three additional days on the road may not sound like a lot, but anyone who's been on a week-long vacation understands that when you're ready to go home, you're ready to go home.
I loved my recent five-day trip to New York, but you couldn't pay me to stay away from my own bed for another hour. When the RRT begins this year, their last game at the Frost Bank Center will be on February 5, and they won't play their next game at their home arena until March 5. That sucks for the players and coaches, and it sucks for the fans.
In the past couple of seasons, the Spurs have taken away two home games per year from the San Antonio residents and gifted them to the Austin crowd. There was less pushback on that idea before they put those games right in the middle of the RRT, extending the team's time away from the 210.
Something needed to change, and now it has. Prop B's success will ensure the city gets a new downtown arena, and that will remove the need to share space. Now, fans will have the option to have fun at the rodeo and go see a Spurs game on the same day, giving people more to do without sacrificing anything. It's a major win-win.