Well first of all, $100 million has already been contributed by Bexar County voters in 2008, and it is already being named the "TOBIN CENTER for the Performing Arts" after their largest donors, The Tobin Foundation - at $15 million.
AT&T has pledged $5 million and $41 million in VALUE has been donated by the city; by them donating the site and current building.
So all in all, with $161 million raised so far, we need less than $35 million to break ground, and I'm not even sure there haven't been other gifts.
If $1 million dollars is a joke, then that's one joke I'd like to be in on.