Business leaders are pressing Bexar County to begin collecting a voter-approved hotel tax increase intended to help fund a new Spurs arena, saying delays could increase costs and slow the planned downtown redevelopment.
The San Antonio City Council voted 10-1 Thursday to create a 33-member community advisory committee that will recommend how to spend $75 million in community benefits tied to the Spurs’ proposed Project Marvel development.
The San Antonio Zoo will offer Texas residents discounted admission on Thursday, Aug. 6, allowing visitors to enter for $8 with proof of residency.
San Antonio Spurs CEO R.C. Buford urged the City Council to reject Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’ call for a November public vote on Project Marvel, saying the team and its development partners have already committed more than $2 billion to the proposed downtown arena project.
A permanent resident deported to Trinidad and Tobago last year is seeking $10 million from the Trump administration, alleging that federal immigration authorities denied him medical care and subjected him to abuse during seven months of detention in Texas and other facilities.
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is asking San Antonio voters to weigh in on the city’s $489 million contribution to a proposed Spurs arena, urging the City Council to place a referendum on the November ballot.
Transportation planners are studying a regional bus service linking New Braunfels with San Antonio, San Marcos, Live Oak and Seguin as daily travel and congestion increase along the Interstate 35 corridor.
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is asking city staff to identify programs that could receive Ready to Work funds as she considers ending the workforce development program early to help address the city’s $158 million budget shortfall.
Authorities detained more than a dozen people Tuesday morning after serving a warrant at a home on the city’s West Side, the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) said.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in San Antonio’s Dignowity Hill Historic District on July 15, weeks after initially identifying only a tornado that struck the city’s northwest side.