A.C.T. For San Antonio

Archdiocese supports visitor tax extension vote
SAN ANTONIO

A news conference to kickoff a campaign, A.C.T. for San Antonio, was held Feb. 11 at Concepción Park to show widespread support for the visitor tax initiative, which proponents say will benefit children and the community. A.C.T. stands for Athletics, Culture, and Tourism, all venues that will benefit from the bond package, according to the campaign’s supporters.

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Work on the future Briscoe museum is well under way
Web Posted: 02/29/2008 11:13 AM CST
Jennifer Hiller
Express-News Staff Writer

A downtown building designed for books, converted into a treasury of circus artifacts and then vacated and left as a storage building in 2001 is well into its latest transformation: Western art museum.

Tourism keeps on growing
Web Posted: 02/21/2008 02:15 AM CST
Melissa S. Monroe
Express-News Business Writer

San Antonio's hospitality industry grew a healthy 20 percent to $10.5 billion from 2004 to '06, making it one of the fastest-growing economic sectors in the city, according to a study released Wednesday.

College sports: Alamo City bids to be NCAA championship city
Web Posted: 01/31/2008
Tim Griffin
San Antonio Express-News Staff Writer

NCAA officials are exploring a pilot program that could lead to bringing multiple championships events to cities like San Antonio as soon as next year.
San Antonio Sports Foundation officials were among eight cities that made presentations earlier this week to the NCAA in hopes of gaining “championship city” designation.

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Underused Treasure
Web Posted: 01/31/2008
Letters to the Editor

As an individual employed within the San Antonio hospitality community, I would like to address those opposed to using the Municipal Auditorium as our performing arts facility.

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Editorial: Time for San Antonio's vastly improved rodeo
Web Posted: 01/30/2008
San Antonio Express-News

One of the highlights of winter in the Alamo City arrives tonight when the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo begins. And it keeps getting better.
As Express-News staff writer John Goodspeed noted this week, the San Antonio event organizers are seeking a fourth straight designation as the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year.

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Increased tourism benefits city, but residents could gain even more from greater access to historic river
Web Posted: 12/08/2007
Tracy Idell Hamilton
San Antonio Express-News

Beginning next month, Bexar County leaders and river boosters will begin a major campaign to convince voters to renew the venue tax, the additional levy on hotel rooms and rental cars that built the AT&T Center, which is soon to be paid off.
In addition to three other projects — amateur sports complexes, a performing arts center and upgrades to the AT&T Center — the tax would pay for the bulk of the southern reach and the section through Brackenridge Park, known as the park segment, that is unfunded.

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Visitor Tax: A Closer Look
The Chamber Today
02/08/2008

The Visitor Tax package will be presented to voters as four separate ballot items on the May 10, 2008 ballot. This is the second week we are highlighting one of the four ballot items and providing details for each of the projects.

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