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This article is about the city in Texas. For the metropolitan area, see Greater San Antonio. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation).
San Antonio, Texas
City
City of San Antonio
From top to bottom and Left to Right: 1. San Antonio downtown from the Tower of The Americas at night. 2. The Riverwalk 3. The McNay Museum of Art 4. The Tower Life Building 5. Bexar County courthouse 6. San Antonio Public Library 7. The Tower of the Americas at night 8. The Alamo

Flag
Seal

Coat of arms
Nickname(s): San Antone, S.A., River City,
Alamo City, Military City USA, Countdown City
Motto: Libertatis cunabula (Latin, Cradle of liberty)

Location in Bexar County in the state of Texas
San Antonio
San Antonio
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Location in Texas
Coordinates: 29°25′N 98°30′W / 29.417°N 98.500°W / 29.417; -98.500
Country
United States
State
Texas
Counties
Bexar, Medina, Comal
Foundation
May 1, 1718[2]
Incorporated
June 5, 1837[3]
Named for
Saint Anthony of Padua
Government
• Type
Council-Manager
• Body
San Antonio City Council
• Mayor
Ron Nirenberg (I)
• City Manager
Sheryl Sculley
• City Council
List[show]
• Robert C. Treviño
• William "Cruz" Shaw
• Rebecca Viagran
• Rey Saldaña
• Shirley Gonzales
• Greg Brockhouse
• Ana Sandoval
• Manny Pelaez
• John Courage
• Clayton Perry
Area
• City
465.4 sq mi (1,205.4 km2)
• Land
460.93[4] sq mi (1,193.7 km2)
• Water
4.5 sq mi (11.7 km2)
Elevation
650 ft (198 m)
Population (2017)
• City
1,492,510 ([[1]]) population_density_sq_mi = 3,241.76
• Density
3,207/sq mi (1,238.2/km2)
• Metro
2,454,061 (24th)
• Demonym
San Antonian
Time zone
CST (UTC−6)
• Summer (DST)
CDT (UTC−5)
Zip code
78201-66, 78268-70, 78275, 78278-80, 78283-89, 78291-99
Area code(s)
210 (majority), 830 (portions), 726 (planned)
Interstates
U.S. Routes
Website
www.SanAntonio.gov
San Antonio (/ˌsæn ænˈtoʊni.oʊ/ Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh-most populous city in the United States and the second-most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States.[5] Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city became the first chartered civil settlement in Texas in 1731, making it the state's oldest municipality.[6][7] The city's deep history is contrasted with its rapid growth: it was the fastest growing of the top ten largest cities in the United States from 2000 to 2010, and the second from 1990 to 2000.[8][9] Straddling the regional divide between South and Central Texas, San Antonio anchors the southwestern corner of an urban megaregion colloquially known as the "Texas Triangle".
San Antonio serves as the seat of Bexar County. Recent annexations[10] have extended the city's boundaries into Medina County and, though for only a very tiny area near the city of Garden Ridge, into Comal County.[11] Since San Antonio was founded during the Spanish Colonial Era, it has a church (San Fernando Cathedral) in its center, along with a main civic plaza accompanying it in front, a characteristic which is also found in some other Spanish-founded cities, towns, and villages in Spain and Latin America. Due to its placement, the city has characteristics of other western urban centers in which there are sparsely populated areas and a low density rate outside of the city limits. San Antonio is the center of the San Antonio–New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. Commonly referred to as Greater San Antonio, the metropolitan area has a population of 2,454,061 based on the 2017 US Census estimate, making it the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States and third-largest in the state of Texas. Growth along the Interstate 35 and Interstate 10 corridors to the north, west and east make it likely that the metropolitan area will continue to expand.
San Antonio was named for Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day is on June 13, by a 1691 Spanish expedition in the area. The city contains five 18th-century Spanish frontier missions, including The Alamo and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, which together were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.[12] Other notable attractions include the River Walk, the Tower of the Americas, SeaWorld, the Alamo Bowl, and Marriage Island. Commercial entertainment includes Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Morgan's Wonderland amusement parks, and according to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city is visited by about 32 million tourists a year. The city is home to the five-time NBA champion San Antonio Spurs and hosts the annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, one of the largest such events in the country.
The U.S. armed forces have numerous facilities in and around San Antonio: Fort Sam Houston being the only one within the city leaving Lackland Air Force Base, Randolph Air Force Base, Lackland AFB/Kelly Field Annex, Camp Bullis and Camp Stanley located outside the city limits. Kelly Air Force Base operated out of San Antonio until 2001, when the airfield was transferred to Lackland AFB. The remaining portions of the base were developed as Port San Antonio, an industrial/business park and aerospace complex. San Antonio is home to six Fortune 500 companies and the South Texas Medical Center, the only medical research and care provider in the South Texas region.
Contents
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1 History
1.1 Post-Civil War to present
2 Geography
2.1 Neighborhoods
2.2 Climate and vegetation
3 Demographics
3.1 2010
3.2 2000
4 Economy
4.1 Military installations
4.2 Relocation losses
5 Culture
5.1 Attractions
6 Photo gallery
6.1 Digital library
7 Sports
7.1 Professional sports
7.2 College sports
8 Crime
9 Government
9.1 Growth policy
9.2 State and federal representation
10 Education
11 Media and entertainment
11.1 Print
11.2 Radio
11.3 Television
12 Transportation
12.1 Air
12.2 Mass transit
12.3 Rail
12.4 Road
12.5 Bicycle paths
12.6 Bicycle sharing
12.7 Walkability
13 In popular culture
14 Notable people
15 International relations
15.1 Sister cities
15.2 Friendship cities
16 See also
17 Notes
18 References
19 External links
History[edit]
Main articles: History of San Antonio and Timeline of San Antonio
Lithograph of San Antonio in 1886
At the time of European encounter, Payaya Indians lived near the San Antonio River Valley in the San Pedro Springs area, calling the vicinity Yanaguana, meaning "refreshing waters". In 1691, a group of Spanish Catholic explorers and missionaries came upon the river and Payaya settlement on June 13, the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua. They named the place and river "San Antonio" in his honor.[13]
It was years before any Spanish settlement took place. Father Antonio de Olivares visited the site in 1709, and he was determined to found a mission and civilian settlement there. The viceroy gave formal approval for a combined mission and presidio in late 1716, as he wanted to forestall any French expansion into the area from their colony of La Louisiane, as well as prevent illegal trading with the Payaya. He directed Martín de Alarcón, the governor of Coahuila and Texas, to establish the mission complex. Differences between Alarcón and Olivares resulted in delays, and construction did not start until 1718.[14] Fray Antonio de Olivares built, with the help of the Payaya Indians, the Misión de San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo), the Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, the bridge that connected both, and the Acequia Madre de Valero.[2]
The families who clustered around the presidio and mission formed the beginnings of Villa de Béjar, destined to become the most important town in Spanish Texas.[15] On May 1, the governor transferred ownership of the Mission San Antonio de Valero (later famous as the Alamo) to Fray Antonio de Olivares.[2] On May 5, 1718 he commissioned the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar ("Béjar" in modern Spanish orthography) on the west side of the San Antonio River, one-fourth league from the mission.[14]
On February 14, 1719, the Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo proposed to the king of Spain that 400 families be transported from the Canary Islands, Galicia, or Havana to populate the province of Texas. His plan was approved, and notice was given the Canary Islanders (isleños) to furnish 200 families; the Council of the Indies suggested that 400 families should be sent from the Canaries to Texas by way of Havana and Veracruz. By June 1730, 25 families had reached Cuba, and 10 families had been sent to Veracruz before orders from Spain came to stop the re-settlement.[16]
Under the leadership of Juan Leal Goraz, the group marched overland from Veracruz to the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, where they arrived on March 9, 1731. Due to marriages along the way, the party now included 15 families, a total of 56 persons. They joined the military community established in 1718. The immigrants formed the nucleus of the villa of San Fernando de Béxar, the first regularly organized civil government in Texas. Several older families of San Antonio trace their descent from the Canary Island colonists. María Rosa Padrón was the first baby born of Canary Islander descent in San Antonio.[16]
During the Spanish Mexican settlement of Southwestern lands, which took place over the following century, Juan Leal Goraz Jr. was a prominent figure. He claimed nearly 100,000 sq miles (153,766 acres) as Spanish territory and held some control for nearly three decades: this area stretched across six present-day states. San Antonio was designated as Leal Goraz's capital. It represented Mexican expansion into the area. With his robust military forces, he led exploration and establishing Spanish colonial bases as far as San Francisco, California. Widespread bankruptcy forced Leal Goraz Jr.'s army back into the current boundaries of Mexico; they fell into internal conflict and turmoil with neighboring entities.
Memorial to the Alamo defenders
San Antonio grew to become the largest Spanish settlement in Texas; it was designated as the capital of the Spanish, later Mexican, province of Tejas. From San Antonio, the Camino Real (today Nacogdoches Road), was built to the small frontier town of Nacogdoches. Mexico allowed European-American settlers from the United States into the territory; they mostly occupied land in the eastern part. When Antonio López de Santa Anna unilaterally abolished the Mexican Constitution of 1824, violence ensued in many states of Mexico.[17]
In a series of battles, the Texian Army succeeded in forcing Mexican soldiers out of the settlement areas east of San Antonio, which were dominated by Americans. Under the leadership of Ben Milam, in the Battle of Bexar, December 1835, Texian forces captured San Antonio from forces commanded by General Martin Perfecto de Cos, Santa Anna's brother-in-law. In the spring of 1836, Santa Anna marched on San Antonio. A volunteer force under the command of James C. Neill occupied and fortified the deserted mission.[18]
Upon his departure, the joint command of William Barrett Travis and James Bowie were left in charge of defending the old mission. The Battle of the Alamo took place from February 23 to March 6, 1836. The outnumbered Texian force was ultimately defeated, with all of the Alamo defenders killed. These men were seen as "martyrs" for the cause of Texas freedom and "Remember the Alamo" became a rallying cry in the Texian Army's eventual success at defeating Santa Anna's army.[18]
Juan Seguín, who organized the company of Tejano patriots, who fought for Texas independence, fought at the Battle of Concepción, Siege of Bexar, and the Battle of San Jacinto, and served as mayor of San Antonio. He was forced out of that office, due to threats on his life, by sectarian newcomers and political opponents in 1842, becoming the last Tejano mayor for nearly 150 years.[19]
An aerial view of San Antonio in 1939
In 1845, the United States finally decided to annex Texas and include it as a state in the Union. This led to the Mexican–American War. Though the US ultimately won, the war was devastating to San Antonio. By its end, the population of the city had been reduced by almost two-thirds, to 800 inhabitants.[20] Bolstered by migrants and immigrants, by 1860 at the start of the Civil War, San Antonio had grown to a city of 15,000 people.
Post-Civil War to present[edit]
Downtown San Antonio
Following the Civil War, San Antonio prospered as a center of the cattle industry. During this period, it remained a frontier city, with a mixture of cultures that was different from other US cities. In the 1850s Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who designed Central Park in New York City, traveled throughout the South and Southwest, and published accounts of his observations. In his 1859 book about Texas, Olmsted described San Antonio as having a "jumble of races, costumes, languages, and buildings", which gave it a quality that only New Orleans could rival in what he described as "odd and antiquated foreignness."[21][22]
In 1877, following the Reconstruction Era, developers constructed the first railroad to San Antonio, connecting it to major markets and port cities. Texas was the first state to have major cities develop by railroads rather than waterways. In Texas, the railroads supported a markedly different pattern of development of major interior cities, such as San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth, compared to the historical development of coastal port cities in the established eastern states.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the streets of the city's downtown were widened to accommodate street cars and modern traffic. At that time, many of the older historic buildings were demolished in the process of this modernization.[23]
Since the late twentieth century, San Antonio has had steady population growth. The city's population has nearly doubled in 35 years, from just over 650,000 in the 1970 census to an estimated 1.2 million in 2005, through both population growth and land annexation (the latter has considerably enlarged the physical area of the city).[24] In 1990, the United States Census Bureau reported San Antonio's population as 55.6% Hispanic, 7% black, and 36.2% non-Hispanic white.[25]
Geography[edit]
San Antonio
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
1.8
62
39
1.8
67
42
2.3
74
50
2.1
80
57
4
86
66
4.1
91
72
2.7
95
74
2.1
95
74
3
90
69
4.1
82
59
2.3
71
49
1.9
64
41
Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
Precipitation totals in inches
Source: NOAA
[show]Metric conversion
J F M A M J J A S O N D
45
17
4
45
20
6
59
24
10
53
27
14
102
30
19
105
33
22
70
35
23
53
35
23
77
32
20
104
28
15
58
22
9
49
18
5
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
San Antonio is located near 29.5°N 98.5°W. It is about 75 miles (121 km) to the southwest of its neighboring city, Austin, the state capital. The city is also about 190 miles (310 km) west of Houston and about 250 miles (400 km) south of the Dallas–Fort Worth area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2000 the city had a total area of 412.07 square miles (1,067.3 km2)—407.56 square miles (1,055.6 km2) (98.9%) of land and 4.51 square miles (11.7 km2) (1.1%) of water. The city sits on the Balcones Escarpment. The altitude of San Antonio is 772 feet (235 m) above sea level.
The primary source of drinking water for the city is the Edwards Aquifer. Impounded in 1962 and 1969, respectively, Victor Braunig Lake and Calaveras Lake were among the first reservoirs in the country built to use recycled treated wastewater for power plant cooling, reducing the amount of groundwater needed for electrical generation.
Neighborhoods[edit]
Further information: Neighborhoods and districts of San Antonio and Downtown San Antonio
Climate and vegetation[edit]
San Antonio has a transitional humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa).[26][27][28] The weather is hot in the summer, comfortably warm or mild winters subject to descending northern cold fronts in the winter with cool to cold nights, and warm and rainy in the spring and fall.
San Antonio receives about a dozen subfreezing nights each year, typically seeing some sort of wintry precipitation about once every 2-3 winters (i.e. sleet/freezing rain), but accumulation and snow itself are very rare. Winters may pass without any freezing precipitation at all, and up to a decade has passed between snowfalls in the past. According to the National Weather Service, there have been 31 instances of snowfall (a trace or more) in the city in the past 122 years, about once every four years. Snow was most recently seen on February 4, 2011 when 0.5 in (1.3 cm) of snow coated the city.[29] In 1985, the city received a record snowfall of 16 inches (41 cm).[30]
San Antonio and New Braunfels, forty miles to the northeast, are some of the most flood-prone regions in North America.[31] The October 1998 Central Texas floods were one of the costliest floods in United States history, resulting in $750 million in damage and 32 deaths. In 2002, from June 30 to July 7, 35 in (890 mm) of rain fell in the San Antonio area, resulting in widespread flooding and 12 fatalities.[32]
Instances of tornadoes within the city limits have been reported as recently as February 2017, although they seldom occur.[33] An F2 tornado will land within 50 mi (80 km) of the city on average once every five years. San Antonio has experienced two F4 tornadoes, one in 1953 and another in 1973. The 1953 tornado resulted in two deaths and 15 injuries.[34]
In San Antonio, July and August tie for the average warmest months, with an average high of 95 °F (35 °C). The highest temperature ever to be recorded was 111 °F (44 °C) on September 5, 2000.[29] The average coolest month is January. The lowest recorded temperature ever was 0 °F (−18 °C) on January 31, 1949.[29] May, June, and October have quite a bit of precipitation. Since recording began in 1871, the average annual precipitation has been 29.03 inches (737 mm), with a maximum of 52.28 inches (1,328 mm) and a minimum of 10.11 inches (256.8 mm) in one year.[35]
[show]Climate data for San Antonio (San Antonio Int'l), 1981–2010 normals,[a] extremes 1885–present[b]
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °F (°C)
89
(32) 100
(38) 100
(38) 101
(38) 104
(40) 107
(42) 106
(41) 110
(43) 111
(44) 99
(37) 94
(34) 90
(32) 111
(44)
Mean maximum °F (°C)
79.8
(26.6) 84.3
(29.1) 88.1
(31.2) 92.5
(33.6) 95.9
(35.5) 98.4
(36.9) 99.7
(37.6) 101.5
(38.6) 98.2
(36.8) 92.9
(33.8) 85.4
(29.7) 80.2
(26.8) 102.9
(39.4)
Average high °F (°C)
62.9
(17.2) 66.9
(19.4) 73.5
(23.1) 80.5
(26.9) 87.0
(30.6) 92.3
(33.5) 94.6
(34.8) 96.0
(35.6) 90.3
(32.4) 82.2
(27.9) 72.2
(22.3) 64.0
(17.8) 80.2
(26.8)
Average low °F (°C)
40.7
(4.8) 44.2
(6.8) 50.8
(10.4) 58.1
(14.5) 66.8
(19.3) 72.6
(22.6) 74.6
(23.7) 74.7
(23.7) 69.1
(20.6) 60.1
(15.6) 50.1
(10.1) 41.7
(5.4) 58.6
(14.8)
Mean minimum °F (°C)
25.1
(−3.8) 27.1
(−2.7) 32.3
(0.2) 40.9
(4.9) 53.0
(11.7) 63.9
(17.7) 69.1
(20.6) 68.5
(20.3) 55.0
(12.8) 41.8
(5.4) 32.5
(0.3) 25.0
(−3.9) 20.8
(−6.2)
Record low °F (°C)
0
(−18) 4
(−16) 19
(−7) 31
(−1) 42
(6) 48
(9) 60
(16) 57
(14) 41
(5) 27
(−3) 21
(−6) 6
(−14) 0
(−18)
Average precipitation inches (mm)
1.76
(44.7) 1.79
(45.5) 2.31
(58.7) 2.10
(53.3) 4.01
(101.9) 4.14
(105.2) 2.74
(69.6) 2.09
(53.1) 3.03
(77) 4.11
(104.4) 2.28
(57.9) 1.91
(48.5) 32.27
(819.8)
Average snowfall inches (cm)
0.7
(1.8) trace 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0.7
(1.8)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)
7.0 7.2 8.8 6.4 8.5 7.5 5.2 4.7 6.6 6.9 6.7 7.5 83.0
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)
0.2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Average relative humidity (%)
67.1 65.2 63.2 66.3 70.5 68.8 65.0 64.7 68.0 67.2 68.3 68.0 66.9
Mean monthly sunshine hours
159.4 169.7 215.5 209.7 221.8 275.9 308.8 293.9 234.9 218.0 171.9 149.7 2,629.2
Percent possible sunshine
49 54 58 54 52 66 72 72 63 61 54 47 59
Source: NOAA (relative humidity and sun 1961–1990)[36][37][38], The Weather Channel[39]
Natural vegetation in the San Antonio area (where undisturbed by development) includes oak-cedar woodland, oak grassland savanna, chaparral brush and riparian (stream) woodland. San Antonio is at the westernmost limit for both Cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto) and Spanish moss.
Demographics[edit]
Historical population
Census
Pop.
%±
1850 3,488 —
1860 8,235 136.1%
1870 12,256 48.8%
1880 20,550 67.7%
1890 37,673 83.3%
1900 53,321 41.5%
1910 96,614 81.2%
1920 161,379 67.0%
1930 231,542 43.5%
1940 253,854 9.6%
1950 408,442 60.9%
1960 587,718 43.9%
1970 654,153 11.3%
1980 785,940 20.1%
1990 935,933 19.1%
2000 1,144,646 22.3%
2010 1,327,407 16.0%
Est. 2016 1,492,510 [40] 12.4%
historical data sources:[41]
[hide]Racial composition
2010[42]
1990[25]
1970[25]
1950[25]
White 72.6% 72.2% 91.4% 92.8%
—Non-Hispanic whites 26.6% 36.2% 47.7% n/a
Black or African American 6.9% 7.0% 7.6% 7.0%
Asian 2.4% 1.1% 0.3% 0.2%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 63.2% 55.6% 44.9% n/a
Map of racial distribution in San Antonio, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: White, Black, Asian Hispanic of any race, or Other (yellow)
2010[edit]
According to the 2010 US Census, 1,327,407 people resided in the city proper of San Antonio, an increase of 16.0% since 2000.
The racial composition of the city based on the 2010 US Census is as follows:[42]
72.6% White (Non-Hispanic Whites: 26.6%)
6.9% Black
0.9% Native American
2.4% Asian
0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
3.4% Two or more races
13.7% Other races
In addition, 63.2% of the city's population was of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race.
2000[edit]
According to the 2000 US Census, the city proper had a population of 1,144,646,[43] ranking it the ninth-most populated city in the country. Due to San Antonio's low density rate and lack of significant metropolitan population outside the city limits, the metropolitan area ranked just 30th in the US with a population of 1,592,383.[44]
Subsequent population counts, however, indicate continued rapid growth in the area. As stated above, the 2010 US Census showed the city's population at 1,327,407,[45] making it the second-most-populous city in Texas (after only Houston), as well as the seventh-most-populous city in the United States. The 2011 US Census estimate for the eight-county San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan area placed its population at 2,194,927[46] making it the third-most populous metro area in Texas (after Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and Houston Metropolitan Area) and the 24th-most populous metro area in the US. The metropolitan area is bordered to the northeast by Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos, and the two metropolitan areas together combine to form a region of over 4.1 million people.
About 405,474 households, and 280,993 families reside in San Antonio. The population density is 2,808.5 people per square mile (1,084.4 km2). There are 433,122 housing units at an average density of 1,062.7 per square mile (410.3 km2).
The age of the city's population distributed as 28.5% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. In San Antonio, 48% of the population are males, and 52% of the population are females. For every 100 females, there are 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $36,214, and the median income for a family is $53,100. Males have a median income of $30,061 versus $24,444 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,487. About 17.3% of the population and 14.0% of families are below the poverty line. Of the total population, 24.3% of those under the age of 18 and 13.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
Source:[47]
Economy[edit]
Fortune 500 Companies
in San Antonio, 2017[48]
with San Antonio and US ranks.
SAT Corporation US
1 Valero Energy Corp. 37
2 USAA 102
3 Tesoro Corporation 117
4 CST Brands, Inc. 306
5 iHeartMedia 426
Headquarters of Valero Energy Corporation
San Antonio has a diversified economy with about a $96.8 billion metropolitan Gross Domestic Product. This ranks the city 4th among Texas metropolitan areas and 38th in the United States.[49] San Antonio's economy is focused primarily within military, health care, government civil service, financial services, oil and gas and tourism sectors. Within the past twenty years, San Antonio has become a significant location for American-based call centers and has added a significant manufacturing sector centered around automobiles.
Located about 10 miles northwest of Downtown is the South Texas Medical Center, which is a conglomerate of various hospitals, clinics, and research (see Southwest Research Institute) and higher educational institutions.
Over twenty million tourists visit the city and its attractions every year, contributing substantially to the city's economy, primarily due to The Alamo and River Walk.[50] The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center alone hosts more than 300 events each year with over 750,000 convention delegates from around the world. Tourism provided over 130,000 jobs, and had an economic impact of $13.6 billion in the local economy [51]. The City of San Antonio alone received $195 Million in the same year from the hospitality industry, with revenues from hotel occupancy tax, sales taxes and others.
San Antonio is home to six Fortune 500 companies: Valero Energy, Tesoro Corp, USAA, iHeartMedia, NuStar Energy and CST Brands, Inc..[52] H-E-B, the 13th-largest private company in the United States[53] is also headquartered in San Antonio. Other companies headquartered in San Antonio include: Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises, Carenet Healthcare Services, Security Service Federal Credit Union, Eye Care Centers of America, Frost Bank, Harte-Hanks, Kinetic Concepts, SWBC, NewTek, Rackspace, Taco Cabana, Broadway Bank, Zachry Holdings/Zachry Construction Company, and Whataburger.
In 2015, San Antonio ranked No. 50 on Forbes' list of the Best Places for Business and Careers, with a ranking of 15th best market for job growth.[54]
Military installations[edit]
The city is home to one of the largest concentrations of military bases in the United States, and has become known as Military City, USA. The city is home to several active military installations: Lackland Air Force Base, Brooke Army Medical Center, Randolph Air Force Base, and Fort Sam Houston. The defense industry in San Antonio employs over 89,000 and provides a $5.25 billion impact to the city's economy.[55]
Relocation losses[edit]
San Antonio has lost several major company headquarters, the largest being the 2008 move of AT&T Inc. to Dallas "to better serve customers and expand business in the future."[56] In 1997 Titan Holdings and USLD Communications had sold their operations to larger companies. After a Los Angeles buyout specialist purchased Builders Square, the company's operations were moved out of San Antonio.[57]
Culture[edit]
Further information: Culture of San Antonio
Attractions[edit]
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Cathedral of San Fernando
Downtown San Antonio from the Tower of the Americas
San Antonio is a popular tourist destination.
The Alamo Mission in San Antonio ("the Alamo"), located in Downtown, is Texas' top tourist attraction. Because of the mission, San Antonio is often called the "Alamo City".[58]
The River Walk, which meanders through the Downtown area, is the city's second-most-visited attraction, giving it the additional nickname of "River City." Extended an additional 13 miles between 2009–2013, the landscaped walking and bike path line the San Antonio River from the "Museum Reach" beginning in Brackenridge Park through downtown, "Downtown Reach", past the Blue Star's "Eagleland" to the "Mission Reach" ending near Loop 410 South past Mission Espada.[59] Lined with numerous shops, bars, and restaurants, as well as the Arneson River Theater, this attraction is transformed into an impressive festival of lights during the Christmas and New Year holiday period (except for the Mission Reach), and is suffused with the local sounds of folklorico and flamenco music during the summer, particularly during celebrations such as the Fiesta Noche del Rio.
The Downtown Area also features San Fernando Cathedral, The Majestic Theatre, Hemisfair (home of the Tower of the Americas, and UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures), La Villita, Market Square, the Spanish Governor's Palace, and the historic Menger Hotel. The Fairmount Hotel, built in 1906 and San Antonio's second oldest hotel, is in the Guinness World Records as one of the heaviest buildings ever moved intact. It was placed in its new location, three blocks south of the Alamo, over four days in 1985, and cost $650,000 to move.
The city is home to two animal attractions. SeaWorld, located 16 miles (26 km) west of Downtown in the city's Westover Hills district, is the number 3 attraction and is one of the largest marine life parks in the world. Also, there is the very popular and historic San Antonio Zoo located in the city's Brackenridge Park. A third animal attraction is in development by British company Merlin Entertainments accompanying SeaWorld as the city’s second aquarium attraction and an indoor counterpart to SeaWorld. The new attraction will be located inside the Shops at Rivercenter in Downtown San Antonio and will be one of Merlin’s Sea Life Aquariums. It is expected to open by summer of 2018.
San Antonio is also home to several commercial amusement parks including Six Flags Fiesta Texas, Splashtown and Morgan's Wonderland, a theme park for children who have special needs.[60] Kiddie Park, featuring old fashioned amusement rides for children, was established in 1925, and is the oldest children's amusement park in the U.S.
San Antonio is home to the first museum of modern art in Texas, the McNay Art Museum. Other art institutions and museums include ArtPace, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, the Briscoe Western Art Museum, Buckhorn Saloon & Museum (where visitors can experience something of the cowboy culture year round), San Antonio Museum of Art, formerly the Lonestar Brewery, Say Si (mentoring San Antonio artistic youth), the Southwest School of Art, Texas Rangers Museum, Texas Transportation Museum, the Witte Museum and the DoSeum. An outdoor display at North Star Mall features 40 foot (12 meters) tall cowboy boots.
The five missions in the city, which are four found in the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park as well the Alamo, were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site on July 5, 2015. The San Antonio Missions became the 23rd U.S. site on the World Heritage List, which includes the Grand Canyon and the Statue of Liberty. It is the first site in the state of Texas. The new Mission Reach of the River Walk was completed in 2013, and created over 15 miles of biking, hiking, and paddling trails that connect the Missions to Downtown and the Broadway Corridor.[61]
Other places of interest include the San Antonio Botanical Garden, Brackenridge Park, the Japanese Tea Gardens, the Sunken Garden Theater, The Woodlawn Theatre and the Majik Theatre, a children's educational theater.
Work was authorized to begin in 2015 on the restoration of the former Hot Wells hotel, spa, and bathhouses on the San Antonio River on the south-side of the city.[62]
Photo gallery[edit]
The Alamo, San Antonio's most famous attraction
San José Mission Church, part of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
The River Walk on Christmas Day
San Antonio's historic River Walk extends some 15 miles, attracting several million visitors every year.
Boat with sightseers on the San Antonio River
Another view of the city's downtown area
Central Library of The San Antonio Public Library, Color of exterior referred to as "Enchilada Red" by San Antonians
The Tower of the Americas characterizes the city's skyline
The historic Bexar County Courthouse
The San Antonio Convention Center
Rivercenter Mall in downtown San Antonio
The Buckhorn Museum with a plethora of western exhibits, is located in downtown San Antonio.
Pat O'Brien's Bar and Restaurant, based in New Orleans, has an outlet in downtown San Antonio.
San Antonio Children's Museum sign
Airplane exhibit at the San Antonio Children's Museum
Carriage rides in downtown San Antonio
The Shops at La Cantera is a non-enclosed shopping mall located near the University of Texas at San Antonio in the northwestern portion of the city.
The San Antonio Botanical Garden
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
SeaWorld San Antonio
Aztec On The River Theater
IMAX Theater
C.H. Guenther and Sons flour mill and grain elevator
Emily Morgan Hotel
Tower Life Building
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
Chestnut Springs Park at 10239 Ingram Road was renamed in 2008 for Officer John Randolph Wheeler (1964-2005), a patrolman who perished when his car was rear-ended and burst into flames. The park has pond, benches, and jogging trail.[63]
Hot Wells, San Antonio, Texas (postcard, circa 1907)
Digital library[edit]
In the fall of 2013, Bexar County opened BiblioTech – Bexar County's Digital Library, the nation's first bookless library. It serves the city of San Antonio and Bexar County.[64]
Sports[edit]
Main article: Sports in San Antonio
Professional and major NCAA D1 sports teams (ranked by attendance)
Club
Sport
League
Founded
Venue (capacity)
Attendance
Titles
Championship
years
UTSA Roadrunners American football NCAA Division I 2011 Alamodome (65,000) 27,576 0
San Antonio Spurs Basketball NBA 1967 AT&T Center (18,580) 18,418 5 [o 1]
San Antonio Missions Baseball Texas League 1888 Wolff Stadium (9,200) 8,500 13 [o 2]
San Antonio Rampage Ice hockey AHL 2002 AT&T Center (16,151) 7,001 0
San Antonio FC Soccer USL 2016 Toyota Field (8,300) 6,168 0
Jump up ^ 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014
Jump up ^ 1897, 1908, 1933, 1950, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013
Professional sports[edit]
The AT&T Center, home of the NBA's Spurs.
The city's only top-level professional sports team, and consequently the team most San Antonians follow, is the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Previously, the Spurs played at the Alamodome (which was speculatively built in an attempt to lure a professional football team to the region), and before that the HemisFair Arena, but the Spurs moved into the SBC Center in 2002 (since renamed the AT&T Center), built with public funds.
The AT&T Center is also home to the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League, who are owned by the Spurs organization. San Antonio is home to the Double-A San Antonio Missions who play at Nelson Wolff Stadium and are the minor league affiliate of the San Diego Padres.
San Antonio had a professional soccer franchise when the San Antonio Thunder played two seasons in the original NASL during the 1975–1976 seasons. Professional soccer returned with the birth of the San Antonio Scorpions of the modern NASL in 2012. The Scorpions won the 2014 Soccer Bowl, the first soccer championship in city history. On December 22, 2015, it was announced that Toyota Field and S.T.A.R. Soccer Complex were sold to the City of San Antonio and Bexar County, a deal which was accompanied by an agreement for Spurs Sports and Entertainment to operate the facilities and field a team that plays in the United Soccer League. San Antonio FC began play in the soccer-specific stadium, Toyota Field, in 2016. As a result, the San Antonio Scorpions franchise of the NASL was shut down. San Antonio has two rugby union teams, the Alamo City Rugby Football Club, and San Antonio Rugby Football Club.
The San Antonio metropolitan area's smaller population has so far contributed to its lack of an NFL, MLB, NHL, or MLS team. City officials are said to be attempting to lure the National Football League permanently to San Antonio. Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue stated San Antonio was successful in hosting the New Orleans Saints, and that the city would be on the short list for any future NFL expansions.[citation needed] The city has also hosted the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers preseason camps in the past, and the Cowboys practiced in San Antonio through 2011.[65] Cowboys owner Jerry Jones acknowledged his support for the city to become home to an NFL franchise.[66]
The Valero Texas Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour held at San Antonio since 1922. It has been played at TPC San Antonio since 2010. Previous venues include the Brackenridge Park Golf Course, La Cantera Golf Club and Pecan Valley Golf Club; the latter also hosted the 1968 PGA Championship. The Alamo Ladies Classic was an LPGA Tour event held from 1960 to 1973.
The first Rising Phoenix World Championships was held at Grand Hyatt, San Antonio in 2015.
College sports[edit]
The University of Texas at San Antonio fields San Antonio's main NCAA Division I athletic teams, known as the UTSA Roadrunners. The teams play in Conference USA. The University added football in 2011, hiring former University of Miami coach Larry Coker as its initial head coach. Roadrunner football began play in 2011, with a record of 4-6. UTSA set attendance records for both highest attendance at an inaugural game (56,743) and highest average attendance for a first year program (35,521).[citation needed] The Roadrunners moved to the Western Athletic Conference in 2012, and to Conference USA in 2013. University of the Incarnate Word also fields a full slate of NCAA Division I athletic teams, known as the Incarnate Word Cardinals, however their football team competes in the football championship subdivision in the Southland Conference.
San Antonio hosts the NCAA football Alamo Bowl each December, played among the Big XII and Pac-12 each December in the Alamodome. The city is also home of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl,[67] played annually in the Alamodome and televised live on NBC. The Bowl is an East versus West showdown featuring the nation's top 90 high school senior football players. The game has featured NFL stars Reggie Bush, Vince Young, Adrian Peterson, and many other college and NFL stars.
The University of Texas at San Antonio fields the only collegiate men's rugby team in the city. UTSA competes in Division III Texas Rugby Union.
Crime[edit]
Crime in San Antonio began to rise in the early 1980s. In 1983 San Antonio had the 10th highest homicide rate in Texas with 18.5 homicides per 100,000 residents.[68] The number of juveniles arrested in San Antonio for violent crimes tripled between 1987 and 1994, according to the Texas Law Enforcement Management and Administration Statistics Program. The number of youths arrested for unlawfully carrying firearms doubled over the same period.
In 1993 San Antonio was nicknamed the "Drive-By City" after San Antonio Police Department recorded over 1,200 drive-by shootings nearly 3.5 per day. That figure dwarfed the number in other Texas cities, and it unofficially marked San Antonio as the state's drive-by capital. Although no part of the city was immune, the vast majority of the violence occurred on the East and West Sides, particularly where poverty was prevalent. Gang members killed each other and innocent bystanders to protect their home turf and drug-selling interests. Housing projects – such as Alazan-Apache Courts, Cassiano Homes, East Terrace and Wheatley Courts served as hubs for different groups, sometimes housing multiple rival gangs.[69] By the end of 1993 the city hit a peak in homicides with 230 killings, the highest since 1991 when 211 where killed.[70]
In 2016, the number of murders hit 151, the highest toll in 20 years. A majority of the San Antonio homicide victims were Hispanic and African-American men between ages 18 and 29. 40% of the killings were either drug-related or domestic incidents.[71][72]
Government[edit]
Further information: List of mayors of San Antonio
City Hall, San Antonio, Texas (postcard, circa 1906)
The City of San Antonio runs under a Council-Manager form of government. The city is divided into 10 council districts designed to ensure equal population distribution between all districts. Each district elects one person to sit on the City Council with the mayor elected on a citywide basis. All members of the City Council, which includes the mayor, are elected to two-year terms and are limited to four terms in total (except for those who were in office in November 2008 and are limited to a total of two terms). Houston and Laredo have similar term limits to those in San Antonio. All positions are elected on non-partisan ballots as required by Texas law. Council members are paid $20 per meeting, while the Mayor earns $4,000 a year. Most council members maintain full-time employment in addition to their positions on the council.[73] The current mayor is Ron Nirenberg who was elected in 2017.[74]
The council hires a City Manager to handle day-to-day operations. The council effectively functions as the city's legislative body with the city manager acting as its chief executive, responsible for the management of day-to-day operations and execution of council legislation. The current city manager is Sheryl Sculley.
The city operates its own electric and gas utility service, CPS Energy.
The San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) is the city's municipal body of law enforcement.
The San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD) provides the city with fire protection and EMS service.
The city stretches into several national congressional districts and is represented in Congress by the following:[75]
Senate
Ted Cruz (R)
John Cornyn (R)
House of Representatives
Texas District 20: Joaquín Castro (D)
Texas District 21: Lamar Smith (R)
Texas District 23: Will Hurd (R)
Texas District 28: Henry Cuellar (D)
Texas District 35: Lloyd Doggett (D)
State Governor
Greg Abbott (R)
Growth policy[edit]
Unlike most large cities in the US, San Antonio is not completely surrounded by independent suburban cities, and under Texas state law[76] it exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) over much of the surrounding unincorporated land,[77] including planning major thoroughfares and enforcing rules for platting and subdivision. It pursues an aggressive annexation policy and opposes the creation of other municipalities within its ETJ.[78] Nearly three-fourths of its current land area has been annexed since 1960.[79]
In the 2000s the city annexed several long narrow corridors along major thoroughfares in outlying areas to facilitate eventual annexation of growth developing along the routes. The city planned to annex nearly forty additional square miles by 2009.[80] In May 2010, the City of San Antonio agreed to release thousands of acres of land in its extraterritorial jurisdiction along Interstate 10 to Schertz. The agreement releases a total of 3,486 acres (14.11 km2) of San Antonio's ETJ lands north of I-10 to Schertz. The ETJ lands are in an area bordered by FM 1518 to the west, Lower Seguin Road to the north, Cibolo Creek to the east and I-10 to the south.[81]
Involuntary annexation is a controversial issue in those parts of unincorporated Bexar County affected by it. Residents attracted to the outlying areas by lower taxes and affordable real estate values, often see annexation as a mechanism to increase property tax rates (which are primarily driven by school district taxes, not city taxes) without a corresponding improvement in services such as police and fire protection, while the city regards its annexation policy as essential to its overall prosperity.[82]
Also, since the City has annexed a large amount of land over time, San Antonio surrounds several independent enclave cities which include Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Olmos Park, Hollywood Park, Hill Country Village, Castle Hills, Windcrest, Kirby, Balcones Heights, and Shavano Park. These neighborhoods are not districts of the City of San Antonio like Lincoln Heights and Brackenridge Park, rather, they are independent cities throughout the San Antonio region completely surrounded, but not directly controlled, by the City of San Antonio.
San Antonio Main Post Office
State and federal representation[edit]
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates the Parole Division Region IV headquarters in the San Antonio Metro Parole Complex. San Antonio district parole offices I and III are in the parole complex, while office II is in another location.[83]
The Texas Department of Transportation operates the San Antonio District Office in San Antonio.[84]
The United States Postal Service operates San Antonio's Main Post Office.[85] Other post offices are located throughout San Antonio.
Education[edit]
Main article: Education in San Antonio
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio hosts over 100,000 students in its 31 higher-education institutions. Publicly supported schools include UT Health San Antonio, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), Texas A&M University–San Antonio, and the Alamo Community College District. UTSA is San Antonio's largest university.
Trinity University
Private universities include Trinity University, St. Mary's University, Our Lady of the Lake University, University of the Incarnate Word, Webster University, Baptist University of the Américas, Hallmark University, Oblate School of Theology, and the Southwest School of Art, which enrolled its first BFA class in 2014. The San Antonio Public Library serves all of these institutions along with the 19 independent school districts within the Bexar County/San Antonio metropolitan area.[86]
The city is home to more than 30 private schools and charter schools. These schools include: Keystone School, St. Gerard Catholic High School, Central Catholic Marianist High School, Incarnate Word High School, Saint Mary's Hall, The Atonement Academy, Antonian College Preparatory High School, San Antonio Academy, Holy Cross High School, Providence High School, The Carver Academy, Keystone School, TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas, St. Anthony Catholic High School, Lutheran High School of San Antonio, and Harmony Science Academy.
San Antonio is home to U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training (AFBMT). The Air Force only has one location for enlisted basic training: the 737th Training Group, at Lackland Air Force Base. All new Air Force recruits go through the same basic training at Lackland. Each year, over 35,000 new recruits go through AFBMT. In addition, METC (the Military Education and Training Campus), which provides the medical training for the U.S. military at Fort Sam Houston, hosts 30 programs and over 24,000 annual graduates. It is the largest medical education center in the world.
Media and entertainment[edit]
Main article: Media in San Antonio
Print[edit]
San Antonio has one major newspaper, the San Antonio Express-News, which has served the area since 1865. The Express-News currently circulates as the largest newspaper service in South Texas. The Hearst Corporation, which owned a second newspaper, the San Antonio Light, purchased the Express-News from News Corp. in 1992 and shut down the Light after failing to find a buyer.
Hearst, using the Express-News brand, also produces Conexion, a weekly magazine written by an entirely Hispanic staff with a Hispanic spin on weekly events. The San Antonio Current is the free "alternative" paper published weekly with local political issues, art and music news, restaurant listings and reviews, and listings of events and nightlife around town. The San Antonio Business Journal covers general business news. La Prensa, a bilingual publication, also has a long history in San Antonio. Edible San Antonio, San Antonio's bi-monthly food magazine, is published every eight weeks. The 64-page full color magazine, distributed free across the city, is printed with soy ink on recycled paper and covers the city's food scene with an emphasis on local food and sustainability. The San Antonio River Walk Current covers general San Antonio news.
Radio[edit]
About 50 radio stations can be heard in the San Antonio area—30 of them are actually located in the city proper. San Antonio is home to iHeartMedia, the largest operator of radio stations in the US. Its flagship, WOAI AM-1200, is known for its local news operation, considered among the best in the country. It is a 50,000-watt clear channel station that reaches most of North America at night. The first radio station to broadcast in south Texas was KTSA AM-550 in 1922.
The region's National Public Radio member is Texas Public Radio, a group of three stations; KSTX 89.1 FM is NPR news/talk, KPAC 88.3 is a 24-hour classical music station, and KTXI 90.1 is a mix of NPR news/talk and classical music broadcast for the West Central Texas Hill Country. KSTX also broadcasts "Riverwalk Jazz", featuring Jim Cullum Jazz Band at The Landing, a fixture on the River Walk since 1963.
KRTU 91.7 is a non-commercial radio station based out of Trinity University. Unlike other college radio stations throughout the US, the station plays jazz 17 hours a day and college rock/indie rock at night. College Alternative station KSYM, 90.1 FM, is owned by the Alamo Community College District and operated by San Antonio College students and like KRTU it plays the Third Coast music network during the day and alternative music at night.
Most Latin stations in the area play regional Mexican, Tejano or contemporary pop. On January 12, 2006, Univision-owned KCOR-FM "La Kalle 95.1" changed its format from Hispanic-Rhythmic Contemporary Hits to Spanish Oldies, then named "Recuerdo 95.1". However, Univision announced on November 10, 2006, that it flipped KLTO Tejano 97.7's format to reggaeton in an attempt to reintroduce the format to San Antonio. Then, 97.7 was flipped again to feature a rock format. The station no longer broadcasts anything in English and while still owned by Univision, it had broadcast music from artists such as Linkin Park, before selling the station to the Educational Media Foundation and flipping it once again to Air1.
95.1 was then flipped back to the "La Kalle" format again after being flipped to feature a "95X" format. KLTO was acquired and is operated as a simulcast of KXTN-FM Tejano 107.5. San Antonio radio is diversified, due to an influx of non-Tejano Latinos, mostly from the East Coast, who are serving in the city's various military bases, as well as immigrants from Mexico. Therefore, just like in the rest of the country, radio station conglomerates have been changing formats in San Antonio to reflect shifting demographics.
Television[edit]
WOAI-TV is San Antonio's NBC affiliate
Despite the relatively large size of both the city proper and the metropolitan area, San Antonio has always been a medium-sized market. It presently ranks 33rd in the United States, according to marketing research firm ACNielsen.[87] By comparison, the other two Texas cities with populations of over a million people, Houston and Dallas, are among the 10 largest markets. This is mainly because the nearby suburban and rural areas are not much larger than the city itself. Additionally, the close proximity of Austin truncates the potential market area.
San Antonio-based TV stations are WOAI channel 4 (NBC), KSAT channel 12 (ABC), KENS channel 5 (CBS), KABB channel 29 (Fox Broadcasting Company), KCWX channel 2 (myNetworkTV), KMYS channel 35 (The CW) and KLRN channel 9 (PBS). The market is also home to six Spanish-language stations, three religious stations, three independent stations and one Internet-based station (210 TV). As of 2010[update], the San Antonio market has 65% cable TV penetration.
Transportation[edit]
Air[edit]
The San Antonio International Airport (SAT) is located in uptown San Antonio, about eight miles north of Downtown. San Antonio International is the 6th busiest airport based on passenger boardings in Texas and 45th in the United States. It has two terminals and is served by 10 airlines serving 44 destinations including six in Mexico. In May 2017 Air Canada opened its reach to Texas creating a non-stop flight between San Antonio and Toronto. Stinson Municipal Airport is a reliever airport located six miles (10 km) south of Downtown San Antonio. The airport has three runways and is also home to the Texas Air Museum.
Mass transit[edit]
Further information: VIA Metropolitan Transit
A VIA bus stopped at a Downtown San Antonio intersection
A bus and rubber tired streetcar (bus) system is provided by the city's metropolitan transit authority, VIA Metropolitan Transit. VIA's full fare monthly unlimited Big Pass is $35 per month. VIA began operating a Bus Rapid Transit line known as VIA Primo[88] in December 2012, which connects Downtown San Antonio to the South Texas Medical Center, the main campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio, and the independent enclave city of Leon Valley.
In August 2010, VIA Metropolitan Transit unveiled buses that are powered by diesel-electric hybrid technology.[89] The 30 hybrid buses were put into service on VIA's express routes to serve daily commuters across the city. This set of buses follows the introduction of new vehicles powered by compressed natural gas, which were unveiled in May 2010. In the fall of 2010, VIA took delivery of three new buses that are powered by electricity from on-board batteries. These buses serve the Downtown core area, and are the first revenue vehicles VIA operates which have zero emissions.[89]
VIA offers 89 regular bus routes and two Downtown streetcar routes. This includes express service from Downtown to park and ride locations in the south, west, northwest, north central and northeast sides of the city, with service to major locations such as UTSA, Six Flags Fiesta Texas and SeaWorld. VIA also offers a special service to city events including Spurs games and city parades from its park and ride locations. VIA has, among its many routes, one of the longest local transit routes in America. Routes 550 (clockwise) and 551 (counterclockwise) travel 48 miles (77 km) one way as they loop around the city.[90]
Rail[edit]
Amtrak, the national passenger rail service, provides service to San Antonio at San Antonio Amtrak Station, operating the Texas Eagle daily between San Antonio and Chicago's Union Station.[91] Amtrak also operates the Sunset Limited three times a week in each direction through San Antonio between Los Angeles and New Orleans.
The Texas Eagle section travels between San Antonio and Los Angeles as part of the Sunset Limited. The old Sunset Station is now an entertainment venue owned by VIA and neighbored by the current station and the Alamodome.[92]
Freight service from San Antonio to Corpus Christi is provided by the Union Pacific Railroad. The predecessor route, including passenger service, from 1913 to 1956 was provided by the San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad, or "The Sausage", as it was commonly termed. The SAU&G was merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1956 and subsequently subsumed by the Union Pacific.[93][94]
San Antonio became the largest American city without an intra-city rail system when Phoenix, the former largest city without such a system, procured one in 2008. A proposed passenger rail line, LSTAR, would link San Antonio to Austin.[95]
Road[edit]
Further information: List of highways in San Antonio
US 281 southbound towards Downtown San Antonio
San Antonio is served by these major freeways:
Interstate 10: McDermott Freeway (Northwest) runs west toward El Paso, Phoenix and Los Angeles. Jose Lopez Freeway (East) runs east toward Seguin, Houston, New Orleans and Jacksonville
Interstate 35: Pan Am Expressway (Northeast/Southwest)—runs south toward Laredo and runs north toward Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Des Moines, and Minneapolis
Interstate 37: Lucian Adams Freeway (Southeast)—runs from San Antonio through its junction with US Highway 281 south (Edinburg and McAllen) near Three Rivers and into Corpus Christi through its junction with Interstate 69E/US Highway 77 south (Kingsville, Harlingen and Brownsville) to its southern terminus at Corpus Christi Bay.
Interstate 410: Connally Loop—simply called Loop 410 (four-ten) by locals is a 53-mile (85 km) inner beltway around the city.
US 90: Cleto Rodriguez Freeway (West) through Uvalde and Del Rio to its western terminus at I-10 in Van Horn. Prior to I-10 East and US 90 West expressway being built US 90 traveled through the west side via West Commerce St. (westbound) and Buena Vista St. (eastbound) and Enrique M. Barrera Pkwy. On the east side it traveled along East Commerce St. to its current alignment which runs concurrent with I-10 East to Seguin.
US 281: McAllister Freeway (North) to Johnson City and Wichita Falls. Southbound, it runs concurrent with I-37, then I-410 for 4 miles (6 km), then heads south to Pleasanton. Prior to I-37 and McAllister Fwy. being built US 281 traveled through the north side via San Pedro Ave. and the south side via Roosevelt Ave.
State Highway 151: Stotzer Freeway runs from US Hwy 90 West through Westover Hills which includes SeaWorld to its western terminus at State Loop 1604.
State Loop 1604: Charles W. Anderson Loop—simply called 1604 (sixteen-oh-four) by locals—is a 96-mile (154 km) outer beltway around San Antonio.
Other highways include:
US 87: Southbound to Victoria along Roland Avenue then Rigsby Avenue. It runs concurrent with I-10 for 52 miles (84 km) where it goes to San Angelo northbound.
US 181: Starts 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south of I-410/I-37/US 281 interchange and heads toward Corpus Christi via Beeville. Prior to I-37 being built, US 181 traveled along Presa St. from Downtown to its current alignment.
State Highway 16: From Freer, it runs concurrent with I-410 for 17 miles (27 km) along southwest San Antonio, over to Bandera Road to Bandera.
State Loop 345: Fredericksburg Road is the business loop for I-10 West/US-87 North.[96]
State Loop 368: Broadway and Austin Highway is the business loop for I-35 North.[97]
State PA 1502 (Wurzbach Parkway): Limited-access, high speed road parallel to north IH-410. Has connections to I-35 and I-10 across the north side of town.
State Loop 353: Nogalitos Street and New Laredo Highway is the business loop for I-35 South.[98]
State Loop 13: Is the city's inner loop on the south side serving Lackland AFB, Port San Antonio, South Park Mall and Brooks CityBase traveling along Military Dr. on the south side and WW White Rd. on the east side to its junction with I-35/I-410. The northern arc of the loop is now I-410.
Bicycle paths[edit]
San Antonio has about 136 miles (219 km) of bike lanes, routes or off-road paths.[99] Off-road trails travel along the San Antonio River, linear greenways, or city parks. Although largely disconnected, the progress to create a bicycle-friendly environment was recognized when San Antonio was designated a bronze-level "Bicycle Friendly Community" by the League of American Bicyclists.[100]
Bicycle sharing[edit]
A bike sharing service was approved by the city council on June 17, 2010.[101] The initial program consisted of 140 bikes at 14 locations supported by a "central hub". It is expected to serve both residents and visitors. San Antonio Bike Share, a non-profit, was formed to oversee the operation, locally operated and maintained by Bike World. B-Cycle, the same system used in Denver, supplies the bike share system. It began operation in March 2011.[102]
Walkability[edit]
A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked San Antonio the 40th-most walkable of the fifty largest cities in the United States. With an average Walk Score of 33, San Antonio is one of the most car-dependent major cities in America.[103]
In popular culture[edit]
Movies filmed in San Antonio include Wings (1927), I Wanted Wings (1941), Viva Max! (1969), Sugarland Express (1974), Piranha (1978) and Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985).[104]
Notable people[edit]
Main article: List of people from San Antonio
International relations[edit]
Sister cities[edit]
San Antonio is twinned with:
– Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico (1953)[105]
– Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (1974)[105][106]
– Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain (1975)[105]
– Gwangju, South Korea (1981)[105][107]
– Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1981)[105]
– Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (1983)[105]
– Kumamoto, Japan (1987)[105]
– Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (2008)[105][108]
– Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China (2012)[105]
- Windhoek, Namibia (2016) [109]
-Darmstadt, Germany (2016)
[110]
Friendship cities[edit]
– Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China (2010 friendship city)[105][111]
– Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (2011 friendship city)[112]
See also[edit]
Texas portal
New Spain portal
Chisholm Trail
Fiesta San Antonio
National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas
Father Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1981 to 2010.
Jump up ^ Official records for San Antonio were kept at downtown from March 1885 to December 1940, at Stinson Municipal Airport from January 1941 to June 1942, and at San Antonio Int'l since July 1942. For more information, see Threadex
References[edit]
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Nickname: Alamo City
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Houston Street
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O. Henry House Museum
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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Spanish Governor's Palace
Edward Steves Homestead
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Witte Museum
Yturri-Edmunds Historic Site
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AT&T Center
Aztec on the River
Fiesta Noche del Rio
Fiesta San Antonio
Freeman Coliseum
Majestic Theatre
Morgan's Wonderland
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Toyota Field
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Firstmark Credit Union
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Harte Hanks
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NewTek
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SAWS
Security Service Federal Credit Union
SWBC
Tesoro
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas
USAA
Valero
Research
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The Alamo Colleges
Baptist School of Health Professions
Cancer Therapy & Research Center
Children's Cancer Research Institute
Oblate School of Theology
Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio Public Library
South Texas Medical Center
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Southwest Research Institute
St. Mary's University
Texas A&M University–San Antonio
Texas Neurosciences Institute
Trinity University
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Guenther House
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Taco Cabana
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County seat: San Antonio
Cities
Alamo Heights
Balcones Heights
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Cibolo‡
Converse
Elmendorf‡
Fair Oaks Ranch‡
Grey Forest
Helotes
Hill Country Village
Kirby
Leon Valley
Live Oak
Lytle‡
Olmos Park
San Antonio‡
Sandy Oaks
Schertz‡
Selma‡
Shavano Park
Somerset
Terrell Hills
Universal City‡
Von Ormy
Windcrest
Towns
China Grove
Hollywood Park
St. Hedwig
CDPs
Cross Mountain
Lackland AFB
Macdona
Randolph AFB
Scenic Oaks
Timberwood Park
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Adkins
Atascosa
Leon Springs
Losoya
Martinez
Sayers
Wetmore
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County seat: New Braunfels
Cities
Bulverde
Fair Oaks Ranch‡
Garden Ridge
New Braunfels‡
San Antonio‡
Schertz‡
Selma‡
Spring Branch
CDP
Canyon Lake
Unincorporated
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Bracken
Fischer
Ghost town
Canyon City
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County seat: Hondo
Cities
Castroville
Devine
Hondo
LaCoste
Lytle‡
Natalia
San Antonio‡
CDPs
D'Hanis
Lake Medina Shores‡
Other
unincorporated
communities
Dunlay
Mico
Pearson
Rio Medina
Yancey
Ghost Towns
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Quihi
Vandenburg
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Dee Margo (R)
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Jeff Williams (R)
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Harry LaRosiliere (I)
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Pete Saenz (D)
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Dan Pope (D)
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Douglas Athas
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Beth Van Duyne (R)
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Ginger Nelson
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Ron Jensen
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Tony Martinez
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Johnny Isbell
(Pasadena)
Brian Loughmiller (R)
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Stan Pickett
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Jim Darling
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Jeff Cheney
(Frisco)
Jose Segarra
(Killeen)
Kyle Deaver
(Waco)
Kevin Falconer (R)
(Carrollton)
Jerry Morales
(Midland)
Chris Watts
(Denton)
Norm Archibald
(Abilene)
Becky Ames (R)
(Beaumont)
David Turner
(Odessa)
Alan McGraw
(Round Rock)
Glenn Barham
(Wichita Falls)
Paul Voelker
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