$450 million to renovate the Alamo? Isn’t it a building about the size of a single suburban lot?
Oy vey.
What's your problem. The deal is to do a job on the taxpayer, not for the taxpayer.
part of that, appears to be for a museum (maybe to replace the existing Ripley’s?) to contain, among other relics, the large Alamo collection being donated by musician Phil Collins. The state owns the site, the city, which now claims to be majority hispanic, wants to control the story. Museum exhibits to minimize the historical narrative are part of the projected cost/demands.
Mad scientist wanted to reanimate remains of Davey Crocket and James Bowie. Too late the government discovered his dastardly plan, but by then he had run up this huge bar tab.
Pretty much
Not when the Bushes finish with it. They plan to expand it by several blocks, tear down the memorial to those who fought little P's relatives, put in a bar and restaurant, and make it a first class tourist trap.
Start with Slide 22 here
https://www.sanantonio.gov/Portals/0/Files/CCDO/180607_CAC_Meeting_FINAL.pdf
then scroll down. Watch the Centopath disappear. By slide 30, it’s a “premiere visitor experience”
The dotted area in 30 show where the restaurant and bar are going to be located.
The actual Alamo Mission is not that big but the entire complex is quite extensive. Bigger than a city block I’d say.
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Ozzy Osborne’s pee is taking longer and more cleansers than first thought.
Yes, he did pee on it and was banned from San Antonio.
Renovate the Alamo and surrounding area as well as build a large museum.