Greg Jefferson

The former Texas secretary of state, a businessman with Mexican roots, says he has what it takes to make San Antonio a 'gateway' city. Will voters agree?

Talks on a new downtown venue for the NBA team began more than a year ago. But the city and Spurs still won't say what it will cost or who would pay.

A flap over Southwest Airline's terminal space could crash its plans for San Antonio expansion.

If the San Antonio Spurs move to a new arena, Sakai would have to scramble to keep the county-owned Frost Bank Center afloat. But he has a plan for that.

A longtime aide and adviser to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar is eager to help federal prosecutors make their case that Cuellar and his wife accepted bribes from foreign interests, the aide’s lawyer said. A federal indictment unsealed on Friday accuses Cuellar, 68, and his wife, Imelda, 67, of collecting nearly $600,000 in payoffs from a Mexico City bank and an oil company controlled by the government of Azerbaijan from 2014 to 2021. In return, Cuellar allegedly used his position in Congress to advance…

The Alamodome recently did something out of character: It made money. It wasn’t a lot — $329,000 on estimated revenue of $20.2 million — but its profit for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 broke a long chain of annual losses. And all it took was Elton John, Guns N’ Roses, Pink, the WWE Royal Rumble and the Spurs’ throwback game in January to celebrate their 50th anniversary in San Antonio, which shattered the NBA’s regular-season attendance record. The annual Valero Alamo Bowl and home games…

The latest maneuvering over plans for new sports facilities in downtown San Antonio suggests that Hemisfair is being looked at seriously as a potential site for an NBA arena for the Spurs. No one involved in the discussions is saying anything publicly. But recent contacts between city officials and the owners of the San Antonio Missions baseball team indicate that the site of the Institute of Texan Cultures at Hemisfair has emerged as a possible venue for a Spurs arena. According to sources fami…

British company JCB, the largest privately-owned manufacturer of construction and agricultural equipment in the world, is planning to open a factory on San Antonio’s South Side — further expanding a growing manufacturing hub in an area currently dominated by automaker Toyota and heavy-duty truck maker Navistar. The company said Friday that it would break ground on a 720,000-square-foot plant in early 2024 and hire at least 1,500 workers over the next five years. The company’s investment was not…

Aug 21, 2023 ... Spurs fans at the AT&T Center (now the Frost Bank Center) rejoice at the team's selection of French standout Victor Wembanyama with the ...

A group of private sector executives is pushing hard for nonstop flights from San Antonio to Europe, and they’re prepared to spend millions to make it happen. Greater: SATX, the region’s economic development arm, and Visit San Antonio, a public-private nonprofit that markets the city to convention planners and leisure travelers, created a fund last year to pay subsidies to airlines to support new nonstop service. They currently are sitting on more than $2 million collected from member companies,…