Entertainment

The San Antonio metropolitan area offers some of the finest entertainment available, ranging from exciting professional sports to outstanding music and theatre. San Antonio is also home to several amusement parks and other exciting locations, and is an especially fun city for families with kids.

 

 

San Antonio is very well-known for its attractions, including some world famous museums. The most famous of these is definitely The Alamo Museum, bearing the name of the famous battle which earned the city its nickname, “The Alamo City.” The Witte Museum is another fantastic museum in the city, bringing history, culture and science to life. The San Antonio Children’s Museum is full of exciting displays for kids, including a miniature model of the city for kids to explore. If art is your taste, the city has two fine art museums: The McNay Art Museum and the San Antonio Museum of Art. Other museums in the city include the Buckhorn Saloon and Museum, the Fort Sam Houston Museum, the Plaza Wax Museum, Steves Homestead Museum, and the Texas Transportation Museum, among others.

 

The city’s most well-known masterpiece of culture and life is Paseo del Rio, better known as the River Walk. The beautiful cobblestone trail borders the San Antonio River on both sides and bisects the business district, lined with shops and eateries. Stretching about 2 ½ miles, from the King William Historic District in the south to the Municipal Auditorium and Conference Center in the north, the River Walk offers a little something to everyone: shopping, dining, dancing, accommodations, peaceful walks, and more.

 

 

San Antonio has to be one of the most fun cities in the country! Check out some of these fabulous, fun ideas you can enjoy while you’re in town:

 

·        Six Flags Fiesta Texas is an enormous theme and water park, covering some 200 acres. It offers shows, rides and games that focus on celebrating the state of Texas and the Southwest.

·        SeaWorld San Antonio is the world’s largest marine life adventure park and is the home of the world’s most famous whale, Shamu!

·        The Guinness World Records Museum is one of the newest attractions in town, where you can check out displays featuring some items from the world famous book!

·        Ripley’s Believe It or Not! That’s right, you can come to this great place and see “one of a kind oddities, curiosities and illusions” from all around the world!

 

 

The city of San Antonio is home to one major league sports team, the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. The Spurs, who have been located in San Antonio since 1973, play their home games in the impressive AT&T Center. They have enjoyed great success, especially in recent years: they have won three NBA Championships since 1999. This is thanks in large part to Tim Duncan (“The Big Fundamental”) and the recently retired David Robinson (“The Admiral”).

 

The city did become the temporary home of another major professional team, the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League, in 2005. The team, unable to use its own facilities because of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, practiced in San Antonio all season, and even played some of its games there.

 

Other sports teams include the San Antonio Silver Stars (Women’s National Basketball Association), the San Antonio Missions (Texas League; affiliate of Major League Baseball’s Seattle Mariners), and the San Antonio Rampage (American Hockey League).

 

 

 

San Antonio offers exciting opportunities to witness the performing arts, including theatre, music and dance.

 

There are numerous opportunities to take in good theatre in the city. The Lila Cockrell Theater, McAllister Auditorium, San Pedro Playhouse, The Sunken Garden Theatre, and The Josephine Theatre are all home to varying types of outstanding theatre and drama. The Majestic Theatre, a State and National Historic Landmark, is an actual vintage vaudeville movie palace. The Steven Stoli Backyard Theatre is unique in that it offers light drama and comedy for adults during the evenings and well-known children’s plays during the daytimes. The Magik Theatre and the Children’s Fine Art Series offer other opportunities for children to be involved in drama.

 

The Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra offers both new and classic jazz. The Alamo Metro Chorus is a barbershop chorus and part of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America. Many of the venues mentioned above house musical offerings as well as theatre opportunities. The San Antonio Mastersingers is a top-notch chorale that performs occasionally with the San Antonio Symphony. Young people can be involved in music in the city by being part of the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio or the Children’s Chorus of San Antonio. Popular concerts can be heard at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater and the Alamadome, among other places. The San Antonio Dance Umbrella is dedicated to assisting dancers and increasing awareness of this beautiful art form.

 

 

Whether business or pleasure brings you to the fine city of San Antonio, we hope this guide will assist you in deciding where you eat and how you spend your spare time!

 

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