SAN ANTONIO
A Convention Center expansion that would add 100,000 square feet of space, give the facility a new entrance and keep San Antonio competitive for major conventions is on the drawing board.
Michael Sawaya, who oversees the city's Convention, Sports and Entertainment Facilities Department, unveiled a general outline of the planned expansion at a San Antonio Hotel & Lodging Association luncheon.
He said the proposed expansion is not as much about increasing the size of the center as it about increasing the flexibility city officials have to meet customer needs.
The proposed expansion calls for two new exhibit halls and a multi-purpose hall and banquet area added to the east side of the facility. That would give it 528,000 square feet of exhibit space, 25 percent more than it has now.
