AT 30 HALF HOUR. SO STAY TUNED WITH US TO LEARN MORE DETAILS. I SEND IT BACK TO YOU ALL.
>> ALYSSA COLE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. SO AS WE’VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT FIESTA 2023 IS WRAPPING
UP HIS BEEN A WHIRLWIND, A
CELEBRATION, FUN AND OF COURSE,
FROM A U.S. ALL A PHENOMENAL
FOOD OUT. TOTALLY. IT’S ALWAYS
ABOUT THE FOOD.
>> BUT JOINING US TODAY AND
IN LEADING SA SEGMENT IS STEVE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
FIESTA, SAN ANTONIO COMMISSION.
STEVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO WE REALLY DO
APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.
YOU KNOW, THE MORNING AFTER
FIESTA FLAMBEAU. SO AS WE DO,
LOOK AT THE LAST DAY OF FIESTA,
HOW DID EVERYTHING GO FROM YOU
GUYS PERSPECTIVE?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT THE THE THE
FEEDBACK TO THE TREMENDOUS THE
SHARE FOR FIESTA, YOU KNOW, WAS
BACK TO NORMAL TIMEFRAME IN
APRIL AND ALL THE JUST HAD SOME
GREAT SUCCESSES. THIS WEEK’S
US, BUT ALL IS NOT A LOT OF FUN
TO SHOW THE FIESTA FAMILY
SPIRIT. MORE THAN 2 AND A HALF
BILLION PEOPLE. SO THERE’S BEEN
A GREAT WEEK.
>> NO STATE. WE KNOW WE WERE
COMING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, A
REALLY ROUGH, YOU KNOW, LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS. WHAT WERE SOME
OF THE MAJOR CHANGES
IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR FOR
FIESTA?
>> WELL, ONE OF THE CHANGES
THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, WE
UNFORTUNATELY IT RAINED OUT
LAST THURSDAY WITH OUR FIESTA
FIESTA. OPENING CEREMONY.
BUT WE DON’T DO THAT TO TRAVIS
PARK THIS YEAR. THAT WAS GOING
TO DUE TO SOME OF THE
CONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN. BUT,
YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE
ALL THE FIESTA ORGANIZATIONS
REALLY COME BACK TO EXPERIENCE
THE WHOLE FIASCO. GOING TO HELP
YOU WEATHER CHALLENGES EARLIER
IN THE WEEK. BUT BUT ALL
ORGANIZATIONS, THEY REALLY
GATHER TOGETHER AND THE BEST OF
THE SITUATION REALLY, THAT’S
SOME GREAT SUCCESS WITH
ORGANIZATIONS.
>> I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE NEVER
RESTING ON YOUR LAURELS.
SO ARE YOU GUYS ALREADY
PLANNING CHANGES FOR NEXT YEAR?
FUTURE FIESTAS?
>> WELL, WE ARE. WE ARE HAVING
MEETINGS ABOUT NEXT YEAR AND
WE’RE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
OBVIOUSLY, IT TAKES A WHOLE
YEAR TO PLAN C S WITH A GREAT
VOLUNTEERS AT ALL. THE GREAT
STORY WAS A SHIP. WE’RE LOOKING
TO START MAKING SOME PLAYOFF.
NOEL, ONE OF ONE OF THE
POSSIBLE BY A PUPPY, A LOCATION
FOR FIESTA FIESTA OF THE TRAIL
OF A SUMMIT PARK IS AVAILABLE.
THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO MOVE
IN THE CIVIC PARK DOWNTOWN
FIESTA FIESTA. SO WE’LL BE
WORKING WITH WE’LL HAVE A
SPARE. AND CITY OFFICIALS HAVE.
YES, THE OFFICIAL BIGGEST WE’RE
ALREADY MAKING PLANS FOR NEXT
YEAR.
>> NOW, STEVE, WHILE I WAS OUT
THERE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET PEOPLE FROM GEORGIA, FROM
LOUISIANA, FROM ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AS THE POPULATION
INCREASES AROUND SAN ANTONIO
WITH THE COMMISSION EVER
CONSIDER HOSTING EVENTS FURTHER
AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE
THE THINGS THAT I PERSONALLY
LOVE ABOUT THE OSCAR? AND I
THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE DO DOES THAT. HAS
HAPPENED IN ALL PARTS OF SAN
ANTONIO, SOUTH SOUTH SIDE, WEST
SIDE, THE SIDE DOOR SIDE HERE
DOWNTOWN. THAT’S REALLY WHAT
MAKES PSTA VERY SPECIAL IS THAT
ALL PARTS OF SAN ANTONIO
REPRESENTATIVE
DURING FIESTA, ONE OF THE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WE’VE HAD WITH
HER BORN
THIS YEAR. THAT’S A LOOK AT
SOME OF THE CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES
OF TO BEXAR COUNTY. THAT’S UP
TO WORK WITH PARENTS OF
THE GODS THAT EXPERIENCE
OUTSIDE OF BEXAR COUNTY STORE.
GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME OF
SOME OF ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME
OF THOSE IDEAS AS WE GO.
BUT WE’RE REALLY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL PARTS OF SAN
ANTONIO ARE REPRESENTED DURING
FIESTA.
>> OF COURSE, THE UNITED SKUS
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NUMBERS
IS A LOT OF THEM TO DEAL WITH.
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE
PRELIMINARY. BUT IN TERMS OF
VISITORS, ECONOMIC IMPACT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PARTY WITH
A PURPOSE MONEY RAISE. YOU KNOW
WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE
SO FAR.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DID THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY A FEW
YEARS AGO. THE RESULT SHOWED
340 MILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC
IMPACT TO SEE HIM ON THE ALSO
THE THAT’S A GREAT THAT’S A
GREAT BOOST FOR THE ECONOMY FOR
SAN ANTONIO. BUT IT DOESN’T
NECESSARILY TRUST THE
CHARITABLE IMPACT OUT THE
ORGANIZATION TO DO SO WHICH
IS TREMENDOUS WILL BE GETTING
A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS BACK TO
THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS FOR
ORGANIZATIONS REALLY ON THE
SAME APPOINTMENT, THE PURPOSE,
OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING A
GREAT BECAUSE OF FIESTA.
WE’RE ABLE TO RAISE FUNDS JUST
A POINT TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SUPPORT THE CITIZENS OF SAN
ANTONIO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
YEAR. THAT’S REALLY WHY WE DO
THE OSCAR.
>> DO YOU GUYS HAVE A NUMBER IN
MIND? OBVIOUSLY NOW WE’VE SEEN
THE AMOUNT OF MILLIONS RAISE
OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS. YOU DO HAVE A
SPECIFIC NUMBER IN MIND THAT
YOU GUYS HAVE A GOAL TO HIT.
>> WELL, WE TRY TO USE ALL THE
NUMBERS OF BENCHMARKS. THE
WATERS START TO GET THE
ATTENDANCE FIGURES FROM ALL
ORGANIZATIONS OUT. WE WERE
CALLED OUT TO HELP BEGIN.
PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE THE
DIFFERENT TICKETS FOR THE
DIFFERENT GATES OF THE ABOUT
US. SO OUR NUMBERS WORK AT
ABOUT 2 AND A HALF BILLION
PEOPLE IN THE THE FIREBALL IS
ANY INDICATION OF BE EXCITED
THAT THE THE CROWDS FOR LOOKS
LIKE WE’RE GOING TO GET THOSE
NUMBERS AGAIN.
>> STEPHEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US. IT’S BEEN A
PLEASURE HAVING YOU SURELY THE
PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR’S FIESTA
STARTS BRIGHT AND EARLY