The city is also already ramping up police presence in the evenings and adding more lighting in the area.
San Antonio Police Department and city leaders are clamping down in Hemisfair after residents and business owners complained the area wasn't safe enough following recent downtown shootings. Staffers and some City Council members are pushing for an 11 p.m. curfew for the park, located south of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center . Two weeks ago, SAPD started ramping up police presence there in the evenings. The city is also looking to add more lighting in the area.
HemisFair ’68 scrapbook holds memories of big-name entertainers that came to San Antonio Councilwoman Sukh Kaur, whose District 1 includes Hemisfair, said business owners and residents of a Hemisfair apartment building asked for more security measures in the park following recent shootings nearby. Two people were killed and five were injured in an April shooting at Market Square. And during last year's Fiesta, a man was left critically injured in a Market Square shooting.
Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp. San Antonio Police Department Public Safety Committee San Antonio Councilwoman Sukh Kaur Stafferz Lori Houston Mckee-Rodriguez Hemisfair Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Market Square River Walk La Villita Alamo Plaza District 1 Alamodome Indianola Street North Texas César Chávez Boulevard Yanaguana Garden Fiesta World's Fair Hemisfair '68
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