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Folk customs in San Antonio

The Texas Folk Festival held in San Antonio every June is full of many interesting and interesting activities, bringing together more than 4 different races with colorful visual, auditory and taste feelings.

At the folk festival, you can buy all kinds of handicrafts such as carvings, wooden utensils and carpets, and taste delicious snacks from all over the world, including buttered sweet potato cakes, sausages, gumbo soup and even hemp balls. While enjoying delicious food, there are many entertainment items for tourists to watch, such as watermelon seed spitting contest, corn peeling, clogs dancing, Hula dancing and so on.

The purpose of the Folk Festival is to commemorate the different cultural traditions in San Antonio in a relaxed and interesting way. San Antonio Spurs, formerly known as Dallas Bushes in Dallas, moved to San Antonio in 1973 and changed its name to Spurs, joined the NBA in 1976, and won the NBA championship five times in 1999, 23, 25, 27 and 214.

in the 198s, under the leadership of "Iceman" george gervin, the Spurs made it to the Western Conference finals in 1982 and 1983. In 199s, the "Twin Towers Tactics" of david robinson, the top two scholar "Admiral", and tim duncan, the basic skill, brought the team the first NBA championship in 1999. In the 21st century, with the participation of Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili, the Spurs have become one of the most dominant teams in the league. In 23, the Spurs defeated the finals opponent Nets 4-2 to win the championship. In 25, the Spurs fought against the Pistons, also known for their defensive team system, for seven games in the finals, and finally won the championship. In 27, the Spurs swept the Cavaliers in the finals and won the fourth championship trophy in nine years, officially marking the birth of the "Spurs Dynasty". In 214, the Spurs beat the Heat 4-1 in the finals and won the NBA championship for the fifth time, becoming the NBA team with the most championships except Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls. AT& T center arena (at&; T center)

The home arena of NBA San Antonio Spurs, WNBA San Antonio Stars and AHL San Antonio Furies. With the investment of $186 million from local sales tax (hotel use tax and car rental value-added tax) and $28.5 million raised by Spurs, it broke ground on August 24, 2 and was put into use on October 18, 22. The title dealer is AT&T; T Corporation)。 In addition to being a venue, AT&; The T Center is also an art gallery in San Antonio, where a large number of precious works of art are placed.

Alamo Dome

Located at No.1, Montana Street, San Antonio, it is a multi-purpose dome-shaped gymnasium that can accommodate 65, live spectators. It is mainly used as a venue for football and basketball (mainly football). The stadium cost 186 million US dollars, which was started in November 199 and opened on May 15, 1993.