{"id":174575,"date":"2026-02-21T19:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/174575\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T19:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:37:12","slug":"bexar-county-residents-can-enjoy-8-admission-to-the-san-antonio-zoo-on-locals-day-this-sunday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/174575\/","title":{"rendered":"Bexar County residents can enjoy $8 admission to the San Antonio Zoo on Locals Day this Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bexar County residents can visit the San Antonio Zoo this weekend at a discounted price as part of the zoo\u2019s ongoing Locals Day series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The zoo said Locals Day will take place Sunday, Feb. 22, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with admission tickets priced at $8 for county residents who show proof of residency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to zoo officials, the event highlights City Council District 5, though all Bexar County residents are eligible to participate in any Locals Day offered throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zoo officials said guests can explore animal habitats, see wildlife from around the world and enjoy family-friendly activities during the event. Admission also includes access to Congo Falls, the zoo\u2019s two-acre gorilla habitat that recently marked the return of gorillas to San Antonio after more than 35 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Antonio Zoo officials said Locals Day tickets are only valid on select dates and must be purchased by Bexar County residents. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the<a href=\"https:\/\/sazoo.org\/local-days\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:website here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bexar County residents can visit the San Antonio Zoo this weekend at a discounted price as part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[698,42306,82,84,83,8702,63687],"class_list":["post-174575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-bexar-county","tag-county-residents","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-zoo","tag-zoo-officials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}