KSAT.com<\/a> on Monday morning referenced the information as it was posted on Facebook.<\/p>\nHowever, Saunders later asked that it be updated to say that it was not canceled.<\/p>\n
A new Facebook post on Monday said the Tuesday event was \u201creplaced\u201d by a Pi\u00f1ata Drop that had already happened on Sunday, May 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s up with that?\u201d asked Robin Miller, visiting San Antonio from Dallas. \u201cHow can you tell people we\u2019re going to have a celebration, but we had it the day before, and it\u2019s already over?\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller said she was confused by the mixed messaging.<\/p>\n
She spoke to KSAT 12 News while browsing Market Square shops with her husband.<\/p>\n
Miller said they previously had been considering staying an extra day in San Antonio.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut if the celebration is not going to be here, we\u2019ll go home where we\u2019re going to celebrate for sure,\u201d Miller said. \u201cWhat if we\u2019d driven all the way from Dallas to come to the celebration here and then get here to find out it\u2019s been canceled?\u201d<\/p>\n
Lucinda Pena hoped the outdoor celebration would bring more traffic to her business inside the mercado.<\/p>\n
She said the news about the event is a big letdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it lets (visitors) down a little bit,\u201d Pena said. \u201dIt lets us down a little bit because people come asking us, \u2018Where is the event?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Pena said Market Square is the heart of the city, and there\u2019s no better place to hold this type of celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are the spot,\u201d Pena said. \u201cYou want to come and take part in the Cinco de Mayo. We have the food. We have the drinks.\u201d<\/p>\n
In her statement, Saunders said the celebrations are not an annual event.<\/p>\n
She said during those years where the end of Fiesta falls close to Cinco de Mayo, the city usually does not hold a celebration.<\/p>\n
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