{"id":344352,"date":"2026-06-20T23:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T23:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/344352\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T23:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T23:34:58","slug":"san-antonio-mayor-supports-canceling-kanye-west-concert-at-alamodome-on-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/344352\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio mayor supports canceling Kanye West concert at Alamodome on July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said she supports canceling a planned Kanye West concert at the Alamodome on July 4, citing the artist\u2019s history of antisemitic remarks and arguing that city-owned facilities should not host individuals associated with hate speech.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a statement, Ortiz Jones said that \u201cMilitary City USA should not host someone with a record of hate speech and antisemitic comments in a city-funded facility like our Alamodome \u2014 not ever, and certainly not on July 4th, our Nation\u2019s 250th birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mayor\u2019s comments come amid controversy surrounding the proposed concert, which is scheduled to take place at the city-owned Alamodome on Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ortiz Jones said opposition to antisemitism is consistent with American values and the nation\u2019s founding ideals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cStanding up to antisemitism is exactly what it takes to achieve a more perfect Union,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mayor did not announce any specific action to cancel the event but made clear that she supports efforts to prevent the concert from taking place at the venue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">West, who now goes by Ye, has faced widespread criticism in recent years for a series of antisemitic comments that prompted condemnation from civil rights organizations, public officials and business partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said she supports canceling a planned Kanye West concert at the Alamodome&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3082,122855,2112,120291,80538,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-344352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-alamodome","tag-antisemitic","tag-gina-ortiz-jones","tag-kanye-west","tag-ortiz-jones","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344352","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=344352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}