By the way, the City of San Antonio had nothing to do with the demise of these shows.
The city of SA had EVERYTHING to do with their demise. There was a VERY large show that used to be held in the Convention Center downtown, and it had vendors from all over. Henry Cisneros pushed the city council to boot them out - and it led to the situation of today. I know it, because I was one of the ones downtown fighting 'em at the council meetings - but the SOB's didn't care about OUR rights, or the rights of the citizenry.