What San Antonio’s expanded downtown convention center could look like [Video]

SAN ANTONIO — As major cities across Texas make plans to expand their biggest event spaces, San Antonio hopes to do the same with the Henry B. González Convention Center.

In their first follow-up meeting since being publicly briefed on Project Marvel, the city’s ambitious plan to convert part of downtown San Antonio into a sports and entertainment hub, the Missouri-based architecture firm Populous and Massachusetts-based project management company CSL Consulting presented City Council with the initial findings of a feasibility study for the convention center. 

Populous was the firm the city hired for the previous convention center expansion as well.

‘We want to expand the building by up to 200,000 square feet of exhibition space. That’s challenging, given the site,” said Michael Lockwood, an architect with Populous. 

Populous’ recommended renovation plan focuses on the west side of the building, where there are older …