SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio ISD board trustees Monday night are scheduled to discuss option creekside property downtown that stands in the way of a new, minor league baseball stadium.
The board will meet in executive session, “which will give the trustees an opportunity to discuss real estate, including the Camaron Street property. No action is anticipated following tonight’s executive session,” a district spokeswoman said in an email to KSAT 12 News.
The 2.3 acre plot on Camaron Street, along San Pedro Creek and near Fox Tech, is currently used as a parking lot. A rough map of the development phases also show the SAISD land sits at the southern edge of the footprint for the proposed $160 million ballpark.
It’s not clear what would happen to the ballpark plans if the district eventually refuses to sell the land.
The city and county signed off in September on a funding plan for the new stadium, which heavily relies on downtown developer Weston Urban, whose co-founders are also partial owners of the San Antonio Missions, developing the surrounding area. That includes demolishing the low-cost Soap Factory Apartments, which would displace residents in waves.
SAISD held a town hall on the proposed sale Oct. 7, which drew a crowd of frustrated San Antonians, though also supporters of the plan.
The board will first discuss the land deal behind closed doors at Monday night’s 5:30 p.m. meeting at the district’s downtown headquarters. Any vote on the deal would have to be taken in public.
The district spokeswoman said the board will also receive public input at its regular board meeting on Nov. 18.