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 Forklift Masts San Antonio - The 2nd largest city in the state of Texas and the seventh largest city in the US, is San Antonio, that is situated in the northern part of Southern Texas. The city is sparsely populated outside of the city with a low density rate. San Antonio is the center of the Tejano culture. It is the 5th fastest-growing city from the year 2007 to the year 2008 and has a population of roughly two million in the year 2008 alone. This makes it the 28th biggest metropolitan area within the US.
The most popular annual cultural events within the city include: Celebrate San Antonio (is the city's New Year's Eve celebration that showcases musical entertainment, food, family activities and more), Cinco de Mayo (festivities happen within Market Square), Fiesta (an annual 10-day city-wide festival held during April in order to honor the memory of all the heroes of the Battle of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto), Fiesta de las Luminarias (occur on the River Walk where the river is lined using 7,000 candle-lit sand-filled bags), The Holiday River Parade and Lighting Ceremony (presented by the Paseo del Rio Association and the City of San Antonio the day after Thanksgiving when the switch is pulled to turn on over 122,000 lights that light up the River Walk), Passion Play (portrays the story of Jesus Christ's crucifixion each Good Friday at the Cathedral of San Fernando), Michelob ULTRA River Walk Mud Festival (a festival which commemorates the yearly draining and maintenance of the channeled section of the River Walk), Shakespeare in the Park (produces a Shakespeare play that is free to the public), and Tejano Music Awards (an awards ceremony dedicated to Tejano music).
Through its various museums of art, national history, and culture, the city of San Antonio offers a unique view of its culture. The Texas Transportation Museum has great facts concerning the history of the railroads that helped serve the state of Texas. The San Antonio Buckhorn Saloon and Museum has numerous interesting items comprising taxidermied wing, which holds birds, big cats, reptiles, and large mammals. The Witte Museum has a permanent collection represents decorative arts, ethnography and textiles, and science. The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) maintains extensive collections of Ancient, Asian and Latino art. Museo Alameda is the visual arts and educational component of The Alameda National Center for Latino Arts and Culture and is an affiliate museum of the Smithsonian Institution. The University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures is committed to improving the understanding of cultural history, science, and technology and their influence upon the people of Texas. The McNay Art Museum is the first modern art museum in the State of Texas. Artpace San Antonio promotes itself as a laboratory for the advancement and creation of international modern art.
San Antonio has four major trades in the fields of health care, tourism, financial services and government. San Antonio is even the home of the defense industry, the biggest military concentration in the US. Tourism is also a major influence in the city, with about twenty million visitors who come to the city of San Antonio each and every year. The city is home to Fortune 500 companies: NuStar Energy, USAA, Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro. Other companies located within the city of San Antonio include: Taco Cabana, Whataburger, Harte-Hanks, Kinetic Concepts, Frost National Bank, Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises, Rackspace and Builder Square. AT&T, Toyota, Boeing, Citigroup, and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company are among the big companies that operate their regional headquarters within the city.
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