Digital display ads could be coming to San Antonio — and the city wants your opinion

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The city wants to know what residents think about installing brightly lit signage in parts of San Antonio — and how the program should work.

The City of San Antonio is gathering input from the public through a series of sessions aimed at finding the right place to try out digital advertisements like those in Times Square in New York City.That’s the question city staffers have been asking the public in a series of input sessions focused on finding the right place to try out

Enhanced digital displays are already in use on buildings and other structures beyond Midtown Manhattan, in cities like Atlanta and Denver, for commercial advertising, art exhibits and city messaging. will be held Friday, March 29, at 10 a.m. in the city’s development services department boardroom at 1901 S. Alamo St.The proposal includes directing advertising revenue into city coffers that then could be spent to support arts and culture or other initiatives.

At one of the first sessions, attendees asked about what parts of the city were being considered for the displays with at least one saying they would not be appropriate in downtown historic districts.

 

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