PRESS ROOM
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Lisa Pierce, 2024 NIOSA Chairman/Conservation Society Fourth Vice President, says: “Media are SO welcome at NIOSA!! We will do all we can to give you the materials and passes you need so you visit NIOSA often!”
If you want to receive media updates about NIOSA, please email NIOSA PR Coordinator Jeanne Albrecht at jca@jeannebiz.com.
IMPORTANT NEWS WE ARE HAPPY TO SHARE NOW FOR 2024:
NIOSA 2024 will again be held on the grounds of La Villita. The downtown construction has not changed our footprint
· NIOSA 2024 will again sell paper coupons for food, drink, souvenirs on the grounds that can be purchased on the NIOSA grounds during the event. No wristbands!
· NIOSA 2024 will again occur on the La Villita grounds—as it has for the past 75 years.
· NIOSA will still:
o serve NIOSA favorites including Mr. Chicken, Maria’s Tortillas, Anticuchos, its signature German sausage, Bongo-K-Bobs, Shypoke Eggs, Beignets, Fried Mushrooms, Yak-i-Tori, Steer on a Stick, Gorditas and Fajitas de Pollo
o feature NIOSA’s favorite entertainers who will be back every night of NIOSA
o sell its popular NIOSA souvenirs, including the 2024 NIOSA medal
o sell beer in its signature collectible cups
· 2024 medals are on sale; see release below for details; contact Jeanne Albrecht for photos
· Best way to get discount tickets in advance of NIOSA is to join the Conservation Society of San Antonio; discounted member tickets are $15/pp—and you have the added benefit and satisfaction of supporting San Antonio’s historic preservation and protection of its natural resources.
· Celebrating its 76th presentation in 2024, NIOSA is the top fundraiser for historic preservation in the United States—living up to its motto as a “Celebration for Preservation.”
· NIOSA is solely produced by and benefits The Conservation Society of San Antonio (one of the nation’s oldest and most active historic preservation organizations that will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2024).
· No restaurants produce or sell food at NIOSA. All proceeds benefit Conservation Society of San Antonio. All of NIOSA—including the food booths—is run by volunteers, from the NIOSA chairman and Vice Chairs and Treasurer to the booth chairmen. All booths are run by volunteers; many are second or third generations of a family to “man” a NIOSA booth. Volunteers come from all over the country to volunteer at NIOSA.
· On average, NIOSA gives the Society over $1 million annually to fund the Society’s preservation of historic properties and parks throughout the area, as well as education programs such as the Heritage Education tours, seminars, scholarships, resource library and house museums.
· NIOSA invests well over $1 million in our community by using local suppliers and paper goods. In addition, NIOSA usually pays nearly $1 million to lease La Villita; pay for SAPD security; obtain health, fire and electrical permits: and to donate to the La Villita restorations fund.
· NIOSA and the Society also produce and host NIOSITAs (private mini-NIOSAs) in La Villita’s historic plazas for conventions, meetings and any group that loves a fiesta—for groups of 300 and up—to raise additional funds. The Conservation Society was the first organization in San Antonio to produce these outdoor festivals for private groups, establishing NIOSA as the premiere caterer of fiestas.
