The 1738 seat venue[REF] was first built in 1926 as the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium by Atlee Ayres, and was later renovated and fully expanded by the Seattle-based LMN Architects and the local firm Marmon Mok Architecture in 2014 to its current status [REF].
In 2008 Barack Obama gave a speech in front of the building to his supporters during the 2008 presidential election campaign [REF].