San Antonio Mayor Seeks to Stop Kanye West’s Fourth of July Concert

Kanye West’s world tour, already shaped by cancellations and visa denials, now faces direct political pressure in Texas. San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has called for the city to cancel his July 4 concert at the publicly funded Alamodome.

“Military City USA should not host someone with a record of hate speech and antisemitic comments in a city-funded facility like our Alamodome—not ever, and certainly not on July 4th, our Nation’s 250th birthday,” Jones wrote on social media. Her demand follows a similar push from Florida Senator Rick Scott, who urged Tampa’s sports authority to nix West’s June shows at Raymond James Stadium.

West’s recent live ambitions have been met with repeated friction. A London festival headline slot collapsed when the UK refused his visa, and a planned concert in Poland was scrapped over his praise of Nazism. In January, he purchased a full-page Wall Street Journal apology, blaming antisemitic outbursts and the sale of swastika merchandise on a mental health crisis, while insisting he is not a Nazi or an antisemite.

Despite this pattern, West has performed this year in Turkey, the Netherlands, Georgia, and at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium. Both the Tampa and San Antonio dates remain on the books. The Alamodome’s city ownership gives municipal officials more direct leverage to act on Jones’s request.