Owner of Shiner beer donates $1M to Alamo Plaza conservation project
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The restoration and conservation of Alamo Plaza has received a generous gift to give it a leg up towards becoming a reality. The Impetus Foundation donated $1 million to the Alamo Foundation on Thursday, April 28, to fund the Exhibition Hall and Collections Building that will house the Alamo collection of treasured artifacts as well as the Phil Collins Texana Collection, according to a news release.
Collins' collection will be featured in an exhibit called "A Collector's Journey," inspired by the collection he donated to the Texas General Land Office in 2014.
Carlos Alvarez created the Impetus Foundation and is the owner of the Shiner beer brand that is brewed at the Spoetzl Brewery. The 24,000-square-foot building will include a second-story terrace overlooking the Alamo Gardens and will be named the Alvarez Family Terrace.
"My family and I are proud to be a part of this effort to preserve and enhance the historic Alamo site," Alvarez said in the news release.
In February, the longtime tourist attractions in front of the Alamo like Ripley's Haunted Adventure agreed to move out of the buildings to make way for the future Alamo Museum.
Alamo officials and engineers also plan to remove the top panels of the Alamo Cenotaph this fall to inspect damage done over time. Officials promised to be careful and it does not mean the monument will move.