Gina Ortiz Jones, the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, has called for Kanye West’s planned Fourth of July concert at the Alamodome to be cancelled. Ye revealed the event last week, with tickets already on sale through Ticketmaster, ranging from $127.50 for standard upper-level seating to $1,461.25 for the “YE – Front Row Experience,” which places fans in seats closest to the stage on the lower level.
On Saturday night (June 20), the San Antonio Democrat and U.S. Air Force veteran publicly voiced her opposition to the scheduled show in the south-central Texas city, pointing to the artist’s past use of hate speech and antisemitic statements as grounds for the Alamodome— a city-owned venue capable of hosting more than 70,000 people in an in-the-round configuration similar to Ye’s globe-style stage setup — to cancel the booking.
“I support canceling the @kanyewest concert,” she wrote in a post on X.
“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,” Ortiz Jones said.
The San Antonio mayor added, “Standing up to antisemitism is exactly what it takes to achieve a more perfect Union.”
Ye’s July 4 date in San Antonio sits between stops in Tampa, Florida (June 26, 28) and Tirana, Albania (July 11). His summer run — as currently scheduled — also includes Madrid, Spain (July 30) and Algarve, Portugal (Aug. 7), before returning to the U.S. for two shows in Chicago, Illinois (Sept. 3–4). He has not mounted a full-scale global tour this decade.
While West has successfully staged shows this year in cities including Mexico City, Los Angeles, Turkey, the Netherlands and Georgia, several planned performances have also been cancelled in places such as England, Poland and France.
Republican U.S. Senator Rick Scott of Florida has also urged organisers to cancel Ye’s Tampa shows.
Scott said in a statement on June 4: “Kanye West’s consistent antisemitic attacks are an affront to the values of the people of the Hillsborough community. He has openly praised Nazis, called himself one, and slandered Jews across the world. Kanye West also funded a Superbowl ad in 2025 that directed viewers to purchase merchandise featuring swastikas.”
“West’s remarks are vile and a slap in the face to our state’s Jewish community,” the senator added. “It is troubling that a stadium supported by taxpayer dollars would openly subsidize an event led by an artist known for pushing this dangerous, hateful rhetoric, especially with Florida having one of the largest Jewish populations in our country.”
On Friday, Ye released a deluxe edition of his latest album Bully, featuring updated versions of existing tracks alongside new songs “OK” (featuring Don Toliver) and “Mission Control.”
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