San Antonio's AT&T Center among the most lucrative bars in Texas for November

Prominent hotels and event centers were among Texas businesses with the highest total drink sales in November.



Click through the slideshow to view the top 20 list for Bexar County. Prominent hotels and event centers were among Texas businesses with the highest total drink sales in November.



Click through the slideshow to view the top 20 list for Bexar County. Photo: File Photo: File Image 1 of / 32 Caption Close San Antonio's AT&T Center among the most lucrative bars in Texas for November 1 / 32 Back to Gallery

The AT&T Center unseated the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort & Spa as Bexar County’s most lucrative watering hole in November, ending an eight-month reign by the resort.

The stadium’s concessions contractor, Aramark Sports and Entertainment, raked in $1,066,933 from alcoholic drink sales over the month, coming out ahead of the $958,783 made by the JW Marriott’s contractor, Hospitality International.

The AT&T Center and the JW Marriott were far ahead of other contenders. In third place was the Cowboys Dancehall on the Northeast Side, which took in $356,708. In fourth was Topgolf USA San Antonio, with $345,679, while Grand Riverwalk Beverage, the contractor for the downtown Grand Hyatt San Antonio, was in fifth with $336,038.

Bexar County’s total drink sales declined almost 15 percent compared to October, from $48.2 million to $41 million. Sales were up 4.6 percent compared to November of last year, when local businesses reported $39.2 million in sales.

Click through the slideshow above to view the top 20 list for Bexar County.

The AT&T Center was in fourth place statewide, behind the Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, which sold almost $2.7 million worth of drinks; the Gaylord Texan Grapevine Resort, with $1.4 million; and Levy Restaurants, a caterer at the Toyota Center in Houston, which also had slightly less than $1.4 million.

Houston’s Harris County kept its title as Texas’ thirstiest county in November, with $101 million in drink sales, followed by Dallas County, with $72.7 million, and Austin’s Travis county, with $51.5 million. Bexar County was fifth, just like last month, with a $41 million total.

The 78701 zipcode, which encompasses most of downtown Austin, stayed in the top spot among Texas zip codes, with about $19 million in drink sales. Downtown Dallas’ 75201 zip code was far behind in second, with $9.8 million.

The highest Bexar County zip was 78205, covering much of downtown San Antonio, in fourth place with $8.7 million in drink sales – down from third place last month.

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