San Antonio, Texas

SamuelPanchevre

Entrepreneur, city builder, and U.S. Air Force veteran. Three decades restoring landmarks and building San Antonio's live music and hospitality landscape.

Samuel Panchevre
Samuel Panchevre
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30+
Years building
in San Antonio
1926
Landmark theatre
restored
2,000
Live music
capacity
The signature restoration The restored auditorium of the Aztec Theatre
01The signature restoration

The 1926 landmark
he brought back

In 2013 the Aztec Theatre was a dark, dormant movie palace on the San Antonio River Walk. Samuel Panchevre leased the 112,000 square foot building through PHH Ventures, put $2 million into its restoration, and raised the capacity to 2,000.

After an 18 month, off market negotiation he bought the building outright, then brought in Live Nation and House of Blues to program it. The palace others had written off is now the city's crown jewel of live music.

"It brings energy and synergy to everyone."
Samuel Panchevre
02Portfolio

The ventures

Entertainment, hospitality, dining, and real estate. An ecosystem built across three decades.

03The record

Three decades,
one city

USAF

Military service

United States Air Force. The discipline and leadership that would anchor everything after.

Early

Acapulco Sam's

His first River Walk venture, and where he learned the hospitality game firsthand.

1999

Sam's Burger Joint

An empty building near a Grayson Street underpass becomes a 25 year live music institution.

2013

The Aztec Theatre

PHH Ventures leases the dormant 112,000 SF, 1926 landmark and begins a $2M restoration.

2015

The Live Nation deal

He buys the building outright, then partners with Live Nation and House of Blues to program it.

Now

Boutique hotel and rooftop

77 rooms above the theatre under a 40 year agreement with Shreem Capital. Still building.

The Aztec Theatre on the San Antonio River Walk
The landmark

The Aztec Theatre

A 1926 Meso-American movie palace on the San Antonio River Walk, rescued from dormancy, revived through a $2M restoration, and reborn as the city's crown jewel of live music.

The Aztec Theatre grand auditorium and chandelier
The grand auditorium
The Aztec Theatre and its blade sign at dusk
The marquee
Meso-American carvings inside the Aztec Theatre
Meso-American detail
Aztec Theatre photography · Wikimedia Commons
04In the press

Coverage and recognition

Samuel Panchevre
05The man

Built on grit
and vision

Samuel Panchevre's career is the story of San Antonio itself, not built in boardrooms, but in venues, on riverfronts, and in neighborhoods others walked past.

After serving in the U.S. Air Force and earning a business degree from San Antonio College, he cut his teeth with Acapulco Sam's on the River Walk. In 1999 he spotted a cheap, empty building near an underpass on Grayson Street, signed the lease, and built Sam's Burger Joint into a live music institution that still stands 25 years on.

The same instinct carried him to the Aztec Theatre, then to Casa Catrina, commercial real estate, and a 77 room hotel rising above the palace he rescued. The building he brought back is becoming a full destination.

Samuel Panchevre
San Antonio, Texas
06Contact

Let's build
something

If you are exploring a business partnership, a real estate opportunity, or an entertainment venture in San Antonio, the right collaborators are always welcome.

Email
spanchevre@gmail.com
Location
San Antonio, Texas
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