The new holiday look will officially light up

Apart from the minibulbs, the eco-friendly lights incorporate the addition of multi-color programmable holiday accent lighting on all 22 street bridges at the River Walk. The lights will be wrapped on led high bay light the river, as high as 60 feet. To further enhance the Holiday experience, 26 heritage or iconic trees will feature up-lighting.

The enhanced LED lighting plan compliments Mayor Julian Castro's inaugural Light Up Downtown Holiday Lighting Contest, which showcases creative holiday LED lighting displays at participating businesses on the street level. Both initiatives aim to bring visitors to downtown San Antonio this Holiday season while encouraging sustainability and energy conservation.

Earlier this year, the City converted 85,000 incandescent lights to 100 percent LED lights for this year's River Walk Holiday Lights experience. With more than 1.76 million LED mini-bulbs ， the equivalent of led linear high bay light approximately 33,000 kilowatt-hours of energy will be saved.The new holiday look will officially light up San Antonio's skyline at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 25, 2011 at the Ford Holiday River Parade and Lighting Ceremony.