EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County has released records detailing communications over a seven-month period between a county official and an executive from the University of Texas at El Paso regarding Coliseum management and sports tourism. The records were released in response to an open records request filed by ABC-7.
The documents primarily contain text message exchanges between Melissa Carrillo, executive director of operations for El Paso County, and Jorge Vasquez, executive director of the Office of Special Events at the University of Texas at El Paso, who oversees the Sun Bowl.
Records reviewed by ABC-7 show that communications spanning from September 2025 to April 2026 involved scheduling meetings and discussing facility and sports tourism contracts…