This review is not demeaning to any business in SA because I love SA and it's people. It's a beautiful city with much to do. This is about their lack of care in the adjacent parking garage of the River center Mall. So we were there in November from Austin for a short weekend trip. We went to Tower of the Americas and had a great dinner, (the views are beautiful at night) then wanted to walk around the mall for a bit. Tower was great, Riverwalk at night, always fun and beautiful. Now, let me get to the mall. I think it's a great place to just do some shopping, chilling out at the river courtyard... I love all this as it brings back memories of my childhood. I also have respect and empathy for the people working in those stores during the pandemic. The mall was not busy at all... Sadly it was almost empty and stores were closing up at 7 pm on a Friday evening. I give my respect to all those young and older employees trying to stay busy and make a living. My issue is the parking garage adjacent to the mall. We have parked here many times in the past and usually take the elevator down... Never an issue. So on this Friday, the elevators in the garage were not working. We entered the stairwell... It was so filthy as in black stains, old gum, old spit chew, trash, the smell of urine and just an overall smell of death. So we enter cautiously and make our way down we see what appears to be a dead animal all balled up in a pile... As we got closer... It hit us... It was a large pile oh human waste. We made our way out of there after holding our breath for a good while and our evening was pretty much ruined. So... If you're ever in the parking garage of the River center Mall... Stay out of the stairwells if at all possible.