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Developer: $22.5M offer intended to open McKalla Place for alternative proposals
A local development partnership has offered $22.5 million to purchase the North Austin property that is currently being considered as the site for a professional soccer stadium. The offer letter from developers John Chen and Marcus Whitfield was submitted on…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 11, 2018
Amid 'tight timeline,' soccer stadium debate gets very public
With Friday’s release of two key documents related to Austin’s possible home for a relocated Major League Soccer team – and the push to build a stadium for the team on city-owned property – it’s likely that every City Council…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 4, 2018
After community input, the wait is on for soccer team's Austin proposal
After a blitz of community input sessions in recent weeks, representatives of the group looking to move a Major League Soccer franchise to Austin have a firm grasp on what they have to do to meet what they admit is…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • May 14, 2018
Heavily amended events ordinance passes, ending six-year struggle to manage large gatherings
A heavily amended version of the city’s long-proposed special events ordinance was given its third reading and final approval Thursday, setting the stage for the next steps in creating a new framework for planning and regulating large gatherings throughout the…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • May 11, 2018
Six years gone: Music Commission again asks Council to halt special events ordinance
The Austin Music Commission has asked City Council to put on hold nearly six years of work on updating and revamping of the city’s regulations covering special events. At Monday’s meeting, the commission approved a resolution that calls the current…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • May 9, 2018
Arts programs could showcase diversity under 'inclusion rider' concept
Austin’s Music and Arts commissions are in the early phase of a push to make the city’s contracts for cultural services take steps to reach out to underrepresented groups, in an attempt to give more opportunities to those who have…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 24, 2018
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Events ordinance approaching completion, with rules TBD
It appears that the city’s ordinance to manage the thriving and lucrative special events industry in Austin is finally about to become a working part of local code. City Council is expected to have a third reading and final approval…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 23, 2018
Council discusses economic, cultural benefits of Major League Soccer in Austin
On Thursday, City Council will take up a resolution directing city staff to analyze whether a vacant lot at 10414 McKalla Lane would be a suitable spot for a future Major League Soccer stadium. So far, no Council members have…
Music & Entertainment • By Jack Craver • Mar 21, 2018
Austin's music preservation efforts draw praise. But is it enough?
The attention placed on Austin’s music community in recent years by local leaders – most especially the affordability issues and stagnant income levels of working musicians – went under the magnifying glass Tuesday at South by Southwest. Attendees of the…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 16, 2018
From 'Starbucks' lines to 'full-scale riot': How cops and clubs control crowds during SXSW
The influx of 300,000 to 400,000 people to downtown Austin during South by Southwest requires an extraordinary amount of crowd control, both for event organizers and first responders. Austin’s Police Department uses a Special Response Team to patrol downtown. “It’s…
Music & Entertainment • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Mar 16, 2018
Pols, industry vets join forces to lead Austin music economy
Under the aegis of one of Austin’s most successful entrepreneurs, a collective of some of the city’s most entrenched business and government leaders has set its sights on keeping Austin’s music community from being priced out of existence. The group…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 6, 2018
Musicians' wage debate eyes benefits, cost of increased activism
A new movement seeking to put more money in the pockets of Austin musicians is looking at the pros and cons of increasing political activism by artists – among other tactics – as a way to give them more influence…
