Tag Archives: Austin Convention Center

Council OKs plan to remove, demolish artwork as part of convention center rebuild

Four large murals and art installations from local artists will be removed from the Austin Convention Center and destroyed ahead of the facility’s forthcoming demolition and reconstruction, despite calls from the artists and supporters to find a way to preserve…

City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 31, 2025

Arts Commission wants convention center installations preserved ahead of demolition

The Arts Commission wants the city to push the Austin Convention Center to pay for and assist in the removal and preservation of four city-commissioned art installations that are at risk of being destroyed when the facility is torn down…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 18, 2024

Arts, music commissioners want new convention center to support Austin creatives

Members of the Music Commission and Arts Commission have assembled a list of 31 recommendations detailing how the reconstructed Austin Convention Center could best support the local creative community. The recommendations from the Urban Core Land Use Working Group, which…

Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 10, 2024

Visit Austin offers look at strategy to support hotels during convention center closure

Staff from Visit Austin plan to aggressively market the city to new and recurring visitors in the coming years as part of a three-part strategy to support the local hotel and convention industry during the four-year closure of the Austin…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 18, 2024

Hotel, multifamily developers sought for convention center reconstruction project

Leaders at the Austin Convention Center have set their sights on building a new hotel or a multifamily residential project as part of the forthcoming reconstruction of the downtown site. The timeline for the solicitation of developers was among the…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 14, 2024

SXSW's $380M economic impact shows return to prepandemic heights

This year’s South by Southwest appears to have had a local economic impact on par with the years prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, which nearly wiped out the popular music, tech and film confab in 2020. An analysis from Greyhill…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Nov 16, 2023

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Council approves convention center expansion contracts

On Thursday, City Council voted to award the contract for construction and pre-construction of a refurbished and enlarged Austin Convention Center to two firms, JE Dunn Construction and Turner Construction, for up to $1.2 billion. They also directed staff to…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Oct 20, 2023

Council considers timeline, partnerships ahead of vote on $1.2B contracts for convention center

City Council appears ready to move ahead with two major contracts that will officially kick off the process of demolishing and reconstructing the Austin Convention Center. On Thursday, contracts totaling nearly $1.27 billion could confirm LMN/Page as the design and…

City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 18, 2023

Hotels adjust proposed new tax, giving city steady funds for homeless services

The city’s major hoteliers have agreed to adjust the terms of a proposed new tax that will provide the city consistent money to fund homelessness services even while tourism drops off during the forthcoming reconstruction of the Austin Convention Center.…

City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 12, 2023

Council delays decision on new hotel tax that could fund homelessness services

City Council has put on hold a long-discussed partnership with local hotels that could generate millions of dollars in General Fund revenue to cover expenses related to services for the homeless. At last week’s meeting, Council voted to delay action…

City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 6, 2023

City loans up to $38M could shield Hilton downtown during convention center closure

An expected agreement between Hilton Worldwide Holdings, the board that manages the city-owned downtown Hilton Austin, and bondholders who financed the hotel will clear the way for the next steps in the expansion of the Austin Convention Center. Last week,…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 15, 2023

PAC seeks clarity, cost breakdowns for $1.6B convention center expansion

The political action committee co-founded by a former member of the Downtown Commission wants the mayor and City Council to answer questions about the planned expansion of the Austin Convention Center, it announced in a news release last week. Laura…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 8, 2023

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