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Tag Archives: Austin Convention Center
Eyeing hotel tax dollars, Music Commission signs on to support convention center
With City Council set to consider two items on Thursday related to the proposed expansion of the Austin Convention Center, the Austin Music Commission voted last week to support the plan, which is projected to cost more than $1 billion…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 16, 2019
State court calls city's convention center ballot language 'misleading'
The 3rd Court of Appeals has ruled that the city must make two changes to recently approved ballot language related to an attempt to limit city spending on the Austin Convention Center. In a ruling issued Thursday, the court of…
Courts • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 23, 2019
Save Our Springs backers among major supporters of anti-convention center PAC
Campaign finance reports filed Monday showed that longtime members and financial supporters of the Save Our Springs Alliance have pledged the bulk of the funding that is supporting a political action committee attempting to force a public vote on the…
Local Politics • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 16, 2019
PAC files petition to put Austin Convention Center expansion to a public vote
The city’s proposal to expand the Austin Convention Center could be on the ballot in November. A group opposing City Council’s decision to build out the center says it submitted a 30,000-signature petition calling for a referendum that would force…
Local Politics • By Andrew Weber, KUT • Jul 15, 2019
Convention center proponents eyeing new PAC to challenge expected ballot question
Mayor Steve Adler’s former campaign manager is preparing to launch a political action committee to lobby in favor of the proposed expansion of the Austin Convention Center if a group pushing a ballot question challenging the expansion succeeds in its…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 27, 2019
Council OKs Palm School, convention center ideas
In a stunning victory for Mayor Steve Adler and Council Member Kathie Tovo, the Austin City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a 27-page resolution directing city staff to gather all the information necessary to move forward with an extensive renovation…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • May 24, 2019
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City eyes Palm School, bigger convention center
City Council Member Kathie Tovo, with assistance from Mayor Steve Adler, has produced a 23-page resolution outlining Council’s desire to create a plan for the southeast part of downtown, including use of the Palm School for cultural programming and expansion…
Planning • By Jo Clifton • May 16, 2019
Austin Monitor Radio: The Convention Center
Confused by all the talk about whether or not to expand the convention center? Fear not, the Austin Monitor has you covered. In this throwback episode (which was recorded prior to the release of the University of Texas report), we…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Apr 5, 2019
Council hears convention center options, with work sessions on deck
City Council members heard many of the gritty details Tuesday on the question of whether or not to expand the Austin Convention Center. The special meeting came after last week’s arrival of a long-awaited study from the University of Texas…
City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 3, 2019
Report offers options but no recommendations for convention center
The University of Texas analysis of the city’s options for expanding the Austin Convention Center – including the costs and effects of taking no action – paint the facility as the likely hub in a variety of development plans going…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 1, 2019
Reporter's Notebook: Chinese Democracy
The press release is made of cheese… How best to follow up a City Council meeting that saw unanimous action to ease the development of affordable housing? If you’ve got the big office on the second floor at City Hall,…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Feb 25, 2019
UT study at center of debate on tourism, hotel tax and expansion proposal
A forthcoming report from a group of University of Texas architectural students may be the next significant piece of research shaping the ongoing debate over how the city uses its Hotel Occupancy Tax funds. That study – commissioned last year…
