Meeting-room and show-office space: 61,440 square feet
Total meeting rooms: 54
(accommodat- ing 10 to 831 people)
MUSIC TO YOUR EARS: The Austin Convention Center (left) is within walking distance of great restaurants, the lake, and the many live- music venues that make Austin the Live Music Capital of theWorld. In 1994,Austin decided to erect a statue (above) honoring the city’s late music legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, facing Austin’s skyline.
relaxation and networking.Anon-site spa provides top-notch pampering.ACLLive at Moody Theatre, a live-music venue, makes its debut this month. The facility doubles as the studio for the nationally syndicated PBS show “Austin City Limits,” the longest-running music programontelevision. Itmaybe rent- ed for private events, andtheAustin MusicOffice can assist with booking local acts.Additionally,Arthouse at the Jones Center
CONVENTION CENTER HIGHLIGHTS A total of 246,097 square feet of column-free exhibit space is divisi- ble into five contiguous halls, which can accommodate 1,289 10' X 10' booths. The fifth hall offers retractable riser seating for up to 1,500 people,making it an ideal location for general sessions, sporting events, and concerts.
One of the most technologically advanced convention centers in the U.S., the Austin Convention Center can accommodate 7,000 wireless-device users at one time. Its communications infrastructure is capable of moving voice, video, and data at a rate of one billion
has completed a massive renovation and now offers 21,000 square feet of gallery space, high-tech meeting rooms, and a rooftop patio complete with a cinema screen. There’s more to come: Austin celebrates 20 years as the
Live Music Capital of theWorld® in 2011. And Formula 1, one of the world’s most-watched sporting events, will be held here in 2012.
bits per second. Teleconferencing connections to venues through- out the city are available.
The upper-level Grand Ballroom on the north side of the facility is one of the largest in Texas, with 43,300 square feet of space— and enough room for more than 3,000 delegates to dine when Ballrooms D through G are used. Ballrooms A through C (south side) can be divided into rooms ranging from 3,896 to 23,418 square feet. The facility also has 54 meeting rooms and show offices, which together total 61,440 square feet.
Aramark, the center’s catering and concession-management
partner, offers premier food-and- beverage preparation and portable concessions.
The Austin Convention Center is conveniently situated in downtown Austin, within walking distance of 6,000 hotel rooms, ample entertain- ment, nearly 200 live-music venues, and the famous Sixth Street and Warehouse District areas.
HOTEL HIGHLIGHTS Austin’s metropolitan area has 30,000 guest rooms.
A total of 6,000 hotel rooms can be found downtown, within a half-mile of the Austin Convention Center.