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AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER
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WELCOMING YOU BACK TO AUSTIN AT FULL CAPACITY
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he Austin Convention Center is operating at full capacity for events. This includes no capacity and occupancy limits, social distancing and mask requirements for in-person meetings and events. We welcome you back to Austin. The four-story, LEED® Gold-certified Austin Convention Center, is an accredited Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC) STAR™ Facility.
WE HAVE SPACE WITH COMPLIMENTARY WI-FI
Spanning six city blocks, the facility is located in the heart of Austin’s downtown business district. There are five column-free exhibit halls, totaling 247,052 sq. ft., and two ballrooms that range up to 40,510 sq. ft. in size, along with 54 meeting rooms and show offices. Ample parking is provided in two garages with 1,700 spaces. No need to roam, looking for the full connectivity sweet spot. New video walls are available for additional wayfinding and client messaging to go along with 24/7 network support and event customization. Our complimentary Wi-Fi can accommodate 20,000 devices at one time. Rated as one of the most technologically advanced convention centers in the country, the facility offers in-house services in addition to complimentary Wi-Fi, including redundant high-speed Internet II access and plug-and-play capabilities.
HOTELS
There are 42,000 hotel rooms in Austin and 12,000-plus of them are downtown within a two-mile radius of the convention center. Adjacent hotels connected by walkways include the 800-room Hilton Austin, connected by the Hilton Overhead Walkway at 4th, and The Fairmont Austin, North America’s largest Fairmont property with 1,048 rooms, connected via the Fairmont Canopy Walk. Additional nearby hotels include Four Seasons Hotel Austin, JW Marriott, Courtyard by Marriott, Residence Inn by Marriott, Hilton Garden Inn Austin Downtown, Radisson Hotel & Suites, Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown, Driskill Hotel, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel, W Austin, Hyatt Place Downtown Austin and Westin Austin Downtown. The all-new Austin Marriott Downtown, located adjacent to the Austin Convention Center, opened last year with 600 guestrooms.
GBAC STAR ACCREDITATION
The Austin Convention Center is Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC) STAR™ accredited. This is the gold standard for prepared facilities. Under the guidance of GBAC, a Division of ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, the Austin Convention Center and the Palmer Events Center are implementing the most stringent protocols for cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease prevention.
Location: Downtown Austin Meeting & Exhibit Space: Stretching over six city blocks, the four story center offers 374,278 sq. ft. of meeting and exhibit space, and has 54 meeting rooms. Five contiguous exhibit halls with 247,052 sq. ft. of columnfree space. Technology: New video walls, plug-and-play capabilities and onsite technical staff. Ballrooms: Seven, ranging in size from cozy and intimate to one of the largest in Texas at 40,510 sq. ft. Food & Beverage: The Austin Convention Center Catering team works with area vendors to procure local ingredients for catering menus. Among the most popular items — more than 90 percent of them are produced in-house — are mouthwatering local favorites like street-style tacos, smoked meats and Tex-Mex. Capital Improvements – Enhancing Our Infrastructure: The Austin Convention Center Department’s capital improvement plan focuses on future growth needs and modernizing facilities. This includes the redevelopment of the Austin Convention Center and completing the construction of the Austin Convention Center Department Warehouse and Marshalling Yard. Under construction and estimated to be completed in 2022, the new 70,000-sq.-ft. offsite building will serve as a marshalling yard and warehouse capable of providing parking for up to 112 trucks and tractor-trailers along with spaces for employees and vehicle parking. Built to alleviate downtown event traffic and address the need for offsite storage, the facility is being constructed to meet LEED Silver.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Trisha Tatro, Director of Austin Convention Center Department Paul Barnes, Deputy Director – Chief Operations Officer Amy Harris, CMP, Director of Sales
500 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78701 • (512) 404-4200; Fax: (512) 404-4220 conventionsales@austintexas.gov • austinconventioncenter.com FACILITIES & DESTINATIONS 2022 SPRING
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