Entertainment & Events
Thursday, December 20, 2018 by Jimmy Maas
Entertainment & Events
Major League Soccer and Precourt Sports sign lease for stadium site in North Austin
Precourt Sports Ventures signed a lease with the city of Austin today for 24 acres in North Austin to build a Major League Soccer stadium.“Bringing major league sports to Austin will help bring all parts of our diverse city together,…
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
Entertainment & Events
Austin looks to other music cities as ‘agent of change’ ordinance develops
If Austin is to make real progress in its new round of trying to pass an ordinance intended to calm noise complaints between residential buildings and entertainment venues, a number of lingering issues from the shelved 2017 effort will have…
Monday, November 19, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
Entertainment & Events
With $12M for creative spaces, arts/music group starts shaping allocation process
With $12 million for acquisition of creative space approved by voters earlier this month, members of the city’s music and arts commissions will spend the rest of November generating ideas for how to best use the money for saving and…
Thursday, October 25, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
Entertainment & Events
Special events ordinance on pace for April 2019 implementation
After six years of drafts and revisions, it appears Austin’s long-brewing special events ordinance will go into effect in April 2019, giving event producers during spring festival season – cityspeak for South by Southwest and spring break – another year…
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki
Entertainment & Events
Noise enforcement called key to new push for ‘agent of change’ ordinance
The city is making another attempt to find peace and common ground between music and entertainment venues and high-rise hotels or residences as those two land uses becoming increasingly intermixed while Austin continues to grow. A resolution passed under consent…
Friday, October 19, 2018 by Ryan Thornton
Entertainment & Events
City approves Austin Marathon route months in advance
Next year will mark the 28th year of the Austin Marathon. Since the marathon’s inception in 1992, the route has undergone a few dramatic changes and several minor changes as planners have tried to please runners, spectators, city government and…
