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Austin Sets the Stage for Austin City Limits Music Festival
Austin prepares for the fifth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, September 15-17, with expectations of sold-out crowds in Zilker Park and an estimated $26.3 million economic impact to the city. Fans enjoy 130 artists performing on eight stages.
Event producer Capital Sports and Entertainment (CSE) reports music fans from outside of Austin purchased 60 percent of tickets this year. The ACL Festival also contributes to a sold-out weekend for Austin-area hotels.
There is no on-site parking this year, but a few 2-day premiere parking passes are still available for $45. Premiere passes allow festival-goers to park within three quarters of a mile of Zilker Park. This year, Capital Metro has moved the free shuttle pick-up and drop-off from Waterloo Park to Republic Square at Fourth and Guadalupe Streets. Rides start at 10 a.m., and the last shuttle departs the festival grounds at 11 p.m. Capital Metro has also extended the free Starlight 'Dillo hours and detoured the usual routes to make catching the ACL shuttles convenient and facilitate transportation to hotels and the entertainment districts.
Armstrong-McCall also brings 12,000 visitors to the city, September 14-17, for the 24th Annual Worlds Fair of Cosmetics. The convention generates an additional economic impact of $11.6 million for Austin on the same weekend as the ACL festival, giving the city two extremely prosperous weekends, back to back.
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Sports Center
Continental
(August 2006)
"With 206 parks, 74 miles of trails, 72 athletic fields, and one national championship football team, Austin owns the highlight reel...Austin will always bleed burnt orange...but on the edge of the Texas Hill Country, where old traditions blend seamlessly with a hip, 21st century aesthetic, Austin's sporting roots spread far beyond the confines of campus."
Austin's Powers
New Zealand Woman's Weekly
(August 7, 2006)
"The city is thriving as a film and TV production centre, with its own professional ballet, symphony, opera and theatre companies, more than 20 museums and dozens of galleries. But Austin's biggest attraction is its eclecticism. It has everything from wild blues in the bars to wild bluebonnets swaying in the breeze on the shores of the many lakes within an easy drive from downtown."
Top 10 US Tri-towns
Triathlete
(September 2006)
"#7: Austin, TX: Hit this town when the sun goes down. The live music competes with the best of 'em. The local brew ain't bad either...Bike lanes make getting from downtown to the outskirts easy. The Greenbelt is best for trail running. The hike-and-bike trail around Town Lake offers 10-, seven-, five-, four- and three-mile loops, mostly on soft dirt."
The Friendly Neighborhood Grill You've Never Heard of...Until Now
American Way
(August 1, 2006)
"Austin, Texas: Las Manitas Avenue Cafe. When it's up to me, I almost always go for the Mexican comfort food- and so does the rest of eclectic Austin (think suited power brokers and bleary-eyed musicians). Loaded with Latino art and vintage booths, Las Manitas is great for that morning wake-up call."
Austin CVB Mission Statement:
The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau is charged with marketing Austin nationally and internationally as a premier business and leisure destination, thus enriching our community's overall quality of life.
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Riverbend Centre
One of Austin's finest multi-purpose performing arts venues, Riverbend Centre plays host to musical groups, theatrical productions, television specials, distinguished speakers and meetings. The elegant limestone-and-wood facility is designed in a classical Greco-Roman amphitheatre style and nestled in the Texas Hill Country, just west of Austin on Loop 360.
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September 7-8
Austin Game Initiative
2006 Austin Game Conference
Austin Convention Center
www.gameconference.com
Est. Attendance 1,400
September 9-10
Iron Rock Raceway
2006 Southwest Regional Cup
Iron Rock Raceway, North Austin
www.ironrockraceway.com
Est. Attendance 1,000
September 9
Ohio State Alumni Association
2006 Alumni Weekend
Various Austin Hotels
www.ohiostatealumni.org
Est. Attendance 6,000
September 15-19
Armstrong-McCall
2006 World's Fair of Cosmetic
Arts & Sciences
Austin Convention Center
www.armstrongmccall.com
Est. Attendance 12,000
September 15-24
Senior Games Austin
2006 State Senior Games
Austin Convention Center
www.tsga.org
Est. Attendance 3,000
September 19-24
Texas Association
of Mortgage Brokers
2006 Annual Convention
Hilton Austin
www.tamb.org
Est. Attendance 1,800
September 24-29
Keller Williams Realty
Mega Agent & Mega Management
Austin Convention Center
www.kw.com
Est. Attendance 3,800
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