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Battle Lines Drawn Over Convention Center Expansion
CM Jimmy Flannigan and AIBA ED Rebecca Melançon don't see eye to eye
"...Council resolved to move forward with expanding the Austin Convention Center than a petition was created to halt that..."

June 5, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Petitions Filed to Force Vote on Convention Center
“Unconventional Austin” PAC submits signatures to city clerk
"...On Friday afternoon, July 12, Unconventional Austin – a group formed to oppose the city’s..."

July 15, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Things Not To Fear: 1) The Reaper, 2) The World Horror Convention in Austin
An Interview with Convention co-chairs Nate Southard and Lee Thomas
"...Lee Thomas, the co-chairs of the annual World Horror Convention that's invading – like some chthonic force rising up..."

April 27, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Downtown Puzzle: Convention Epi-Center
Is expanding the Convention Center a smart investment?
"...The Neal Kocurek Memorial Austin Convention Center and the rebirth of Downtown Austin are intertwined...."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Austin's Revamped Record Convention
The Austin Record Convention – the biggest in the country – returns Downtown
"...and longest-running recorded music sale, this weekend's Austin Record Convention...."

May 22, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Whose Money Is Behind the Convention Center Election Battle?
Local PACs raise and spend for and against Prop. B
"...dropped this week, and the Hotel Occupancy Tax and Convention Center expansion question (Proposition B) has gathered some predictable..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Council Gives Green Light to Convention Center, Scooter Riders
May 23 meeting tackles "Downtown puzzle," "micro-mobility"
"...items of the day: a plan to expand the Convention Center while preserving nearby Palm School, and new regulations..."

May 24, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Third Court of Appeals Rejects Convention Center Ballot Language
Unconventionalists win a round against Council
"...language recently adopted by the City Council concerning the Convention Center and the Hotel Occupancy Tax...."

Aug. 26, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Political Action Committee Proclaims Support for Convention Center
PHAM says expansion means millions in community benefits
"...on raising the Hotel Occupancy Tax to expand the Convention Center — community groups representing the Palm School, homeless..."

Aug. 8, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Playback: Austin Record Convention's United Nations
Forget Record Store Day, the Austin Record Convention remains the biggest vinyl swap in the USA
"...The Austin Record Convention – 2016...."

June 17, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The World Horror Convention? In Austin!
Lend us your fears
"...any actual psychopaths at the 20th annual World Horror Convention this coming weekend. It’s highly unlikely, since estimates suggest..."

April 26, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

First Views from the Convention Floor
Live blogging from the Texas Democratic State Convention floor
"...in the Senate would seem weird, but in a convention where there are unspoken concerns about Clinton's female supporters..."

June 6, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: Ink Fest Tattoo & Piercing Convention
Austin Convention Center, Friday, September 21, 2007
"...do some further investigation this weekend at the Austin Convention Center. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday illustrators and the illustrated..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Convention Center Opens As “Alternate Care Site” For COVID Patients
Downtown field hospital, readied in July, now needed as cases surge
"...The Alternate Care Site at the Austin Convention Center opened this morning to take in COVID-19 patients,..."

Jan. 12, 2021 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Checking in to the Democratic National Convention
'Chronicle' cartoonist Jen Sorensen is heading to Charlotte, N.C.
"...had so much fun covering the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver that I’m doing it again...."

Aug. 31, 2012 News Post by Jen Sorensen

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?
Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer
"...to expand and redesign the Neal W. Kocurek Austin Convention Center, along with additional investment in and redesign of..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Convention Center Redevelopment Would Relocate SXSW, Other Festivals for Three Years
Construction is set to begin after SX ’25, end before SX ’29
"...of people who have been walking around the Austin Convention Center over the past week for South by Southwest..."

March 15, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

UT Releases Convention Center Study
Council to consider “alternative futures” for Southeast Downtown
"...On Tuesday morning at 9am, City Council will hold..."

April 1, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Texas Democratic Convention to Host Panels, U.S. Senate Debate Online
Originally to be held in San Antonio, the TDC kicks off June 1
"...to the virtual realm, including for the largest state convention in the country, the Texas Democratic Convention...."

May 29, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Faster Than Sound: Music Advocates Say Convention Center Expansion Key to Unlocking City Funds
Can the commercial music industry finally get a cut of the HOT action? Also: City protects venue employees from receiving sound citations and Austin rapper Hella Sketchy dies of overdose.
"...Long before the concept of expanding the convention center became the hotly debated civic issue it is..."

July 5, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

City Council Considers the Convention Center
Plans big and small for the city center
"...at the Central Library) to ponder the ever-fascinating Austin Convention Center. The occasion was the official presentation of "Frameworks..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

It's Party Time at the State Convention
There's still plenty of fun to be had …
"...While Democrats' eyes are still fixed on the National Convention, the Texas Democratic Party still has to get through..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Bigger, Better Convention Center
"...spoke for everyone in his remarks at the Austin Convention Center ribbon-cutting Saturday: "I know this has been a..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hodge Indicted for Altering Convention Center Surveys
Travis Co. grand jury indicts former Austin Convention Center director on 16 counts of tampering with a government record
"...speculation, a Travis Co. grand jury indicted former Austin Convention Center Director Robert Hodge on 16 counts of tampering..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Convention Center Director Canned
Director of Convention Center dismissed amid allegations of mismanagement.
"...wires: "Statement of City Manager Toby Futrell regarding Austin Convention Center “Effective April 1, 2007, Bob Hodge has been..."

April 2, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Battle Lines Drawn on Convention Center Expansion
Arguments escalate on how to spend hotel occupancy tax revenue
"...Both friends and foes of an expanded Austin Convention Center sought to escalate the conflict this week, prompted..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

International QuiltCon Returns to the Austin Convention Center
It's the Modern Quilt Guild’s biggest celebration & display of craft
"...Austin in 2013 and was a knockout success, the Convention Center flooded with people ogling the vast array of..."

Feb. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dem Convention: Turning Texas blue
Travis County Dems have the spirit, yes they do!
"...to admit this past weekend was our first county convention. But it's fair to say the same was true..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Questions About San Marcos Convention Center Research
"...look at the research San Marcos is building a convention center on, if you can find it. The mayor..."

July 15, 2004 Postmarks

Council Moves on Convention Center Plans
The 24-page resolution brings together many of the moving parts from last summer’s “Downtown Puzzle”
"...A new Austin Convention Center, a preserved Palm School, and a safer Rainey..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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