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Convention center demolition to begin this spring; public art and commercial tower plan face changes
Summary
Commissioners were briefed on the Austin Convention Center expansion: demolition will begin in May, the previously proposed public-private tower (hotel/office) is no longer considered feasible, and public-art treatments at the current center may be removed or repurposed.
Vice Chair Patterson updated the Music Commission on the Austin Convention Center expansion and its implications for arts and the music economy.
The current convention center will be fenced after South by Southwest and demolition is scheduled to begin in May, Vice Chair Patterson said; the 2026 convention schedule will use other venues while construction proceeds. “This will be the last South by Southwest that'll be using the convention the current convention center space,” Patterson said.
Staff said the previously proposed public-private…
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