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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy
I know 25,000 is a good sized music venue, but Austin lacks major stadium sized seating for concerts or even a large outdoor venues that can hold 50 to 70,000 plus people. Granted ACL does but that is only once a year and held in Zilker Park. I just hope we will get some sort of specific venue to have massive size concerts like ACL size or when the Rolling Stones came, which was also at Zilker Park.
Also Samwill, I am sure whatever Red McCombs told yall does not want you to tell but would love to know what it was LOL..
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The reason why I was invited to the track was because of efforts to reach out to locals and for us to help them spread awareness of the scope of the project. So I am certain McCombs wants me to share the following:
Looking at the venue under construction, it seems as if it could have the ability to expand as the market dictates. It is built into a hill side, so it almost has a Red Rocks quality. In my opinion, Austin does well with large events precisely because of the flexible nature of Zilker and Auditorium Shores. This venue will be mostly open air with some lawn seating.
Red McCombs wants this to be a venue that could be used 365 days a year, which is refreshing coming from a town (Houston) where we shut down theme parks over parking conflicts 3 days a year. I'm sure you know about the other races, music performances, and educational components of the COTA. However, there will be a major R&D component to this that could transform the industry in Austin,
making it a global center for transportation technology. With expected breakthroughs in driverless cars, rapid transit, people movers, alternative fuels/energy, etc, this bodes very well for the region.
Also, we were told that we can expect
$4 BILLION in additional investment over the next few years with
plans for hotels, theme parks and a water park, hospitals and "urban" developments. And that is possibly only the beginning. Camping will also play a larger role than expected.
Other cool things I noticed during my 3 hours there was an
extensive system of public and private tunnels and bridges connecting different parts of the site. It literally gives the area another dimension. They expect local artists to spruce it up a bit (if any of you are interested).
If I can remember anything else, I will update you. But all I can say is that I am pumped (if you couldn't tell), and so should all locals. We were constantly told that even though we know this is a major event,
we cannot expect, nor prepare for the magnitude of what is about to hit Austin. If you live in Austin, now is the time to buy.