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JoninATX - Thank you.
That is what I was thinking of.
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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
Really there's no reason a convention center couldn't have street facing retail. And also to think outside of the box, a new addition to it wouldn't necessarily have to adjoin the existing convention center just so long as it's nearby. They could also do away with those garages east of One Congress Plaza and put the parking underground with convention space above.
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I like this idea. Part of the charm of Austin events is that things are all over the place, and the events have a fun chaos to them. lol. Where anything can happen, or you can suddenly stumble upon crazy stuff. Like SXSW is all over downtown. It is @ the main convention center, the AT&T on campus, and many dozens of other convention spaces all around downtown, plus the hundreds of corporate parties in their own places and then for film you have them in theaters all over even on S Lamar, and for music you have way over 100 officials, and countless more unofficial venues. I kind of like that.
I don't know that Austin will ever really get a big "Car Convention" or any of those sites that require huge spaces together. What it does well attracting, I'm not sure it needs all that spaces in one spot for.