Austin Convention Center officially offline as $1.6B redevelopment begins

Austin Convention Center officially offline as $1.6B redevelopment begins

While the convention center undergoes its multi-year makeover, tourism leaders are already looking ahead, securing commitments from groups eager to experience the redesigned center in 2029. In the meantime, event business will likely spill into hotel ballrooms and meeting facilities across the city — those spaces are highlighted in ABJ's latest list of meeting facilities at the end of this report.

New $1.6B Austin Convention Center coming in 2029. See photos from the groundbreaking

City officials gathered for the groundbreaking of the new Austin Convention Center while workers began demolishing the current one.

Construction officially starts on new Austin Convention Center

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Just weeks after South by Southwest ended, construction has already begun on the new Austin Convention Center. Austin leaders hosted an official event Thursday. "Today is the official closure of the Austin Convention Center. We are unveiling Unconventional ATX, which is the new Austin Convention Center project," said Trisha Tatro, director of the Austin Convention Center Department. The city of Austin first released renderings o…

Officials break ground on $1.6B Austin Convention Center redevelopment

The expansion project will add hundreds of thousands of square feet of exhibit space and new public features downtown.