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About the Austin Convention Center Expansion and Redevelopment

Austin Convention Center Named Smart Stars Award Winner for Seventh Time

June 22, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Convention Center was named a 2023 Smart Stars Award winner in the Best Convention Center Category. This is the seventh time the Austin Convention Center has earned this award issued by Smart Meetings. The monthly publication’s readers and community event producers nominate and vote for this annual planner’s choice award program.

Smart Meetings is a leading media company, a trusted resource for meeting professionals, and recognizes meeting planners’ preferences for hotels, resorts, properties, cruise lines, and conferences and convention centers worldwide.

The Austin Convention Center and Palmer Events Center are operated by the Austin Convention Center Department (ACCD), a department of the City of Austin. The monthly event schedule for the Austin Convention Center can be accessed at www.austinconventioncenter.com/events.

For more information contact:

Derick Hackett, Senior Public Information Specialist

512.404.4021 or derick.hackett@austintexas.gov

Terri McBride, Public Information and Marketing Manager

512.404.4020 or terri.mcbride@austintexas.gov

Parking Information

Two Garages

  • 201 EAST 2ND STREET
    10-story, 1,000-space garage just two blocks west of the facility.
    Entrances on Brazos and San Jacinto
    Clearance Height: 6’9”
  • 601 EAST 5TH STREET
    5-story, 685-space garage just north of the facility
    Entrance on 5th Street
    Clearance Height: 6’11”

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Downtown & Vicinity

Easy to access the Austin Convention Center at its central downtown location from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, I-35, or Loop 1 by car or public transportation.

The Austin Convention Center is located at 500 E. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701, circled by 12,000 hotel rooms within a one-mile radius.

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