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Tourism Taxes Tapped to Fund Austin Homeless Services; Millions Generated Amid Convention Center Closure

The $1.6 billion project remains on budget and schedule despite a nearly four-year construction impact, with Visit Austin projecting over $690 million economic impact from future bookings.

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A new tourism district created to offset the impacts of the convention center's multiyear redevelopment is showing strong early returns.

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Austin Convention Center "on time and on budget" for late 2028 opening

On time and on budget is the latest update on the expansion of the Austin Convention Center. The opening of the redeveloped convention center is three years awa

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Tourism taxes tapped to fund Austin homeless services; millions generated amid convention center closure

A new tourism district created to offset the impacts of the convention center's multiyear redevelopment is showing strong early returns.

·Pflugerville, United States
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Community Impact broke the news in Pflugerville, United States on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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