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No more than 20 times, since they've played Austin exactly 20 times in their career (including Waterloo Records in 2002 which was hysterical but shouldn't be counted as a "show" since most of it invol...

The $94.50 is before the taxes/fees which is how it gets to $112. I also thought I saw/read somewhere that the $94.50 (or $112, whichever) is the 3 day pass (including Weird Al on Friday).. and there...

Tickets are on sale now. Wonder how big they'll make this area for these shows-- can't imagine they'll do something as huge as Mess with Texas, since renting that many portapotties, sections of fenc...

FYI: a. Johnrambo used The Sword as an example of a band who is playing ACL Fest but turning down Austin shows due to this clause. b. The Chronicle reported today: "Moreover, a source close to the m...

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Rambo- How does it "limit" the music scene here? where are all the bands that haven't been able to play Austin as many times as they've liked because of this clause? it's not even being investigated i...

fair enough on all your points. like i said above, i don't think this is hurting the Austin music scene -- and I also should clarify that I have no problem with any level of the justice department inv...

I don't dispute that what you just described could happen, but I dispute that it has happened. Anecdotal evidence (ie, the Alejandro Escovedo situation) favors C3 in that they haven't used this clause...

How does it hurt our music scene? For the vast majority of bands that play ACL Fest (which is when these clauses are invoked), they're not rolling through Austin every 3 months because -- guess what? ...

Makes sense- I don't know that it's completely irrelevant to supply transportation to partiers/diners/tourists though; Downtown Austin, for the time being, is still primarily focused on those types of...

It's pretty pathetic. I have lived downtown for the past 8 years and wish the train went anywhere reasonable at all hours (or at least later in the evening) so I'd be able to use it. I understand tha...

All that doesn't change the fact that in 2001, it really was hard for over 21,000 people in Austin. From my own experiences, there were pretty limited software engineering opportunities with plenty ...

Wait. What. If I were to rent my condo to someone and the mortgage is $400/month and my property taxes are $200/month, you don't think I'd charge my renter at least $600? My renter would be paying pr...

The same people who want illegals out of our country are the same people who love being able to buy strawberries for $3 at HEB. Like the saying goes: you can't have your (strawberry) cake and eat it t...

Funny you should use Lollapalooza as an example... since it's booked by the same people that book ACL Fest. Lollapalooza 3 day passes are exactly $30 more than ACL 3 day passes at every price point....