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South Congress Hotel

1603 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704 · 14-min access to Palmer Events Center (5-Min Drive) & Walkable South Congress (SoCo) Retail/Dining Strip (On-Site) · SoCo / Palmer / Barton Creek

New Waterloo's architectural jewel at 1603 South Congress—where 83 Matteo-linen boutique rooms wrap around a sun-dappled heritage-oak courtyard, indoor-outdoor glass ballroom, rooftop pool, Michelin-recognized Otoko omakase lounge, and Maie Day chophouse in the heart of Austin's most walkable neighborhood.

Scope event or room block at South Congress Hotel Audit New Waterloo Boutique Event Concierge (100% Open-Shop Independent AV) AV estimate

Event & Meeting Footprint 6,800 sq ft

Guest Room Inventory 83 rooms

All-In Group Nightly OTD $408–$790/nt Incl. $30 amenity fee + 17% Austin HOT

In-House AV Partner New Waterloo Boutique Event Concierge (100% Open-Shop Independent AV) Patch/Liaison fee: $0

Ideal Program Fit

Best event formats at South Congress Hotel

Design-forward 80–200 guest South Congress weddings & full-weekend 83-room boutique hotel takeovers
40–83 executive C-suite, Venture GP & creative brand retreats wanting walkable SoCo boot-shopping & dining
SXSW & ACL Festival VIP brand sanctuaries 5 minutes south of Downtown bridges

Producer Contract Notes

Logistics & BEO details to verify first

Intimate 83-room inventory books out fast during SXSW, ACL, and F1—lock room blocks or full-property buyouts 6–10 months ahead
Outdoor Pre-Function Courtyard amplified music wraps at 10:00 PM / 10:30 PM per City of Austin Ch. 9-2 rules before moving 10 feet indoors through glass doors into the Ballroom

Outside-AV & Patch Rules

New Waterloo Boutique Event Concierge (100% Open-Shop Independent AV) Policy

100% open-shop Texas Right-to-Work boutique flagship (Texas Labor Code Ch. 101): bring your preferred Austin wedding lighting designers, string quartets, vinyl DJs, or executive board AV rigs into the SoCo Ballroom and Pre-Function Oak Courtyard with $0 punitive outside-AV surcharge ($2M COI required). $30/nt hotel amenity fee.

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Freight Dock & Texas Labor Rules

Load-In & Jurisdictions

Rear Monroe St / alley commercial loading entrance and subterranean valet garage (6'8" max garage clearance—park high-roof Sprinters and box trucks along the Monroe St loading apron) feeding straight into the ground-floor Ballroom & Courtyard.

Texas Right-to-Work Open-Shop Jurisdiction (Texas Labor Code Ch. 101)

Connectivity & Bandwidth

Conference Wi-Fi & 5G

Complimentary high-speed fiber Wi-Fi included across the Ballroom, Boardroom, and Courtyard—saving $1,500+/day vs. convention chain hotels—plus strong South Congress 5G.

Strong Indoor 5G DAS — Portable 5G Event Routers Viable for Check-In

Zero-Attrition Group Room Rates · 17.0% Austin HOT Disclosed

Live Out-the-Door room block pricing at South Congress Hotel

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Zero-Attrition Wholesale Room-Block Math · On-Site CheckoutSoCo / Palmer / Barton Creek

South Congress Hotel — True Out-the-Door Rate Check

Card · Apple Pay · Google Pay · Full Vegas Resort-Fee Disclosure

Check-In

Check-Out (3n)

Instant Rooms (1–8)

Adults / Room

Hosting 10–100+ Guests? Skip the 80% Hotel Attrition Liability Contract. Generate a branded 1-Click Shareable Guest Room-Block Link in 30 seconds where wedding, gala, or summit guests self-book wholesale rooms on-site.

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LiteAPI Wholesale Group Inventory · Transparent Clark County Out-the-Door Math8 Rooms × 3 Nights = 24 Total Room-Nights

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South Congress Hotel — Heritage-Oak Pre-Function Courtyard & SoCo Ballroom at South Congress Hotel

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South Congress Hotel Estate & Garden

8m transfer · Palmer Events Center (5-Min Drive) & Downtown Congress Core (7-Min Bridge Hop)

South Congress Hotel — Heritage-Oak Pre-Function Courtyard & SoCo Ballroom

Architectural glass-and-oak ballroom wrapping around a private heritage live-oak garden courtyard at 1603 South Congress—$0 outside-AV fee + 83 boutique rooms above.

Seated 180 · Reception 300 · 5,400 sf Outside AV ($0 fee)

Out-the-door · 150 guests

$22,819 ~$152/guest all-in

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