W Austin

200 Lavaca St, Austin, TX 78701 · 4-min access to ACL Live at The Moody Theater (Connected Inside Block 21!) & JW Marriott Congress Core (4-Min Walk) · Downtown / Congress / Warehouse

Anchoring the 2nd Street District inside LEED Platinum Block 21—literally sharing a wall and VIP internal access with ACL Live at The Moody Theater—W Austin is the ultimate music-and-media luxury headquarters for SXSW brand takeovers, vinyl-lounge C-suite mixers in the Living Room, and 4th-floor WET Deck skyline pool parties.

Scope event or room block at W Austin Audit Encore Global (W Austin Great Room & Block 21 Desk) AV estimate

Event & Meeting Footprint 19,500 sq ft

Guest Room Inventory 251 rooms

All-In Group Nightly OTD $420–$848/nt Incl. $30 amenity fee + 17% Austin HOT

In-House AV Partner Encore Global (W Austin Great Room & Block 21 Desk) Patch/Liaison fee: ~$950/day

Ideal Program Fit

Best event formats at W Austin

Co-locating VIP speaker & artist suites directly next door to an ACL Live at The Moody Theater keynote or concert
120–350 pax SXSW, F1 & AfroTech poolside brand activations on the 4th-floor WET Deck
Design-forward 100–250 person executive summits in the sunlit 2nd-Street Great Room

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Logistics & BEO details to verify first

Factor the $30/nt destination fee (+17% occupancy tax) and 25% taxable banquet service charge (+8.25% TX sales tax) into Out-the-Door budgets
4th-floor WET Deck observes City of Austin Ch. 9-2 10:30 PM outdoor amplified sound limits—pivot late-night DJs indoors to the Living Room Secret Bar & Records lounge

Outside-AV & Patch Rules

Encore Global (W Austin Great Room & Block 21 Desk) Policy

Under Texas Right-to-Work (Texas Labor Code Ch. 101), vetted independent Austin AV, vinyl DJ, and experiential scenic crews operate across the 4,180 sq. ft. Great Room, 4th-floor WET Deck, and Studios with a $5M COI, exclusive house ceiling-rigging points, and a ~$950/day liaison/patch fee (waivable on 50+ room-night group contracts). Carries a $30/nt urban destination fee (+17% Austin HOT).

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Freight Dock & Texas Labor Rules

Load-In & Jurisdictions

Shared Block 21 subterranean commercial dock off Guadalupe / W 2nd St with direct freight elevator access to Level 2 Great Room and Level 4 WET Deck; coordinate load-in windows around ACL Live concert soundchecks next door.

Texas Right-to-Work Open-Shop Jurisdiction (Texas Labor Code Ch. 101) LEED Platinum Block 21 Building Engineering & Rigging Supervision

Connectivity & Bandwidth

Conference Wi-Fi & 5G

Marriott Bonvoy guest Wi-Fi covers sleeping rooms; dedicated Great Room conference VLANs run $1,100–$3,200/day while the 4th-floor WET Deck enjoys blazing open-sky 5G Ultra Wideband.

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 W Austin

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Instant Rooms (1–8)

Adults / Room

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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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