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Preview: Austin FC meets rival FC Dallas Sunday night 7 p.m.
What a thrill ride this season has been! The team and playing style have come together, goalkeeper Brad Stuver has been sensational and high scoring striker Sebastián Driussi has been nearly unstoppable.After a mostly low-energy first playoff game that ended with a victory over Real Salt Lake in a thrilling shootout, Austin FC hosts the team from up north for round two of the MLS playoffs. The teams met twice during the regular season and tied both times.As of Friday afternoon, Austin is the favorite by .75 goals, with the over and under at 2.75. It can only help the...
Giant new surf park on its way to Austin
Putting aside our hot climate and affordability problems, you could say the only thing we're really missing here is an ocean.Done! A $1.3 billion, 400-acre community called Pura Vida planned for just south of the airport will mix restaurants, residences and hotels with a 12-acre surf lake.The developer, Surf Lakes, says they own the land and have all the zoning, water and wastewater entitlements and could break ground by mid-2023.Click here to read more on the Surf Lakes website.Let's hope this surf park does better than the last one. The NLand Surf Park, east of the airport, opened in 2016 and closed two years later.Click here to read about the NLand Surf Park on Austonia.
Events: Diwali and FC Semifinals 10/21-10/23
🗓 Friday🔆 Field of Lightif you haven't already, check out the "Field of Light" display at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center before the weather gets even colder. The exhibit features nearly 28,000 lights illuminating 16 acres, and the lights are made from environmentally conscious materials and will be recycled when the exhibit ends in December.6:00 p.m - 9:45 p.m | 📍Ladybird Wildflower Center🦊 Boo at the ZooStop by the Austin Zoo to have a classic zoo experience with a Halloween twist. There will be a kid-friendly haunted house, train rides around the venue, and a musical puppet show.6:30 p.m...
Austin economy growing at #2 in the country
A study by The American Growth Project reports that Austin's economy, measured by GDP, grew at 4.3% this year (through August) to $216 billion.Austin was second only to the San Francisco Bay Area, and ranked just ahead of Seattle, Raleigh/Durham, Dallas, and Denver in growth rate.Here's what the authors say about Austin:"Austin’s status as a technology hub along with its high concentration of venture capital, warm climate and vibrant cultural offerings lead to frequent comparisons with the Bay Area – and in fact, high-profile Silicon Valley companies, including Amazon, Google, Oracle and Tesla, have recently expanded their operations in Austin. But those leaving the Bay Area may be bringing their former region’s housing issues with them - the median home value in Austin increased from $349,156 in August 2020 to $566,479 in August 2022 with average multifamily rents rising 10% year over year. And there are signs of hiring rates slowing down as 2022 has progressed, indicating that Austin’s labor boom may have already peaked."Click here to read the 12 page report from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Austonia 'Quick Poll' results: once is not enough for those who go to ACL, while lineups and dust are primary concerns
Yesterday we asked you if you went to ACL, and if you had any comments to share.More than 200 of you responded: 43% said they went to ACL57% said they did not go to ACLOf those that went to ACL:37% said they attended one day63% said they attended more than one dayOf those that didn't go to ACL:34% said they were "interested" or "wanted to go."66% said they "don't care"Some comments:"PINK was the QUEEN""Loved it, they crushed it""Very dusty""It was awesome and I'm so f'ing tired""I miss the old days""Major sound issues""Lineup was terrible""Too expensive and dust everywhere"Crowd control: "The...
UT engineering professor Moriba Jah named 2022 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Award' winner
Astrodynamicist Moriba Jah is an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics in the Cockrell School of Engineering. He's been named one of 25 2022 MacArthur Foundation Fellows, better known as the "Genius Awards."His work is focused on "envisioning transparent and collaborative solutions for creating a circular space economy that improves oversight of Earth's orbital spheres." He collects and unifies data and then builds and applies predictive models to analyze objects in Earth's orbit and thereby protect space assets, like communications satellites, that are vital to our lives and economy. Jah is reflective on the value and purpose of his endeavors: ”Humanity finds itself plagued by unacknowledged existential crises because it has forgotten the interconnectedness amongst all things and its intergenerational contract of stewardship. My dharma is to remind humanity of this discrepancy through evidence and to recruit empathy in time to rescue spaceship Earth from its current course. I seek to show humanity a path for itself through a lens of space environmentalism and sustainability.”Click here to learn more about Professor Jah on the MacArthur Foundation website.
Weekend events: ACL weekend two, mural, Latin food festival
🗓 All Weekend🎉 Lulu's Grand Opening*A new bar is coming to Menchaca with a grand opening this Friday, October 14. Lulu's is the perfect blend of Mexico City and South Austin and will serve boozy agua frescas as well as a tasteful selection of mezcal and tequila. Lulu's will have live music starting at 3 p.m. on Sunday. 3 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday, 12-2 a.m. Saturday-Sunday | 📍 Lulu's, 10402 Menchaca Rd.🎉 ACL Weekend 2Wrap up the final weekend of one of the biggest music festivals in the country, with the cooler weather we have all been waiting for, some of...
Pandemic-closed comedy venue finds new space and plans November reopening
The ColdTowne Theater improv comedy troupe has a new space in East Austin's Holly neighborhood. ColdTowne lost its lease in the pandemic and operates sporadically as a popup.Now they have a lease at 1700 E 2nd street and plan to open November 3rd. Their hope is to eventually return to "every night" comedy.“Making something out of nothing with the support of a community is what improv is all about, and we are thankful to have a strong community that’s got our backs," said co-owner Tauri Laws-Philips.Click here to read more about ColdTowne Theater.
Profile: The man who would be mayor, again
This is part one of a series of mayoral candidate profiles from The Austin Bulldog.This is a story about Kirk Watson, not me, but readers should know that nobody covered this candidate as closely as I did back during his first mayoral campaign in 1996-1997 and during his first several years in office. In an exclusive interview in August 1996 I asked and he answered questions for two solid hours. The transcript of that interview, which I’m publishing here for the first time, runs 46 pages and more than 17,000 words.I introduced Watson to my In Fact newsletter readers August...
Dicker the Kicker's very good day
Early last week former Longhorn kicker Cameron Dicker was at home in Austin. Cut by the Rams and then by the Ravens, he was watching the season on tv rather than on the field or the sideline.But his fortunes changed. Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles called. Tuesday, he was in Philly showing them what he could do. Wednesday, he was signed to the Eagles' practice squad. On Sunday, the guy who had never kicked in a regular season NFL game was the Eagles' starter, filling in for injured kicker Jake Elliott, a key player in a high-pressure game for the undefeated...
Bites & Sips: what's new in food and drink
San Marcos favorite Industry Burger opens "mid-October" on E. 5th, featuring "low key healthy" Texas fare.Still Austin Whiskey Co. introduces "The Artist," its new rye whiskey.Domain NORTHSIDE favorites Bakery Lorraine, Grimaldi's Pizzeria, Jeni's Ice Cream and Sprinkles released their fall flavors.Cinnaholic at The Arboretum opens Friday, October 14, serving "create your own" cinnamon rolls and other sweet treats.San Francisco's Marufuku Ramen opens next Wednesday, October 12, in the Mueller District.Carpenter Hotel announces its popup food truck, Lil Carpenter, open Fri-Sun both ACL weekends, serving what you want, early to late, coffee to donuts, to dogs/burgers/fries/beer.
Events: ACL and the Red River Showdown are not the only things happening this weekend
🎉ACL Weekend 1 The iconic Austin City Limits music festival kicks off its first weekend this Friday, headliners include The Chicks, Flume, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and P!nk. Be sure to stay hydrated if you are attending the festival and avoid the area at night to stay clear of traffic! All day Friday-Sunday |📍Zilker Park 🍷 Fareground Food and Wine Festival
Airport braces for high traffic this month with ACL and F1 drawing in travelers
With major entertainment events slated for October, the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is gearing up for a busy month. Artists and music lovers are set to pack into Zilker Park for The Austin City Limits Music Festival in the coming two weekends. Following that, Formula One will bring racing fans to the Circuit of the Americas. For those two events, the airport is anticipating high passenger days with 30,000 or more people departing flights. ABIA recommends arriving at least two and a half hours in advance for domestic flights on those days. For ACL, it's expected on both Sundays of the...
With deposition and trial looming, Elon Musk has offered $44B for Twitter, again
Elon Musk has proposed once again to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share.The news that Musk is offering to carry on with the $44 billion buyout was first reported by Bloomberg. Now, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows Musk made the proposal in a letter to the tech giant on Monday. The New York Stock Exchange temporarily halted trading in Twitter stock twice Tuesday, first because of a big price move and the second time for a news event, presumably the announcement of Musk's renewed offer. While the per share offer price on this latest proposal remains...
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