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Driskill Hotel lobby in 2012 Driskill Hotel annex, built 1930. Jesse Driskill, a successful cattle baron, had moved to Texas from Missouri in 1849. Flush with cash from his service to the Confederate Army, to which he supplied beef throughout the Civil War, he decided to diversify by constructing a grand hotel in Austin.
In June 2022, Cargill served as the chairman of the Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) of Texas, a group of gay Texas GOP members. [15] [16] [17] He continues to serve as the president of LCR's Austin chapter. [15] In June 2024, Cargill successfully challenged a federal ban on bump stocks, culminating in a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision. [18]
HomeAway moved into its new global headquarters in Austin, Texas, on October 2, 2009. It was the first mixed-use project and the second company in Austin to achieve LEED Gold certification for Commercial Interior Design. [8] In 2017, it moved to a new building. [9]
Armadillo World Headquarters (The 'Dillo or Armadillo WHQ) was an influential Texas music hall and beer garden in Austin at 525½ Barton Springs Road – at South First Street – just south of the Colorado River and downtown Austin. The 'Dillo flourished from 1970 to 1980.
Opry Entertainment 70% stake inside Ryman Hospitality Holdings) Block 21 in Austin, Texas; Ole Red, live music venue and restaurant/bar chain. Category 10; Facilities owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties, but managed by Marriott International, include: [67] [62] Gaylord Hotels. Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee
Standing 515 feet (157 m) tall with 33 floors, it is the fifth tallest building in Austin, behind The Independent, The Austonian, Fairmont Austin, and the 360 Condominiums. [4] It was developed by Cousins Properties from November 2001 to December 2003 as a class A office building with 525,000 sq ft (48,774 m 2 ) of leasable space.
The Fairmont Austin is a 37-story hotel located on 101 Red River St, in Downtown Austin, Texas. Groundbreaking for the project began on November 3, 2014. The hotel, at 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m 2), is the largest of the Fairmont hotel chain.
It was founded in 1971 by graduates of University of Texas at Austin – Roy Spence, Judy Trabulsi, Tim McClure and Steve Gurasich, and others, as AdVantage Associates. [1] After the 1972 political campaign for former Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough , it re-organized with the four principals, as GSD&M.