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Old 07-12-2013, 05:46 PM
 
Location: The People's Republic of Austin
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As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?

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Still, when it comes to infrastructure, Spies sees overload. "I can also say that the city can definitely support growth of the main SXSW event, but cannot also support all of the other events that come in and piggyback on SXSW, nor the people coming in solely to attend 'free events,'" he writes. "South by [Southwest] maxes out almost all of the city infrastructure: from APD officers to fire marshals to security guards to traffic infrastructure to sound engineers and bartenders. When you add hundreds of other events to the equation – most of them free and some of them in 2,000-capacity pop-up venues that require dozens of security guards and APD officers – and a hundred thousand people coming into Austin just to go to these free events ... there's just no way."
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Old 07-12-2013, 07:23 PM
 
Location: Pensacola, FL
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Interesting. So what occurs with said overload? What happens?
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Old 07-13-2013, 08:01 AM
 
Location: The Lone Star State
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Hmm, yes, is interesting.

When I first saw the title, I thought you were wanting to discuss the movie or astrophysics!
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Old 07-13-2013, 09:46 AM
 
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Personally, I think we've already hit it.
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Old 07-13-2013, 10:38 AM
 
Location: The People's Republic of Austin
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Personally, I think we've already hit it.
I've thought that for some time. Got roasted here by the consumers of the wonderful grooviness that is all things SXSW. Knew that the transportation and hospitality infrastructure was overloaded. Hadn't thought about the impact on city services that this article brought out.
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