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Save the Nook! Save Austin Music! Stop the Westin from Killing Our Weird!

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Eli Villasana
9 years ago

Save our local venues from these giant corporations trying to take over our city.

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Noelle Harris
9 years ago

Stand down Westin!! Your behavior is not welcome or acceptable. You are outnumbered and outgunned!!!

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Keep Austin, Austin! We're known for our music & culture, not big corporate monsters!! The citizens that actually live here - as opposed to visitors that pay zero tax money to enjoy the local lifestyle - deserve some cultural preservation. Keep it weird, keep it wild, and most importantly keep it wonderful!! :)

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Cristen
9 years ago

Save our music and our passion. Stop trying to change Austin from the amazing place that it's been that brought you here in the first place

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Cristen
9 years ago

Save our music and our passion. Stop trying to change Austin from the amazing place that it's been that brought you here in the first place

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Keep Austin weird

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Jennifer Oswald
9 years ago

It is ridiculous for a small, previously established venue to bend over backwards to please, and then be sued by a massive hotel chain marketing the very thing about which they are complaining. This is pure greed and cannot be allowed to stand. If the Westin wants to profit off of the live music capital of the world, they need to work with the neighbors they chose.

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Molly Walsh
9 years ago

No need for new businesses moving into an entertainment district to sue for noise complaints that have not been justified.

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Mike Ryan
9 years ago

Westin...great idea to build in an Entertainment District. STFU.

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JohnnyBurst Rit
9 years ago Featured

The indoor ballroom plays at a louder decibel limit than the Nook plays at. Such a lawsuit is baseless and without merit. Westin should promote local culture especially as the REASON for building in that location is due to the local culture.

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Brett berry
9 years ago

Live music capitol of the world

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David Barnett
9 years ago

Music is part of the life blood of Austin, Texas. "The Live Music Capital of the World". Clearly there is going to be music. However there are still ordinances in tact that have been followed by the venue, I can say this as a patron of Nook, and as a current resident of Austin, Texas. Nook has done nothing wrong, and the Westin has shown it's true colors with how petty it can be.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

LOL...seriously?

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Anonymous
9 years ago

This will destroy the very reason why companies like Weston Hotels built here in the first place. The culture of this city is it's greatest asset.

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LisaMarie
9 years ago

Get these corporate bullies out of Austin!

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Robert Patrick Lewis
9 years ago

If you choose to buy property next to the infamous 6th street in Austin...most likely to profit from the proximity to a vibrant culture, you have no right to complain about that very culture. Our court system has a clause requiring actions that the average intelligent person should reasonably understand. If the Westin did their due diligence about the area and still went forward with purchasing property there, it should have been their intelligent assumption that the area would stay the same once they moved in.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Will never support the Westin hotel chain

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Joe Roller
9 years ago

They knew well the area they were building near and Austin's reputation for live music. Shame on the Westin.

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Amberly Miller
9 years ago

Keep doing what you're doing guys! Rock on, rock out and rock loud!

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Michael Brooks
9 years ago

Zoning the area for live music is a reasonable solution.