The 2,500-seat state-of-the-art-venue will host tapings of the show, produced by KLRU-TV, the Austin PBS affiliate. ACL is the longest running music series in the country with more than three decades of shows in their catalog, and tapes about 20 shows each year at its present-day studio on the UT campus.
Stratus Properties is behind the mixed-use development Block 21, where the new studio and the W Hotel will be situated.
Terry Lickona, Austin City Limits producer, told the Austin Business Journal that KLRU may be able to develop new television series and even ACL spin-offs with the new facility in place. The new studio will also double as a performance venue. Stratus will work with Live Nation to book the venue between show tapings.
Lickona assures fans that the move to the new facility won't change the "magic of Austin City Limits," and says that the acoustics will be pristine and the venue will be able to accommodate intimate shows as well as large rock acts.
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