Recently I read an article
published in the Daily Texan, called Keeping ACL out of Red River Rivalry. The article talks about how next year, 2012;
ACL (Austin City Limits) will be taking place at the same time as the Red River
Rivalry, which is one of the biggest games for the University of Texas Football. Next year I feel this rivalry game is going
to be even more important an ever because of the other Thanksgiving rivalries
that will no longer be held (personally I can’t even mention their name). The author goes on to state that ACL brings
in a huge amount of money to Austin but a lot of students attend the music fest and contribute monetarily
as well. The author states “The Red River Rivalry is with the
University of Oklahoma. We never want to create a rivalry between ACL and the
Texas/OU game.” As a born and raised
Austinite, I completely agree with the author.
One should not have to choose between supporting their favorite team
and partaking in city organized events, especially one as huge as ACL.
I believe this predicament will not only discourage tourism in Austin
but also possibly lose money for the city. During the week leading up to the Red River Rivalry many families start the celebrations here in Austin before traveling to Dallas. This scheduling faux pas should never happen
again.
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In the article The Texas Reflection, my classmate pitches the idea that the ACL event and the TX/OU game should be moved to different weekends to let one of the events be on a certain weekend and the other on another. As I am a born and raised Austinite, I disagree because the ACL event brings in a lot of money for the Austin economy for the entire weekend. The football game is only a 4 hour game and a little bit of driving back and forth to and from Dallas. In recent years I have had tickets to both and have done both. Yes you have to miss ALL the day shows but if you have your heart set on going to ACL, you will be able to attend only the night shows. ACL is such a huge event that it brings in people from all over the United States and other foreign countries. I don't think those people are going to care if a few thousand of people not being able to attend the event on that day. I think the authors intended audience is the University of Texas students who will not be able to attend the saturday performances at ACL and the Red Rivalry game. The author is being very rational and believable but is not looking at the whole picture. In this day the economy still needs a boost and what better way than to have two events on the same weekend. You might have to make a tough decision on what you want to attend.
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