Austin is the place to be this weekend, with three major events taking place in Texas’ capital. But with an influx of visitors comes chaos—especially at the airport.
This weekend, Austin will host three huge sporting events: the San Antonio Spurs face off against the Houston Rockets at Moody Center on Friday; The University of Texas Longhorns play Ole Miss at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday; and the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday. The city will be packed to the gills—a billboard coming into Austin from Houston even marketed it as Texas’ “biggest weekend.” But the downside of an exciting weekend was on display at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, where passengers were reportedly waiting two hours for a rideshare into the city.
“Austin airport is a madhouse,” real estate agent Tammy Davison shared on Instagram alongside a video of the rideshare waiting area.
Reddit told a similar story, with one post describing the airport as “absolutely mobbed” at 12:30 a.m…