Red River extended outdoor music hours: Revenue up, complaints down

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s the first night of South by Southwest and, if you ask those on Red River, it’s the biggest 9 days of the year. That’s because venues are allowed to play amplified music all day and into the early morning. The success of those extra hours is something a pilot program is aiming to bottle year-round.
The program started back in May and extends the operating hours for outdoor music, to create an opportunity for more revenue. The reason why this