Norris Conference Centers – Austin

This place smells like ass biscuits I think the sewer line is clogged up for the vent line is clogged up for something but this place stinks it smells like raw sewage and they try and cover it up with like some spray or something would just make it smells worse it’s like a super gross I think I may puke

I presented here and the facility was very nice and audio/​video were great. It may be hard to find, as it is next to the Wal-​Mart and in the back of the building. It is actually a nice place to present. It is a winner in my book!

Amazing!!! The Norris Conference Center and all their employees at the center have been amazing. We hosted an event here and felt like family. They were very accommodating and will in to step up and help! Very polite, professional, and caring about their customers and the customers event! GREAT JOB NORRIS YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!! Thank you for everything!!!

When you call to talk to the people here, they are nice.
I cannot get over how expensive this place is however. They want to charge $ 5,700 to use 4 of their rooms and then they start to nickel and dime you to death. They charge $ 250 for A/​V equipment for just one of the rooms and $ 450 for their larger room.
You can expect a predatory 23% surcharge on everything you order. If you want cookies at the event for example, they will charge $ 11 per person. So for 300 people that is $ 3,300 and PLUS the junk 23% surcharge costing another $ 759. That means just to have cookies it will cost over $ 4,000! Forget about lunch or drinks.
They see you coming and are unabashedly predatory.

It’s what I’d expect for a conference center. Decent enough rooms and the temperature seems relatively stable. Good wi-​fi and the catering was just about right. The catering was better than the average box lunch and not as adventurous as some of the hoity-​toity hotels.
Definitely a very good option for business conferences and meetings.

I spent my summer here taking a Barbri course (9 weeks). The lighting here is kind of depressing.
The number of tables and chairs in our room would fluctuate from day to day. Usually this wasn’t a problem, but there were a few days where we didn’t have enough seats for everyone.
Also, I wish they had put signs up to let others know we were taking a class. Several times, random people would walk in during the middle of lecture.

All I can say is watch what you sign, read every letter. Also, if you don’t want to get hit with bogus ‘cleanup’ fees after the fact, take a video camera with you and do a walk through.
NEVER AGAIN!!!

I come here monthly for a business event. You can tell that the management really care about the success of the gathering. I see the manager walking around constantly pitching in along with her team. This goes a long way in my book. As far as logistics, screens, mics etc always work properly, parking is easy and space holds multiple size events to accommodate many different types of events.

I’ve spent PLENTY of time here. I’ve been to two 3 day (12 hrs each day) conferences here, so I almost feel like it’s home. Almost.
I’ve now been in four rooms here. I think that might be all of them, but there might be another one. It’s a nice place. It’s newish or remodeled. Once you find it the first time, it’s easy to get to. (Google Maps was NOT helpful). Parking is ample and despite the large number of people attending just what I was here for, it never was hard to find a spot and you don’t have a long hike to get to the building.
It’s located near several eating establishments and they provide maps pointing those out. The place tends to run cold so bring a sweater. You’ll feel funny because you’ll be bundled up like it’s winter then walk out to whatever the weather is truly like. That’s fine by me though. Rather layer than be roasting.
I’d have probably gone with 4 stars until this past three day seminar. There is a skating rink next door, at least I think that’s why I was INCESSANTLY hearing kids yelling and carrying on while in the middle of some major, soul-​searching type of work. That was ANNOYING. I don’t know if there is anyway they can sound proof it better, but that would be well worth looking into. It really put me off.
Other than that, it’s a nice facility. I’ll be back. As I have signed up for more soul-​searching, but I really hope we aren’t in THAT room again.