JW Marriott San Antonio Adds Event Venues
March 23, 2016
Rendering of the River Bend Pavilion.
JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa has just debuted its $16 million expansion of the River Bluff Water Experience, which includes a new additional meeting and convention space. The five-month project adds three acres to the water park, which includes a new 13,000-sf multi-use pavilion area for additional indoor and outdoor function space, an additional 130-foot long beach-entry pool, sand play area, whirlpool spa, private cabanas, two body slides, 230 additional lounge chairs and artificial turf lawn space.
Guests will be treated to an elevated leisure and group experience with added recreation activities, more space in the already impressive nine-acre water park and added amenities. The new River Bend Pavilion offers prefunction and event space for group meetings, golf tournament banquets, social events, concerts and more with 13,000 sf of indoor and outdoor customizable venues including a 4,200-sf covered deck and 5,000-sf pavilion. The expansive 18,000-sf event lawn includes a freestanding 700-sf covered outdoor stage perfect for award ceremonies, live music and an array of special events as well as an impressive grill to service events and activities of all sizes.
The additional indoor and outdoor venues will allow groups to reserve private spaces while also enjoying the surrounding Texas-sized outdoor pools and waterslides.
Adjacent to TPC San Antonio, the newly developed area is ready to host teambuilding events, indoor and outdoor award dinners, corporate and other private receptions. Event capabilities in the River Bend Pavilion include: rounds: 200 attendees; theater: 400 attendees; schoolroom: 200 attendees; schoolroom and rounds (meet/eat): 120 attendees; lawn and pavilion reception: 1,000 attendees.
The new 13,000-sf standalone ballroom brings the resort’s total event space to 288,000 sf. The ballroom and event lawn provides unparalleled venues for any size or type of meeting or group gathering. Designed to benefit from San Antonio’s average of 300 days of sunshine a year, the year-round green turf lawn will be adjacent to the new ballroom to offer a scenic outdoor event space situated in harmony with the unobstructed views of the surrounding Hill Country terrain.