Places to Stay
Accommodations in proximity to campus:
Best Western – San Marcos
917 North IH 35 Frontage Rd
(512) 754-7557
Comfort Suites – San Marcos
104 North IH 35
(512) 392-1006
Days Inn – San Marcos
1005 North IH 35
(512) 353-5050
Red Roof – San Marcos
817 North IH 35
(512) 754-8899
La Quinta – Kyle
18869 North IH 35
(512) 295-5599
Thank you for planning your event with us! We are excited for the Texas State German Contest and have created a web link for your guests.
Here is the reservation link your guests can use to make online reservations:
Book your group rate for Texas State German Contest
You will find the information for your online reservation link below. If you have questions or need help with the link, please do not hesitate to ask. We appreciate your business and look forward to a successful event.
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Texas State German Contest
Start date: 2/23/18
End date: 2/24/18
Last day to book: 2/9/18
Marriott hotel(s) offering your special group rate:
- Fairfield Inn & Suites New Braunfels for 71.00 USD per night
Book your group rate for Texas State German Contest
Arman Saenz
Sales Manager
1465 IH 35 North
New Braunfels, TX 78130
T: (830) 626-3133 Ext.152
F: (830) 626-3711
Campus Map
The map below has the buildings and areas marked that we are using on Saturday.
For the full campus map, please click the link of the Campus Map, which will take you the TX State University website map.
We will be using the following buildings:
Centennial Hall (CENT) – Duet Acting, Puppets (Upper/Lower), Pass Auf!, Contemporary Music, Einzeltanz/Folk Dancing, Judges’ Meeting/Breakfast, Walk in Karaoke
Taylor-Murphy History Building (TMH) – Tab Room, Score Room, Gingerbread Houses and Shirt Design
Flowers Hall (FH) – Written Tests, Poetry Memory, Pair Discussion, Photography
Evans Liberal Arts (ELA) – Scavenger Hunt, Classical Musical Ensemble, Vocal Solo, Oral Tests (except Pair Discussion – see above & Sight Reading – see below)
Quad – Courtyard area between most of these buildings – T-shirt Sales (TX State German Honor Society), Patches Sales
Derrick Hall (DERR) – Sight Reading, Prose Memory, Poetry/Prose Memory Adv., Arts & Culture (except Gingerbread Houses & Shirt Design), Polka Band, Skits
Parking Map & Instructions
Dear Teachers and Volunteers:
Please print these parking directions and teachers, please give this to the bus drivers. Click here for one printable document with the various Parking info for buses 2026.
Directions for buses:
NEW: Drop off and Pick up locations are different – Drop off is the Quad bus loop (see below). Pick up is the LBJ bus loop (or Quad bus loop if you want to walk a short distance back after awards).
The Quad bus loop entrance is at the intersection of N. LBJ and Sessom. This bus loop can hold about 7 school buses.
The LBJ bus loop entrance is at the intersection of Student Center Dr. and Gailliardia St. Stay close to Jackson Hall to avoid the TX State Bobcat shuttles.
Plan on it taking about 10 minutes for the buses to unload.
Once the students are dropped off, the buses can park in the P9 lot (Coliseum, also known as the Aquarena lot) or Trauth-Huffman Hall Shelter (See PDF link above).
Stay on Sessom until it dead ends at Aquarena Springs Dr. – Turn left.
Pass through one light (Charles Austin Dr.) and the 1st parking area is on the right.
If that lot is full, the second parking lot is at the next light on the right (Post Rd).
Buses are not allowed to park at the Sessom lot (R2 & P5 on the map) because the asphalt is not made for the weight of buses. However, this is a decent alternative lot for the volunteers in the event the other parking garage is full. (Click on images to enlarge)
LBJ Bus Loop
Personal Vehicles:
Parking in designated areas is FREE on weekends. (Make sure it’s not “Reserved”.)
For the university’s full campus parking map, please click on Parking Map, which will take you to the TX State University website map. If you’re familiar with using Google Codes, use these codes to navigate to the parking areas:
