Yes. Austin has a real pattern of distributed programming during major weeks, where attendees move between sessions, screenings, and evening events on foot and arrive in rolling waves rather than one main release. We staff ushers in Austin to stabilize door-to-row flow in that environment by confirming room, portal, and row range early, then protecting late-entry windows so sessions don’t get disrupted. A lead coordinates timing and section language with house teams by radio and shifts floaters to pinch points as patterns change through the day.

Austin’s convention footprint is changing, and planners sometimes operate with temporary routing, alternate entrances, or split room clusters depending on where large events are staged. We plan around the actual guest path, not the brochure map: we walk the route, identify first decision points, and set posting that catches confusion before it becomes backtracking. Ushers use seating diagrams and consistent section language, and the lead manages escalation for access exceptions and accessibility needs. This keeps flow stable even when layouts are in flux.

We size teams around your active portals, aisle count, how many seating zones you’re running, and how quickly the room has to clear and refill. A typical 1,000+ person keynote often needs portal coverage at each main entry check ins, aisle monitors on the busiest lanes, one ADA route spotter, and a floater to resolve seat questions away from entrances. If releases are timed or late seating must be controlled, we recommend a lead for radio coordination and live rebalancing. This protects start times during high-turnover schedules.

Greeters are most valuable at the first decision points, hotel connectors, lobby forks, and corridor junctions, where attendees pause to confirm room names or follow the wrong flow after networking breaks. We place Greeters upstream of the portal banks so guests get a quick confirmation before they join the wrong line. That reduces corridor churn and late seating pressure inside the room. Greeters work in tandem with portal Ushers using seating maps, while a floater handles complex questions off the main line so entrances keep moving.

Pricing depends on call length, headcount, lead coverage, and layout friction, multiple portals, long corridor walks, balcony or tiered seating, and controlled late-entry requirements. Austin schedules can also stack day programming with evening events, which increases reset demand and the need for stable posts across shifts. If your scope includes crowd control outside the room, queue shaping, surge redirection, or managing pre-function stacking, we scope that clearly as part of the plan so you get a predictable quote tied to how guests actually move.