The History of The Springs Events

It all began in 1977 when my wife and I took our first vacation to Phoenix, Arizona to visit some friends. Our friends decided to take us out to Pinnacle Peaks in Scottsdale, Arizona. Pinnacle Peaks was a small western-themed, steak house with a live band located in the middle of the desert. We had a great time and made some wonderful memories. This visit sparked the idea of ‘Texas Old Town’

‘Texas Old Town’ continued to develop in my mind as I visited other western-themed, family entertainment parks and authentic western towns in different states. We wanted to duplicate the idea of providing families with a venue that gives them the opportunity to make wonderful memories together, and also develop a family business so our family could work together. Finally fed up with just ‘visiting’ these venues, we decided to build our own.

Texas’ beautiful landscape, history, pride, and southern hospitality brought us to the Austin/San Antonio region. In search of The Springs Events Austin venue locations, I drove up and down every county road between Austin and San Antonio for an entire month. I discovered a beautiful 300-acre Hill Country ranch just outside Kyle, Texas. I began negotiations with the landowners.

Bruce and Annetta Hughson are the third generation landowners of the Hughson Ranch. Upon receiving the property their grandfather encouraged them to do something ‘special’ with the land. They didn't know quite what their grandfather meant by ‘special’ until the Texas Old Town project was presented to them. Soon after, Bruce and Annetta Hughson became partners with Texas Old Town.

As the business evolved, and new partners were brought in, the family continued to work arduously in designing, building and operating Texas Old Town. In May of 2004, we opened up to the world and quickly realized things weren't working as planned. We struggled all summer and fall to ignite the business; however, by November, everything we tried had failed.

In the waning months of 2004 I was approached by a sales person from a large wedding advertising agency who suggested we enter the wedding and reception market. Before I knew it, Texas Old Town had a contract with the advertiser and was on its way to its first wedding extravaganza, which took place in January of 2005. After the extravaganza that evening, I booked the first four weddings held at Texas Old Town. Suddenly, I was in the wedding business offering wedding venues in Austin.

After a successful year in 2005, we had no choice but to expand operations the following year. Therefore, we enlarged and enclosed what had been an outdoor pavilion and named it Redbud Hall.

After experiencing an even more successful year with our newest facility up and running, we decided yet again to expand our operations on site, this time starting from scratch. Sage Hall was to be our ideal wedding and reception facility, surrounded by thick woods and greatly enhanced by a picturesque water feature. Sage Hall was completed in the spring of 2008 and has already enjoyed immense success.

Finally in 2009, after being highly sought after as a special event facility in the Austin area, we decided the time was right to expand operations and develop The Springs Events Houston venues. These wedding venues in Houston have expanded our areas of service by allowing us to cater to those in the Houston surrounding areas. We named the first facility Amber Springs and in 2010 followed that up with Boulder Springs in the New Braunfels area, followed Crystal Springs in the Houston/Montgomery area in 2011. We are just finishing work on our fifth location, Gabriel Springs, which will be opening in the Georgetown area shortly. We are in negotiations for a number of other locations around Texas, and even looking outside of Texas in the coming years.

So, as you see, we have evolved and changed since day one, ever learning how to better serve you and provide the ideal location for every memory. Please don't hesitate to come and see what makes The Springs Events locations so special.


Larry Kruzie
The Springs Events