University Of Texas New Basketball Arena
The new arena which will replace.
University of texas new basketball arena. Austin texas the university of texas at austin ut and a group led by the oak view group ovg will build a world class arena on campus that will be home to texas mens and womens basketball games graduations concerts and other events. Austin texas the university of texas athletics department invited the public to attend the groundbreaking for the moody center the universitys new basketball arena on tuesday. University of texas officials have decided to build a new on campus basketball facility and probably do so in the parking lot south of the mike a. The grant to support texas athletics is the single largest gift from a foundation in the universitys history and brings to more than 200 million the donations to ut austin from the galveston based foundation.
Myers stadium and soccer field which is more. It will replace the 42 year old frank erwin center. The new basketball and events arena at the university of texas will be named the moody center after a 130 million gift to the school from the moody foundation. It will replace the 41 year old erwin center which will be.
But the moody center will be designed. Moody center the university of texas at austin is hosting the developer led construction of a world class arena on campus that will become home to texas athletics mens and womens basketball games commencement ceremonies concerts and other events. It is expected to be opened in 2021. The innovative 35 year agreement between ut and arenaco which includes ovg live nation c3 presents and matthew mcconaughey will be groundbreaking in college athletics and provide a public benefit for.
The university of texas announced on thursday its plans for a new 10000 seat arena that will play home to its mens and womens basketball teams starting in 2021. The new arena will be named the moody center after the moody foundation who is contributing 130 million towards the construction. By editors on november 11 2019 in basketball college. The new arena will sit on 664 acres of land located south of mike a.
Myers stadium between red river street and robert dedman drive. In 2018 it was announced that oak view group and the university of texas had agreed to build a new 338 million arena for the texas longhorns basketball program to replace the frank erwin center.