All Rights Reserved. “The Moody Foundation has a long history with this prestigious university and this wonderful community. © 2020 KVUE-TV. The name for the arena was designated Moody Center after the Galveston-based The arena will hold about 10,000 people for UT basketball games and can expand to 15,000 seats for those other events when needed. The 10,000-seat arena will provide an intimate, state-of-the-art men’s and women’s Longhorn basketball fan experience and feature student seating surrounding the court. "Additionally, the new arena is designed to expand to 15,000 seats and will provide a world-class venue for touring concerts and shows. “The Moody Foundation and its trustees — Elle Moody, Ross Moody and Francie Moody-Dahlberg — continue to transform our university so we can better serve our students, community and the state. We couldn’t be happier to partner with UT in this transformative gift to benefit future generations of Longhorns and Texans.”Founded in 1942 by W.L. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Moody Center is scheduled Dec. 3 at the site of the arena south of Mike A. Myers Stadium. The foundation has generously supported universities, libraries, museums and hospitals across Texas for more than 75 years. Much like the Erwin Center, the new venue will be a prime location for … "When the Moody Center opens, it will be the finest college basketball arena in the country, hands down, as well as an unbelievable concert and entertainment venue for the entire city of Austin," said UT Minister of Culture Matthew McConaughey was also present for the ceremony, which you can watch Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings.The university broke ground on the more than $300 million Moody Center Tuesday evening with RSVPs from more than 3,500 people. UT said it is planning for it to open for the 2021-22 men's and women's basketball seasons.
“This will be a state-of-the-art events center that will serve Texas’ student-athletes and benefit the entire Austin community. Yet its grant to support Texas Athletics is the single largest gift from a foundation in the university’s history, bringing to more than $200 million the donations to UT Austin from the Galveston-based foundation. Overall, the foundation has contributed more than $260 million to institutions in the University of Texas System, officials said.The foundation noted its latest donation also is among the largest gifts ever made to any university for a new arena. "The death of a man spurred his children to create 'Friday minute' - 60 seconds each week to mourn those we lost to Covid-19Ruby Tuesday has shut down more than one-third of its restaurants this year as the chain buckles under pandemic pressures and an aging customer baseUT-Austin's New Basketball Arena To Be Named 'Moody Center'Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. Oak View would get all arena revenue generated in the first decade of the agreement.
UT Board of Regents to discuss location of new basketball practice facility ... (KXAN) — A basketball practice facility could be built next to the new Texas basketball arena set to open in 2022. The University of Texas announced on Thursday its plans for a new 10,000-seat arena that will play home to its men’s and women’s basketball teams starting in 2021. “We cannot thank the Moody family and the Moody Foundation enough for their historic gift to The University of Texas.”In December 2018, the university and a group led by the Oak View Group announced plans to build the arena on campus to be home to Texas Men’s and Women’s basketball games, and graduations, concerts and other events for the Austin community.The Moody Center will replace the 42-year-old Frank C. Erwin Jr. Center, which in turn will make way for the future expansion of the Dell Medical School.The 10,000-seat arena will provide an intimate, state-of-the-art men’s and women’s Longhorn basketball fan experience and feature student seating surrounding the court, officials described. I am grateful to the Moodys for their generosity.”Added Vice President and Director of Athletics Chris Del Conte: “When the Moody Center opens, it will be the finest college basketball arena in the country, hands down, as well as an unbelievable concert and entertainment venue for the entire city of Austin,” said. The arena will have different configurations, seating around 10,000 for basketball and as many as 17,000 spectators for concerts. Those who attended the event partook in food, live music and Christmas pictures with "With the changes in entertainment, the changes in environment, I think that it was time for an upgrade in facility, and I think the Moody Center is going to be one of the premier facilities in the country for basketball and for entertainment," said Drew Martin, the executive senior associate athletics director for The event was scheduled to take place from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. south of In addition to the 5 p.m. groundbreaking, guests could also catch a concert by More than 3,500 people signed up to attend the groundbreaking.
The Moody Center is expected to open in 2022.“The Moody Center signals a new era for UT and Austin, providing fans and citizens the world-class experience they deserve in the world-class city we call home,” Ross Moody, trustee of the Moody Foundation and chairman and CEO of National Western Life Group, said in a prepared statement. UT Austin's new basketball arena now has a name following $130M grant "This is going to be such a treasure for the city of Austin, in addition to men and women's basketball," Martin said. Previously, the foundation contributed $50 million to support the Moody College of Communication and $20 million to reimagine and transform the exterior spaces at the Blanton Museum of Art. UT-Austin's New Basketball Arena To Be Named 'Moody Center' Tony Cantu 11/11/2019 US coronavirus: Arizona and Texas counties hit hard by coronavirus bring in refrigerated trucks as morgues fill up — Ralph Haurwitz (@ralphhaurwitz) February 21, 2015