AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin’s new basketball arena and events center will be named Moody Center in honor of a $130 million grant to UT from the Moody Foundation, which has generously supported universities, libraries, museums and hospitals across Texas for more than 75 years.The grant to support Texas Athletics is the single largest gift from a foundation in the university’s history and brings to more than $200 million the donations to UT Austin from the Galveston-based foundation. I am grateful to the Moodys for their generosity.”“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,” Vice President and Director of Athletics Chris Del Conte said. There are very few brands as dominant and as well-known as The University of Texas and Longhorns, and there are very few cities that are growing at the speed of Austin. The grant will help build the new 10,000-seat arena that will provide an intimate Texas Men’s and Women’s Basketball fan experience and feature student seating surrounding the court. Moody Center is designed to hold 15,000 seats providing a world-class venue for touring concerts and shows. The arena is being built south of Mike A. Myers Soccer Stadium and slated to open in 2022 as the replacement to Frank Erwin Center. If interested in learning more about premium hospitality options, please provide your contact information. 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.
C3 Presents, a subsidiary of Live Nation based in Austin, Texas, in conjunction with its parent company will bring first-class entertainment to the arena.Moody Foundation is a Galveston-based charitable group.The arena will be called the Moody Center in honor of a $130 million gift from the Moody Foundation.It is the largest gift the foundation has ever given to an organization and represents one of the largest gifts to UT. The University of Texas at Austin is hosting a Dec. 3 groundbreaking event for the Moody Center, the next University of Texas basketball arena and major events venue. Overall, the foundation has contributed more than $260 million to institutions in the University of Texas System.It is also among the largest gifts ever made to any university for a new arena. Previous donations from the foundation includes $50 million to the Moody College of Communications and $20 million to the Blanton Museum of Art.Austin-based Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey will act as the “Minister of Culture” at the venue, ensuring that Longhorn and Austin cultures are front and center and helping create a fan experience unlike any other.The $338 million venue will be constructed on land fully owned by UT without using any university or public money.The arena will be located on a current parking lot south of Mike A. Myers Stadium. It will replace the 41-year-old Frank C. Erwin Center, which will make way for the future expansion of the Dell Medical School.For more information about how to access tickets to Moody Center, please provide your information For more information about corporate suites, let us know you’re interested Thank you! Future Live Entertainment Venue and New Home of University of Texas Basketball Here’s what it can do.
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,” said Ross Moody, trustee of the Moody Foundation and chairman and CEO of National Western Life Group. The constructed arena will seat 10,000 for most basketball games and 15,000 for large basketball games and other events. “This will be a state-of-the-art events center that will serve Texas’ student-athletes and benefit the entire Austin community. Moody Center is being built in partnership between Oak View Group LLC, University of Texas at Austin, Live Nation, C3 and Matthew McConaughey. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Moody Center will be held Dec. 3 at the site of the arena south of Mike A. Myers Stadium.
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The Moody Center, named after the Moody Foundation which donated a $130 million grant to the university, is expected to open in 2022. Moody Center will not only host UT basketball games, but also a number of the best and biggest acts in live entertainment. The location and appearance of the Moody Center name will be finalized in future renderings.Authors’ ‘Invisible’ Words Reveal Blueprint for StorytellingBlackPrint, UT’s new Black interest publication, creates the space for honest media workA UT undergrad helped build the app that will assist students coming back to school this fall. AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin’s new basketball arena and events center will be named Moody Center in honor of a $130 million grant to UT from the Moody Foundation, which has generously supported universities, libraries, museums and hospitals across Texas for …
This is a rare opportunity to be partners with one of the greatest academic institutions in the world, UT, and to be building a world-class arena for one of the world’s great emerging markets, Austin. Moody Jr. and Libbie Shearn Moody, the Moody Foundation has made more than $1.7 billion in grants throughout Texas to organizations that have educated, healed, nurtured and inspired generations of Texans. UT-Austin Basketball Arena Named Moody Center - Austin, TX - The naming rights come by virtue of a $130M grant from the Moody Foundation … Much like the Erwin Center, the new venue will be a prime location for university, campus, community and high school events. There is no more fitting Texas name for a world-class arena in the heart of our campus than ‘Moody,’” said President Gregory L. Fenves. Dwight L. Moody was born in Northfield, Massachusetts to Edwin and Betsey Moody in 1837.