Moody Center


The Moody Center is an upcoming multi-purpose arena currently under construction located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. 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. The constructed arena will seat 10,000 for most basketball games and 15,000 for large basketball games and other events.

History

In 2018, it was announced that Oak View Group and the University of Texas had agreed to build a new $388 million arena for the Texas Longhorns basketball program to replace the Frank Erwin Center. The new arena will be named the Moody Center after the Moody Foundation who is contributing $130 million towards the construction. Construction now underway, the groundbreaking ceremony took place just south of Mike A. Myers Soccer Stadium on December 3, 2019 with completion expected to occur in 2022. Permanent and temporary earth retention systems are designed by engineering team of Orduno design services and construction of ERS is done by Oscar Orduno Inc. construction team.