T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A U S T I N T E X A S AT H L E T I C S MASTER PLAN March 2016 REVISED JANUARY 2016 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A U S T I N T E X A S AT H L E T I C S MASTER PLAN REVISED JANUARY 2016 i ii T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N WORKING GROUP Ed Goble, Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, Intercollegiate Athletics COACHES AND REPRESENTATIVES FOR TEXAS ATHLETICS SPORTS John Graham, Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, Frank Erwin Center Baseball Arthur Johnson, Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, Intercollegiate Athletics Basketball (Men’s and Women’s) David Rea, Associate Vice President, Campus Planning and Project Management Football Golf (Men’s and Women’s) LEADERSHIP TEAM Rowing Soccer Steve Patterson, Men’s Athletics Director, Intercollegiate Athletics Softball Chris Plonsky, Women’s Athletics Director and Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, Men’s/Women’s, External Services, Intercollegiate Athletics Swimming and Diving (Men’s and Women’s) Michael Bos, Associate Athletics Director, Information and Technology, Intercollegiate Athletics Track and Field/Cross Country (Men’s and Women’s) Amy Folan, Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, Intercollegiate Athletics Tennis (Men’s and Women’s) Volleyball Ed Goble, Executive Senior Associate, Athletics Director, Intercollegiate Athletics John Graham, Executive Senior Associate AD/FEC Rebecca Haden, Assistant Athletics Director, Administration, Intercollegiate Athletics Steve Hank, Chief Revenue Officer, Intercollegiate Athletics Allen Hardin, Senior Associate Athletics Director, Sports Medicine and Sports Performance Kathy Harston, Senior Associate Athletics Director, Women’s Sports Arthur Johnson, Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, Intercollegiate Athletics Dave Marmion, Senior Associate Athletics Director, Business Operations, Intercollegiate Athletics Randa Ryan, Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, Student Services OTHER TEXAS ATHLETICS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS Frank Erwin Center Staff Facility Operations and Events Management Texas Athletics Master Plan Technical Group Longhorn Band IMG Sodexho Longhorn Network (LHN) Nick Voinis, Senior Associate Athletics Director, Intercollegiate Athletics CONSULTANT TEAM Sasaki Associates, Inc. DLR Group Page Architects, Inc. REVISED JANUARY 2016 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 07 13 15 17 33 67 97 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION PROCESS KEY MASTER PLAN DRIVERS AND GOALS ANALYSIS TEXAS ATHLETICS PROGRAM AND FACILITY NEEDS EVENTS CENTER AND BASKETBALL PRACTICE FACILITY OPTIONS IMPLEMENTATION REVISED JANUARY 2016 iii mm<_mm_u N04 0 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N ATHLETICS MASTER PLAN ACRONYMS Athletic Fields Pavilion AFP Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium DKR Denton A. Cooley Pavilion DCP Edgar O. and Melanie A. Weller Tennis Center WELLER Frank Denius Fields DENIUS Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center FEC Indoor Practice Facility (the Bubble) at Frank Denius Fields THE BUBBLE L. Theo Bellmont Hall BELLMONT Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center TSC Longhorn Network LHN Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium MMS Red and Charline McCombs Field MCCOMBS Red McCombs Red Zone (North End Zone) RMRZ Richard Mithoff Track and Soccer Fieldhouse MITHOFF Texas Rowing Center TRC “Tex” Moncrief, Jr.-V. F. “Doc” Neuhaus Athletic Center MNAC UFCU Disch-Falk Field UFCU DFF The University of Texas Golf Club and Academy UTGC REVISED JANUARY 2016 v 1 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EXECUTIVE SUMMARY T he Texas Athletics Master Plan builds on the framework established by the 2012 Campus Master Plan, which addressed the overall structure and organization of the campus and campus systems, and identified a range of campus improvements to be implemented over time. The Texas Athletics Master Plan documents the overall planning process, issues identified through engagement with Texas Athletics stakeholders, the program needs for each Texas Athletics sport, and strategies for longterm program accommodation. It also identifies a preferred site for future replacement basketball facilities in order to secure the site, given competing demand for campus land, and notes the potential for future development of athletic venues within the East Campus area. MASTER PLAN DRIVERS AND GOALS The Texas Athletics Master Plan was developed based on the several key drivers that define the overall principles and aspirations for the plan, as well as expectations around facility standards: • Texas Athletics is financially self-supporting and returns $10.0 million to $25.0 million to the university annually • Every Texas Athletics program should achieve to an NCAA championship level by: PROCESS The master planning process for the Texas Athletics Master Plan consisted of the following phases of work: • Phase 1: Analysis and Program • Phase 2: Alternatives Exploration • Phase 3: Master Plan Synthesis The planning process was organized around a regular rhythm of work sessions with a working group composed of senior staff from the Office of Campus Planning and Facilities Management and Intercollegiate Athletics staff responsible for facilities, a master plan leadership team with senior representatives of all Texas Athletics departments with an interest in the plan including the men’s and women’s athletics directors, and other Texas Athletics stakeholders. REVISED JANUARY 2016 oo Recruiting and retaining the most talented student-athletes oo Attracting and retaining the finest coaches and staff oo Providing state-of-the-art academic support, strength and conditioning training, and sports medicine programs that emphasize achievement and the overall well-being of student-athletes oo Providing facilities for sports performance, sports science, and nutrition • Every Texas Athletics program should have the best facilities for recruiting student-athletes and serving teams and clients (supporters) • The Texas Athletics Master Plan should refine the 2012 Campus Master Plan to improve and create certainty for the future of athletic facilities • Community relations (in particular East Campus) are factors in master plan development decisions 2 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N Eas tD ean Kee ton rive 9 Robert Dedman D vard G R E G O RY GYM NA S IU M 2 D K R - T E X AS M EM O RIA L S TA DIU M 3 D K R S O UT H END Z O NE 4 R E D MC C O M BS RED Z O NE 5 M O N C R I E F - NEU HA U S CENTER 6 M I T H O F F F IELDHO U S E 7 M Y E R S T R A CK A ND 4 8 Clyde Li ttlefield 2 Drive 7 3 5 ad or Ro Man East 6 13 t Str ee ive r dR 12 Re 8 B AS K E T B AL L PRA CTICE FA CILITY 9 I N D O O R P R A CTICE FAC I L I T Y ( FO O TB A LL) t Stree 14 11 S O C C E R S TA DIU M 21st I-35 1 et East 23rd Street San Jacinto Boule 1 Stre East M artin L uther King 10 Jr. Bo East vard oule Jr. B uth tin L Mar ing er K uleva rd NE W B UI L DI NGS PR O PO SE D I N C AMPUS MASTE R PL AN 10 J AM AI L T E XA S S WIM M ING CENTER 11 P O T E N T I AL NEW EV ENTS NE W FAC I L I TI E S AND FAC I L I TY R E NO VATI O NS PR O PO SE D I N TE X AS ATH L E TI C S MASTE R PL AN C E N T E R ( I F O N CA M PU S ) 12 UF C U D I S C H - FA LK F IELD ( B A S EBA LL) 13 M C C O MB S F IELD ( S O F TB A LL) 14 N E W O UT DO O R TENNIS FA CILITY PROPOSED ILLUSTRATIVE MASTER PLAN REVISED JANUARY 2016 3 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N The Leadership Team also outlined the following goals for the master plan that set expectations concerning the outcomes of the planning process, and helped to guide decisions around the program and program accommodation strategies for each Texas Athletics sport: TEXAS ATHLETICS PROGRAM AND FACILITY NEEDS The Texas Athletics master planning process began with interviews with Texas Athletics leadership together with representatives of each sport, identifying current and long-term athletic facility needs and requests. In addition, Texas Athletics maintains a capital projects list that includes ongoing maintenance and planned upgrades to existing facilities. The list was shared with the consultant team to supplement the needs and requests identified in the stakeholder interviews. This information was consolidated to create a comprehensive facilities program for Texas Athletics, which was reviewed with the Leadership Team and confirmed with the various coaches. The facilities program consists of shared facilities for student athletes, such as strength and conditioning, sports medicine, academic support, and dining, together with detailed facility programs for each Texas Athletics sport and auxiliary unit. • Create best-in-class athletic facilities that are flexible, functional, efficient, cost effective, and sustainable • Mitigate the challenges of student-athletes’ schedules by locating athletic venues in close proximity to the RMRZ, other athletic facilities, and academic resources • Improve the operational efficiency and convenience of athletic facilities for daily and event day operations, including service functions, ingress and egress, and safety and security; consider cross- or multi-functional use of facilities for improved efficiency • Create a brand experience for all Texas Athletics stakeholders, including recruits, student-athletes, students, donors, spectators, faculty, staff, visitors, vendors, and corporate sponsors • Emphasize quality standards: safety, Texas hospitality, teamwork, and efficiency The Leadership Team identified major priorities from the overall program together with general facility improvements, also listed below. Detailed programs for shared sports training facilities and for each Texas Athletics sport are described in this report. • Enhance the game-day experience ATHLETIC FACILITIES MAJOR PRIORITIES • Promote revenue-generating opportunities for athletic facilities • Athletics dining facility in RMRZ • Baseball—UFCU Disch-Falk Field player development improvements, team operations upgrades, and family-friendly areas • Basketball—Replace Cooley Pavilion with a new practice facility • Replace Frank Erwin Center with a new events center on campus or off campus • Football—DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium South End Zone addition and Moncrief Neuhaus Athletic Center renovation • Golf—Short game facility upgrades and course upgrades • Rowing—On-campus training facility and modest upgrades at existing facility • Soccer—New dedicated stadium and practice field facility • Softball—McCombs Field upgrades CONTEXT Texas Athletics owns a range of practice and performance facilities, both on and off-campus, to support each Texas Athletics sport. A few facilities are shared through arrangements with the university’s recreational sports program. It also offers shared training, conditioning, and academic support programs within several shared venues. Most Texas Athletics facilities are located within the area defined by the 2012 Campus Master Plan as the Central Campus, which is generally located between Waller Creek, I-35, Dean Keeton Street, and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and within the East Campus area east of I-35 and bordered primarily by East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Manor Road, and Leona Street. The Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Event Center is located south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard within the new UT Austin Medical District. REVISED JANUARY 2016 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N Indoor Practice Facility Basketball Practice McCombs Field New Outdoor Tennis Facility UFCU Disch-Falk Field Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium Parking Events Center, if on campus DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium South End Zone REVISED JANUARY 2016 4 5 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N • Swimming—Outdoor swimming and diving pool, upgrades to student athlete areas • Tennis—New outdoor complex • Track and Field—Myers Stadium and Mithoff Fieldhouse upgrades • Master production room and video master control room GENERAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS • Improve overall technology in all venues, including video, audio, wi-fi, and credit card processing • Add storage in all facilities • Create revenue-generating amenities • Develop solution for lost surface parking • Create new tailgating and game-day experiences • Add Longhorn Network (LHN) production location with proximity to multiple venues • Create satellite player development areas at venues with limited services, including strength and conditioning, sports medicine, and nutrition • Create athletic housing opportunities on campus • Add or replace electronic video display in all venues • Add sports field space EVENTS CENTER AND PRACTICE FACILITY SITE OPTIONS The consultant team explored several alternative site options for the replacement of the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center and Denton A. Cooley Pavilion, which are expected to be displaced over time by future development within the UT Medical District. The studies tested the capacity of each site to accommodate the facilities, taking into consideration adjacencies, relationships with other athletic venues, displacements, impact of Capitol View Corridors, access, service, parking, utility locations, and integration within the 2012 Campus Master Plan framework. REVISED JANUARY 2016 A total of five site options and two sub-options were explored with the Working Group and Leadership Team, and ultimately presented to the university Facililties and Space Council. While there were advantages and disadvantages associated with each site, the Facilities and Space Council expressed a preference for site option 3 if located on campus for several reasons: • Development of the events center on this site would require less displacement than most of the other options, so construction could occur within an earlier timeframe than on other sites, and overall development costs would be significantly lower • There are fewer competing uses for the site, and the sites along San Jacinto Boulevard would be preserved for future academic, medical, or research use • Adjacencies with other Texas Athletics venues would create a more integrated athletics district within the Central Campus, with convenient access to shared facilities The concept for site option 3 places the events center in the area south of Myers Stadium between Red River Street and Robert Dedman Drive on Lot 70. Although the men’s basketball program needs seating for approximately 12,000 spectators, the entertainment market for this venue in Austin demands a minimum of 13,500 seats, using a stage at one end with 180 degrees of viewing. The new events center size was generated from this premise and the ability to fit a full-sized ice hockey rink on the floor, should one be added. The resulting seating capacity for basketball is 15,300 if the upper level seating is omitted at the stage end. If the entire upper level ring is filled with seating, the events center’s maximum capacity could be as high as 17,450 seats when used as a basketball arena. (The current Frank Erwin Center has a 16,540-seat capacity for basketball. Average attendance over the last five years has been 12,275 with the peak attendance reaching approximately 14,629.) Based on the Facilities and Space Council’s direction, the consultant team prepared a more detailed study of site option 3 that further explored both the events center program, including seating capacity and conceptual layouts, and the integration of the center within the site and surrounding context. This included overall site layout and building configuration; vehicular, pedestrian and service access; building height and grades relative to Capitol View Corridors; and utility displacements. The future basketball practice facility is proposed for Lot 37, the corner of Red River Street and Clyde Littlefield Drive. T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N Basketball Practice Events center, if on campus REVISED JANUARY 2016 6 7 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N INTRODUCTION T he UT Austin 2012 Campus Master Plan established an overall framework for the long-term stewardship of UT’s campus, and the integration over time of elements such as academics, student life, student housing, and athletics. The master planning process accentuated the need to develop additional plans in a variety of areas not included in the initial phase of planning, including long-range planning for the university’s athletic facilities. Planning for Texas Athletics initially occurred within the context of a broader master planning study for UT’s East Campus, which is university property east of I-35, and which currently contains several large athletic venues. Thus, the East Campus study included an assessment of the potential to accommodate additional Texas Athletics facilities within the area, including the Penick-Allison Tennis Center displaced by the construction of the UT Austin Medical District. The East Campus planning process was initiated in May 2013 and involved consultation with a range of stakeholders, including Texas Athletics. The planning process was successful in identifying key issues for planning, and establishing an overall planning and urban design framework for the area. It also revealed the current fragmented pattern of land ownership within East Campus is a significant constraint, and UT will eventually need to consolidate landholdings to create viable development parcels that could accommodate major program elements. The East Campus planning effort was put on hold at the end of 2013 due to concerns raised by the adjacent Blackland community over the potential impact of athletic uses across from the residential neighborhood located east of Leona Street. REVISED JANUARY 2016 In the meantime, Texas Athletics elected to move forward with a separate, more comprehensive long-range planning study to address the facility needs for all Texas Athletics sports. A key driver of the plan was the need to identify a new site for the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center and Denton A. Cooley Pavilion basketball facilities, given their potential displacement by future development within the UT Austin Medical District. The Texas Athletics master planning process identified the program needs and recommended accommodation strategies for each Texas Athletics sport. The need to find a permanent location for the Tennis Center prompted a new round of conversations with the Blackland community concerning potential uses in the East Campus area. Through this effort, the university committed to developing graduate student housing along Leona Street as a buffer between university uses to the west and the residential neighborhood to the east. With this commitment the university was able to gain community support for the development of additional athletic venues within the East Campus area, including a replacement Tennis Center facility. The resolution of this key issue facilitated the successful conclusion of the master planning effort. The Texas Athletics master plan, which is documented in this report, summarizes the overall planning process, issues that were identified through engagement with Texas Athletics stakeholders, the program needs for each Texas Athletics sport, and strategies for long-term program accommodation. It also identifies a preferred site for future replacement basketball facilities in order to secure the sites, given competing demand for land on the campus, and aligns with the East Campus Master Plan, including the proposed site for the Tennis Center. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N EXISTING CAMPUS PLAN REVISED JANUARY 2016 8 9 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N TEXAS ATHLETICS OVERVIEW The University of Texas at Austin competes at the NCAA Division I level and is one of the original members of the Big 12 Conference. Also known as the Longhorns or the Horns, the university offers 20 men’s and women’s sports, and has a history of excellence including 50 team national championships in 10 different sports. Texas Athletics sports include the following: between Waller Creek, I-35, East Dean Keeton Street, and East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Other major venues are located south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, within East Campus, and a few smaller venues are located off-campus in other areas of Austin. The following is an overview of the major Texas Athletics sports venues. • Baseball DARRELL K ROYAL- TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM • Basketball (Men’s and Women’s) • Football • Golf (Men’s and Women’s) • Rowing • Soccer Originally dedicated in 1924, the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium) has gone through a perpetual state of upgrades and renovations over the years, enhancing the fan and studentathlete experience. Now with a 100,119 capacity, the stadium has a variety of seating options including bench seats, chair-backs, upper deck, lower level, suites, and clubs. The synthetic turf field surface at Joe Jamail Field was replaced in spring 2013. • Softball RED MCCOMBS RED ZONE (NORTH END ZONE) • Swimming and Diving (Men’s and Women’s) • Tennis (Men’s and Women’s) • Track and Field/Cross Country (Men’s and Women’s) • Volleyball In 2008, renovations to the north end zone, named the Red McCombs Red Zone (RMRZ), were completed with the addition of an upper deck, approximately 4,300 club seats, and 47 suites, and renovation to the lower deck. Initial construction of the RMRZ also included a new academic center for Texas Athletics, a war memorial plaza, and a food court. The RMRZ was designed to accommodate future expansion of athletics, which in short time included a consolidated home for Longhorn Athletics. The RMRZ houses the men’s and women’s athletics directors, coaches’ offices, the T-Association, the Longhorn Foundation, Business/Travel, Human Resources, Events, Trademark & Licensing, Communications, and Texas Athletics IT. EXISTING TEXAS ATHLETICS SPORTS VENUES Texas Athletics owns a range of practice and performance facilities both on and off-campus to support each Texas Athletics sport. The north end zone of the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium is the hub of Texas Athletics, and it contains the centralized administrative offices, coaches’ offices, headquarters for all student-athlete support services, including academic, strength and conditioning, nutrition, and sports medicine, and the Volleyball Player Development Center. A few facilities are shared through arrangements with the university’s Division of Recreational Sports. It also offers shared training, conditioning, and academic support programs within several shared venues. Most Texas Athletics facilities are located within the area the 2012 Campus Master Plan defines as the Central Campus, which is generally located REVISED JANUARY 2016 The Red McCombs Red Zone Sports Medicine and Strength Training Project, located in the lower levels of the RMRZ, was completed in summer 2013. The two-floor, 32,000-square-foot facility includes a state-of-the-art sports medicine facility on the upper floor, which affords access to premier clinical and rehabilitative personnel and services, and a strength training complex on the lower floor. Amenities include a hydrotherapy pool, two plunge pools, golf putting and simulator area, 40-yard acceleration track, nutrition area, and student-athlete and staff locker rooms. The Volleyball Player Development Center was completed March 2015 and the Texas Athletics Nutrition Center was completed in September 2015. 10 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N Eas tD ean Kee ton Stre et San Jacinto Boule 1 athletic EXISTING TEXAS facilities ATHLETICS FACILITIES Robert Dedman D vard rive 8 6 East 23rd Street 3 Clyde Li ttlefield 2 athletic sites AT H L E T I C FA CILITIES shared facilities 4 S H AR E D FA CILITIES East 7 garage S Hshared AR E D GA RA GE D K R - T E X AS M EM O RIA L S TA DIU M 3 R E D MC C O M BS RED Z O NE 4 M O N C R I E F - NEU HA U S ATHLETIC CENTER 5 M Y E R S T RA CK A ND S O CCER S TA DIU M 6 D E N I US P R A CTICE F IELDS 7 M I T H O F F F IELDHO U S E 8 I N D O O R PRA CTICE FA CILITY ( F O O TBA LL) 9 M C C O MB S F IELD ( S O F TB A LL) dR Re J AM AI L T EXA S S WIM M ING CENTER 12 F R AN K E R WIN CENTER 13 D E N T O N CO O LEY PAV ILIO N t Stree East M artin L uther King 10 artin M East 11 Jr. Bo I-35 t Str ee 2 ive r G R E G O RY GYM 11 21st 9 1 UF C U D I S CH- FA LK F IELD ( B A S EBA LL) Drive 5 AT H L E T I C S ITES 10 ad or Ro Man Luth e g r Kin vard oule Jr. B uleva rd 12 13 REVISED JANUARY 2016 11 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N MONCRIEF-NEUHAUS ATHLETIC CENTER Built in 1986, the “Tex” Moncrief, Jr.-V. F. “Doc” Neuhaus Athletic Center (Moncrief-Neuhaus) is located at the south end of DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium. Moncrief-Neuhaus serves as a comprehensive football support facility and contains football offices, meeting rooms, equipment room, film room, player’s lounge, hall of fame, academic center, football strength and conditioning, and the football sports medicine center. The roof of MoncriefNeuhaus provides an enclosed synthetic-turf partial field used for team walkthroughs and special events. MIKE A. MYERS TRACK AND SOCCER STADIUM Mike A. Myers Stadium (Myers Stadium) is home to the UT soccer and track and field programs. Built in 1999, the facility consists of a nine-lane oval and straight track with a natural grass soccer field in the center. Long jump, triple jump, and pole vault events occur beyond the oval, while the throwing events have a dedicated space to the northeast of the track. As host of the Texas Relays, Myers Stadium has seating for more than 20,000 spectators and has lighting for night events. Recent seating additions for soccer have created a more intimate experience by adding seating on the track and blocking off the west seating with TEXAS signage. RICHARD MITHOFF TRACK AND SOCCER FIELDHOUSE Built in 1999, Mithoff Fieldhouse is located adjacent to Myers Stadium to the southwest, and houses coaches’ offices, locker rooms, and team lounges for the UT soccer and men’s and women’s track and field programs. The fieldhouse also includes a satellite sports medicine suite and visitor locker rooms. With a recent combining of the coaching staff of men’s and women’s track and availability of shell space in the basement, a future renovation of the programs will allow a more efficient use of the space. FRANK C. ERWIN, JR. SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER The Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center (Frank Erwin Center) is the competition arena for the UT men’s and women’s basketball programs and also hosts graduations, university events, and numerous concerts and shows. The facility opened in 1977 and has undergone some significant upgrades and renovations. Currently the Frank Erwin Center has a total capacity of 16,540 seats including 28 suites. REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N DENTON A. COOLEY PAVILION Located just south of the Frank Erwin Center, the Denton A. Cooley Pavilion (Cooley Pavilion) opened in 2003 and serves as a practice facility for the UT men’s and women’s basketball programs. Each team has its own dedicated practice space consisting of a full-length court and an additional five practice hoops. Also within Cooley Pavilion are men’s and women’s basketball locker rooms and team lounges, coaches’ offices, team film room, basketball strength and conditioning, and sports medicine facilities. LEE AND JOE JAMAIL TEXAS SWIMMING CENTER The Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center (Texas Swimming Center) was opened in 1979 and is home to the UT men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs. The eight-lane 50-meter pool is nine feet deep and features two movable bulkheads that allow the pool to be converted to a 25-meter or 25-yard course. Because of its depth and bulkhead layout, the facility is considered one of the fastest competition pools in the world. The Texas Swimming Center has a separate diving pool equipped with a fivetier diving tower as well as 10 additional diving springboards. The seating capacity of the Texas Swimming Center is 2,600. GREGORY GYMNASIUM Gregory Gymnasium (Gregory Gym) is operated by UT’s Division of Recreational Sports, which leases the gym to Texas Athletics as the home competition venue for the UT volleyball team. Built in 1930, the gym has seating for 4,000 spectators and includes team locker rooms, player lounge, satellite sports medicine center, meeting rooms, and coaches’ offices. UFCU DISCH-FALK FIELD Located on East Campus and home to the UT baseball program, UFCU Disch-Falk Field (Disch-Falk Field) was built in 1975 and most recently renovated in 2009. The field has seating for 6,649 spectators and includes 19 suites. Baseball team space includes locker rooms, team meeting areas, a skills development area, batting cages, strength and conditioning space (shared with softball), and sports medicine center. The outfield wall ranges from 325 feet to 405 feet from home plate. The field surface is artificial turf. RED AND CHARLINE MCCOMBS FIELD Also located on East Campus, Red and Charline McCombs Field (McCombs Field) opened in 1997 and is home to the UT softball program. The stadium 12 complex includes locker rooms that directly connect to team dugouts, as well as team locker rooms and coaches’ offices. McCombs Field also has batting cages. The outfield is natural grass. INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY AT FRANK DENIUS FIELDS The indoor practice facility (the Bubble) at Frank Denius Fields was added in 2002 and covers a full-length synthetic turf football practice field. The temperature-controlled bubble is 61 feet high at the center and is used by many university teams as well as the Longhorn Band. FRANK DENIUS FIELDS Composed of one full-length practice field and one 90-yard practice field, the Frank Denius Fields are located adjacent to the Bubble and complete the UT football practice area. Both fields are natural grass and have lights for evening use. WHITAKER FIELDS Located three miles north of Main Campus, Whitaker Fields is a collection of multipurpose recreation fields controlled by the Division of Recreational Sports. Intramural and club use includes flag football, soccer, softball, rugby, and tennis. Displaced by the UT Austin Medical District, a temporary home for the UT tennis program has been established at Whitaker Fields and includes renovation to tennis courts, seating, office space, and storage. TEXAS ROWING CENTER The Texas Rowing Center (Rowing Center) is located on Lady Bird Lake southwest of Main Campus. The Rowing Center has ample storage and training space and the calm water coupled with Austin’s climate allows for year-round in-water training. The facility also has team locker rooms, boat storage, and space for 40 ergometers. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS GOLF CLUB AND ACADEMY The University of Texas Golf Club and Academy (Golf Club and Academy) is located at Steiner Ranch in northwest Austin overlooking Lake Austin. The 71-par course is supported by the Golf Academy and a short-game practice area. The Golf Academy contains locker rooms, team rooms, academic facilities, and three hitting bays, each with their own launch monitor viewing and recording system. The Weller Tennis Center is also located at this site. REVISED JANUARY 2016 13 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N PROCESS The master planning process for the Texas Athletics Master Plan consisted of three phases of work: analysis and program, alternatives exploration, and master plan synthesis. The planning process was organized around a regular rhythm of work sessions with a working group composed of senior staff from Campus Planning and Project Management and Intercollegiate Athletics staff responsible for facilities; a master plan leadership team with senior representatives of all Texas Athletics departments with an interest in the plan, including the men’s and women’s athletics directors; and other Texas Athletics stakeholders. During Phase 1 of the planning process, the consultant team met with the Working Group and the Leadership Team, and held in-person and telephone interviews with the coaches of each Texas Athletics sport and other Texas Athletics stakeholders to identify key issues and program needs. These interviews included the following. COACHES AND TEXAS ATHLETICS SPORTS REPRESENTATIVES • Sports Medicine • Sports Performance • Swimming and Diving (Men’s and Women’s) • Tennis (Men’s and Women’s) • Track and Field/Cross Country (Men’s and Women’s) • Volleyball OTHER TEXAS ATHLETICS STAKEHOLDERS • Frank Erwin Center Staff (Events center programming) • Campus Safety & Security • Parking and Transportation Services • Facility Operations and Events Management • Texas Athletics Master Plan Technical Group • Baseball • Longhorn Band • Basketball (Men’s and Women’s) • IMG • Football • Sodexo • Golf (Men’s and Women’s) • Longhorn Network (LHN) • Rowing • Soccer • Softball REVISED JANUARY 2016 The work sessions brought key stakeholders together to review work progress, discuss specific aspects of the plan, and provide direction on critical decisions required for moving forward. Work sessions were held in Austin approximately every four weeks. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N The following is an overview of each phase of work. PHASE 1: ANALYSIS AND PROGRAM Phase 1 focused on identifying key issues for planning, analyzing current conditions, developing a facilities program for each Texas Athletics sport, and exploring initial master plan alternatives. Phase 1 began with an oncampus work session that included meetings with the Working Group and Leadership Team, followed by interviews with representatives of each Texas Athletics sport. The interviews were aimed at surfacing issues specific to each sport, as well as their program needs. Site visits to key athletic venues were also scheduled during the work session. Following the work session, additional telephone interviews were held with several coaches who were unable to meet during the initial campus visit. Phase 1 also involved an analysis of existing athletic venues and potential sites within the context of the overall campus master plan, taking into consideration pedestrian, bicycle, vehicle, and transit access; parking; travel times for student athletes; integration with the broader campus environment; Capitol View Corridors; game day experience; and other issues. Preliminary options for the siting of a replacement events center and basketball practice facility were also explored. The findings of the analysis phase and preliminary basketball facility siting options were synthesized for review in a second work session with the Working Group and Leadership Team, who provided direction for the development of alternatives during Phase 2 of the planning process. PHASE 2: ALTERNATIVES EXPLO RATION Phase 2 of the planning process focused on the accommodation of the program for each sport, and more detailed studies of the potential events center and practice facility sites. The studies examined site capacity, adjacencies, relationships with surroundings uses and other athletic venues, access, service, proximity of parking, impact of Capitol View Corridors, and integration within the overall campus master plan framework. Conceptual budget estimates and a comparative assessment of the different options were prepared to assist in their evaluation. The program accommodation strategies and detailed site studies were presented to the Working Group and Leadership Team at the conclusion of Phase 2. Subsequently, the studies were presented to the university’s 14 Facilities and Space Council to solicit input on the site options and to select a preferred option. The Facilities and Space Council considered broader campus master plan context, competing priorities for university land, and costs in evaluating potential options. PHASE 3: MASTER PLAN SYNTHESIS Phase 3 of the master planning process focused on the refinement of the preferred events center and basketball practice facility site option and documentation of the Texas Athletics Master Plan. While the master planning effort established the program needs and recommended accommodation strategies for most Texas Athletics sports, a satisfactory permanent location for the tennis program had not been identified by this stage in the planning process. This situation prompted the university to initiate a renewed East Campus planning effort to reevaluate opportunities within East Campus. The East Campus master plan facilitated further dialogue with the Blackland community concerning uses that would be compatible with the adjacent residential neighborhood, and explored opportunities to accommodate graduate student housing, parking, as well as additional Texas Athletics uses. Through this effort, the university committed to developing graduate student housing along Leona Street as a buffer between university uses to the west and the residential neighborhood to the east. With this commitment the university was able to gain community support for the development of a replacement tennis center facility. The East Campus master plan identifies a site for a replacement tennis center on the site currently occupied by the Printing and Press Building, and also identifies improvements for the softball and baseball programs. The East Campus master plan suggests the eventual acquisition of several out-parcels the university does not currently own in order to create viable development parcels—an initiative endorsed by community representatives. The identification of a satisfactory site for the Tennis Center and additional Texas Athletics uses within East Campus brought to a conclusion the key unresolved issue in the master plan—facilitating the conclusion of the overall master planning process. The final master plan, which is documented in this report, defines a program and related program accommodation strategy for each Texas Athletics sport, together with overall program priorities. It contains a summary of the events center siting options, with a more detailed description of the preferred option that also highlights key implementation considerations. REVISED JANUARY 2016 15 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N KEY MASTER PLAN DRIVERS AND GOALS KEY MASTER PLAN DRIVERS The Texas Athletics Master Plan was developed based on the following key drivers identified by the Leadership Team early in the planning process. The drivers outlined the overall principles and aspirations for the plan, as well as expectations around facility standards: • Texas Athletics is one of the premier athletic departments in the United States • Texas Athletics is financially self-supporting and returns $10.0 million to $25.0 million to the university annually • Every Texas Athletics program should achieve to an NCAA championship level by: oo Recruiting and retaining the most talented student-athletes oo Attracting and retaining the finest coaches and staff oo Providing state-of-the-art academic support, strength and conditioning, training, and sports medicine programs that emphasize achievement and the overall well-being of studentathletes oo Providing facilities for sports performance, sports science, and nutrition • Every Texas Athletics program should have the best facilities for recruiting student-athletes and serving teams and clients (supporters) • The Texas Athletics Master Plan should refine the 2012 Campus Master Plan to improve and create certainty for the future of athletic facilities • Community relations (in particular East Campus) are factors in master plan development decisions REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 16 GOALS The Leadership Team also outlined the following goals for the master plan: • Create best-in-class athletic facilities that are flexible, functional, efficient, cost effective, and sustainable • Mitigate the challenges of student-athletes’ schedules by locating athletic venues in close proximity to the RMRZ, other athletic facilities, and academic resources • Improve the operational efficiency and convenience of athletic facilities for daily and event-day operations, including service functions, ingress and egress, and safety and security; consider cross- or multi-functional use of facilities for improved efficiency • Create a brand experience for all Texas Athletics stakeholders, including recruits, student-athletes, students, donors, spectators, faculty, staff, visitors, vendors, and corporate sponsors • Emphasize quality standards: safety, Texas hospitality, teamwork and efficiency • Enhance the game-day experience • Promote revenue-generating opportunities for athletic facilities The master plan goals set expectations concerning the outcomes of the planning process, and helped to guide decisions around the program and program accommodation strategies for each Texas Athletics sport. REVISED JANUARY 2016 17 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N ANALYSIS The UT Austin 2012 Campus Master Plan established an overall framework for campus development that addressed the overall structure and organization of the campus and campus systems, and identified a range of campus improvements to be implemented over time. The 2012 Campus Master Plan also identified sites for new university facilities, but in most cases did not assign users or specific programs to these facilities. Most Texas Athletics facilities are located within the area the 2012 Campus Master Plan defined as the Central Campus, which is generally located between Waller Creek, I-35, East Dean Keeton Street and East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and within the East Campus area east of I-35, and bordered primarily by East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Manor Road, and Leona Street. The Frank Erwin Center is located south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard within the new UT Austin Medical District. The following analysis examined Texas Athletics facilities within the context of the 2012 Campus Master Plan framework and proposed improvements for these areas, as well as the master plan for the UT Austin Medical District. REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N UT Golf Club & UT GOLF CLUB AND Weller Tennis Center WELLER TENNIS CENTER 23 23MILES miles 38-46 38-46MINUTES mins UT Golf Club & Weller Tennis Center TEXAS ROWING CENTER 3.5 23 MILES miles 15-20 38-46MINUTES mins UT Rowing Center 3.5 miles 15-20 mins 18 UT Golf Club & Weller Tennis Center WHITAKER FIELDS 223 MILES miles 10-20 38-46 MINUTES mins UT Tennis Center 2 miles 10-20 mins UT Tennis Center 2 miles 10-20 mins UT Rowing Center 3.5 miles 15-20 mins REVISED JANUARY 2016 19 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N TOPOGRAPHY Topography within the Central and East Campus areas ranges from a high elevation of 613 feet north of East Campus, sloping to a low elevation of 475 feet at Waller Creek. East-west grades change 80 feet within Central Campus, including 40 feet from the northeast area to the southwest corner of DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium. Grade changes create opportunities to facilitate service access for future facilities. LAND USE ELEVATION IN FEET VALLEY 610-620 530-540 BUILDINGS 600-610 520-530 CAMP US BOUNDARY 590-600 510-520 580-590 500-510 570-580 490-500 560-570 480-490 550-560 470-480 540-550 REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 20 CAPITOL VIEW CORRIDORS Portions of Central Campus are located within an area subject to Capitol View Corridor (CVC) restrictions. The CVCs establish maximum building heights within the corridor areas in order to preserve views of the Texas Capitol from defined viewpoints. Spot elevations indicate the delta between ground elevations and view corridor height limit. Both the State of Texas and City of Austin have adopted view corridors, which in most cases align. UT’s Office of General Counsel advises that the university is obliged to abide by the state CVCs. All seven CVCs within Central Campus are state view corridors, and five are also adopted by the city. There is a discrepancy between state and city interpretation of CVC 13 elevations; however, the state definition, which is less restrictive, prevails. +20’ +116’ +31’ The following are the CVCs that impact the Central Campus area. State and City • CVC 13: southbound lanes of the I-35 upper deck between Concordia University and the MLK Boulevard overpass • CVC 22: 38th Street and Red River Corridor • CVC 23: Robert Mueller Municipal Airport • CVC 24: MLK Boulevard and I-35 • CVC 25: Oakwood Cemetery 27 29 +71’ +100’ +102’ +123’ +114’ +16’ 13 23 30 24 State Only • CVC 27: Lyndon Baines Johnson Library • CVC 29: field level of Texas Memorial Stadium Practice Center • CVC 30: Texas Swimming Center entrance terrace REVISED JANUARY 2016 21 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N PEDESTRIAN ROUTES AND WALKING DISTANCES FROM DKR-TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM Walkability and proximity are important for student athletes traveling between study, training, practice, and competition venues. Pedestrian travel from the RMRZ and adjacent East Transit Mall ranges from 6 to 16 minutes for most on-campus athletic facilities. Off-campus athletic facilities, including UT Golf Club, Texas Rowing Center, Weller Tennis Center, and UT Tennis Center at Whitaker Fields, are located up to 23 miles from Main Campus, and are beyond walking distance. PEDESTRIAN ROUTES FROM MEMORIAL STADIUM T EN MINUT ES WALKI NG C I R C L E MEMORIAL STADIUM COOLEY PAVILION T EXAS SWIMMING CE NTE R EAST CAMP US AT H L E TI C FI E L DS INDOOR P RACT ICE FI E L DS GREGORY GY M MY ERS STADIUM REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 22 BICYCLE ROUTES Bicycle access provides another means of transit for student athletes. Several City of Austin and on-campus bicycle routes are planned. Proposed routes provide improved access to the stadium and RMRZ facilities. BICYCLE ROUTES TO MEMORIAL STADIUM EXIST ING BIKE LANE P ROP OSED BIKE LA NE FR O M C I TY EXIST ING CLIMBING L ANE EXIST ING WIDE CUR B EXIST ING SH ARED L ANE P ROP OSED BIKE BO UL E VAR D REVISED JANUARY 2016 23 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N CAMPUS BUS ROUTES AND URBAN RAIL The East Transit Mall is a central hub for both UT shuttle and Capital Metro transit buses, and facilitates convenient access to athletic venues located in the RMRZ and Central Campus. The 2012 Campus Master Plan identifies San Jacinto Boulevard as a potential route for future urban rail service currently being planned in Austin. While this route provides excellent access to the stadium and East Transit Mall, impacts of rail service on football game days and ongoing stadium operations need to be considered and addressed in planning. EXISTING SHUTTLE ROUTES EXISTING BUS ROUTES CROSSING P LACE C AME R O N R O AD EAST CAMP US E NFI E L D R O AD FOR T Y ACRES PI C K L E R E SE AR C H C AMPUS FAR WEST W I C K E R SH AM L ANE INT RAMURAL FIELD S LAKE AUST IN LAKESH ORE NOR T H RIVERSIDE RED RIVER WEST CAMP US REVISED JANUARY 2016 POTENTIAL URBAN RAIL PR O PO SE D UR B AN R AI L PR O PO SE D UR B AN R AI L STO PS T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 24 VEHICULAR CIRCULATION San Jacinto Boulevard, Dean Keeton Street, Red River Street, and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard are the major city streets that provide access to Texas Athletics venues located within Central Campus. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION I-35 CIT Y ROAD CAMP US ROAD REVISED JANUARY 2016 25 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N PARKING Several large surface lots and parking garages are located in close proximity to DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium and the Frank Erwin Center, and state garages located on Trinity Street provide additional parking on game days. The 2012 Campus Master Plan proposed four parking garages on existing surface lots to accommodate anticipated growth. Development of surface lots will need to take into consideration and address parking displacement. EXISTING PARKING EXIST ING SURFACE PAR K I NG EXIST ING PARKING GAR AGE GARAGE UNDER CO NSTR UC TI O N REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 26 UTILITIES Utilities are located within several corridors in Central Campus. Electricity, gas, stormwater, and chilled water and steam utilities run north-south along Robert Dedman Drive. Chilled water and steam, sanitary sewer, electricity, and gas lines also run east-west along Clyde Littlefield Drive. Development of sites within Central Campus will require confirmation of utility infrastructure capacity and may require utility relocation in some instances. The planned relocation of a gas line may impact development south of the Recreational Sports Center. EXISTING UTILITIES ELECT RICIT Y GAS SANITARY CH ILLED/ H OT WAT E R WAT ER ST ORM REVISED JANUARY 2016 27 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENT DAY EXPERIENCE Game days for major sporting events attract large populations to the UT campus. A key issue for Texas Athletics is management of game-day events to ensure safety, a high-quality fan experience, efficient operations, and positive community relations. The following is an overview of game-day conditions for major sports events. FOOTBALL (DKR-TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM) Football game day brings vitality to the campus with tailgating and social events within the campus lawns, plazas, and surface parking lots. Vehicular access and traffic flow to the campus is controlled from the periphery of the Core and Central Campus areas. Longhorn Foundation patrons are directed to designated Longhorn Foundation surface parking lots and garages throughout the Central and East Campus areas. Other parking is provided within East Campus and UT, City of Austin, and state parking lots and garages south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. As surface parking lots become repurposed for other campus uses, alternative tailgating and parking options need to be considered. Longhorn Foundation hospitality areas are set up at various locations within DKR, to the north outside of the Texas Performing Arts Center, and to the south at Moncrief-Neuhaus Center. A high percentage of spectators enter the stadium from Gate 1, and other major entrances include Gates 8, 25, and 32. Planning for this area of campus needs to take into consideration pedestrian flows to the major stadium entrances and from east to west within DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium. Concessions and restrooms on the east side of the stadium are reported to create bottlenecks at the ends of the stadium. REVISED JANUARY 2016 = 500 People T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 28 MEMORIAL STADIUM C T R AF FIC CO NTRO L PO INT E N T R A NCE S E S E R V ICE ENTRA NCE S O L E ENTRY PO INT F O R CO M M ERCIA L V E H I CLES , LIM O S , A ND TA XIS P R E - GA M E PLAYERS ’ WA LK M E M O RIA L S TA DIU M L O N GHO RN F O U NDATIO N PA RK ING L O N GHO RN F O U NDATIO N GA RA GE D I S ABILITY PA RKING $ 2 0 R V PA RKING S T UDENT PA RKING BUS PARKING G AT H ERING A REA REVISED JANUARY 2016 29 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N BASKETBALL (FRANK ERWIN CENTER) Vehicular access to the Frank Erwin Center occurs from Red River Street and I-35 Frontage Road. Vehicles are directed to parking in UT, City of Austin, and state lots and garages within a short walk of the arena. There is reserved Longhorn Foundation parking in Lot 118 and Lot 108. An alternative location for Longhorn Foundation parking will be required when these lots are eventually replaced for other campus uses. Primary pedestrian flows occur from surrounding parking areas, including state garages west of Trinity Street. Consideration will need to be given to managing pedestrian flows through the UT Austin Medical District as it is developed. Texas Athletics would like to improve the game-day experience to draw spectators into the Frank Erwin Center before the start of games. FRANK ERWIN CENTER FRANK ER WIN CENTE R LONGH ORN FOUND ATI O N PAR K I NG DISABILIT Y PARKING $7 P UBLIC PARKING GAR AGE $12 P UBLIC PARKING $1 2 ENT RANCE REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N TRACK AND SOCCER 30 (MYERS STADIUM) Vehicular access to Myers Stadium is controlled from the campus edges. There is reserved Longhorn Foundation parking at Lot 37, and the parking lot south of Myers Stadium is used for athlete staging and officials. An alternative parking location will be required if this lot is eventually replaced for other campus uses. Primary pedestrian gates are located at the northwest, northeast, and southeast corners, and the athlete entrance is located at the southeast corner. Concessions and restrooms on the west side of the stadium are reported to create bottlenecks at the ends of the stadium. MYERS STADIUM MY ERS STADIUM ENT RANCE REVISED JANUARY 2016 31 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N BASEBALL (UFCU DISCH-FALK FIELD) The primary vehicular access to UFCU Disch-Falk Field occurs from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Reserved Longhorn Foundation parking is close to the stadium and public parking is off Comal Street to the north and Leona Street to the east. The primary pedestrian entrance to the field occurs along the third base line. Texas Athletics would like to improve the game-day spectator experience with events both inside and outside of gates before, during, and after games. UFCU DISCH-FALK FIELD UFCU DISCH -FALK F I E L D LONGH ORN FOUNDATI O N PAR K I NG DISABILIT Y PARKING P UBLIC PARKING GA R AGE P UBLIC PARKING $5 ENT RANCE REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N SOFTBALL 32 (MCCOMBS FIELD) The primary vehicular access to McCombs Field also occurs from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Similarly, reserved Longhorn Foundation parking is close to the stadium and public parking is off Comal Street to the north and Leona Street to the east. The primary McCombs Field entrance is located behind home plate at the corner of Comal Street and East 20th Street. MCCOMBS FIELD MCCOMBS FIELD LONGH ORN FOUNDATI O N PAR K I NG DISABILIT Y PARKING P UBLIC PARKING GA R AGE P UBLIC PARKING $5 ENT RANCE REVISED JANUARY 2016 33 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N TEXAS ATHLETICS PROGRAM AND FACILITY NEEDS B A CK GROUND AND SU M M A RY The Texas Athletics master planning process began with stakeholder interviews with Texas Athletics leadership together with representatives of each sport to identify current and long-term athletic facility needs and requests. In addition, Texas Athletics maintains a capital projects list that includes ongoing maintenance and planned upgrades to existing facilities, which was shared with the consultant team to supplement the needs and requests identified in the stakeholder interviews. This information was consolidated to create a comprehensive facilities program for Texas Athletics, which was reviewed with the master plan Leadership Team and confirmed with the various coaches. The facilities program consists of shared facilities for student athletes, such as strength and conditioning, sports medicine, academic support, dining, and nutrition, together with detailed facility programs for each Texas Athletics sport and auxiliary unit. The Leadership Team identified major priorities from the overall program, which are listed alphabetically, together with general facility improvements. The detailed programs for shared sports training facilities and for each Texas Athletics sport follow. REVISED JANUARY 2016 ATHLETIC FACILITIES MAJOR PRIORITIES • Athletics nutrition center in RMRZ including dining, kitchen, fueling station, and nutrition, completed September 2015 • Baseball—UFCU Disch-Falk Field player development improvements, team operations upgrades, and family-friendly areas • Basketball—Replace Cooley Pavilion with a new practice facility • Replace Frank Erwin Center with a new events center on or off campus • DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium South End Zone addition and Moncrief Neuhaus Center • Golf—Short game facility upgrades and course upgrades • Rowing—On-campus training facility and modest upgrades at existing facility • Soccer—New dedicated stadium and practice field facility • Softball—McCombs Stadium upgrades • Swimming—Outdoor swimming and diving pool, upgrades to student athlete areas • Tennis—New outdoor facility • Track and Field—Myers Stadium and Mithoff Fieldhouse upgrades • Master production room and video master control room T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N GENERAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS • Improve overall technology in all venues, including video, audio, wi-fi, and credit card processing in all facilities • Add storage in all facilities • Create revenue-generating amenities • Develop solution for lost surface parking for game-day tailgating • Create new tailgating and game-day experiences • Add Longhorn Network (LHN) production location with proximity to multiple venues • Create satellite player development areas at venues with limited services, including strength and conditioning, sports medicine, and nutrition • Create athletic housing opportunities on campus • Add or replace electronic video display in all venues • Add sports field space 34 The list of on and off-campus Texas Athletics facilities for which upgrades and improvements are proposed is noted on the following plan of the campus, and a detailed description is provided in the program summary for each Texas Athletics sport. Proposed facility locations include Main Campus, Whitaker Field, and East Campus. The list of new facilities is noted on the subsequent plan, and the general program for these facilities is also described in the program summaries. For these facilities, the intent is to ensure campus land is preserved over the long term to meet the needs of Texas Athletics sports, given competing demand from other university constituents. A key driver of the master plan is the need to identify a site for the replacement of the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Center and Denton A. Cooley Pavilion, given their potential displacement by future development within the evolving UT Austin Medical District. The program summary for basketball that follows describes the current maintenance needs and upgrades identified for these facilities, while section 6.0 of this report identifies potential future locations for the facilities when they are eventually replaced. REVISED JANUARY 2016 35 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N Eas tD ean Kee ton Stre et vard Robert Dedman D rive 4 San Jacinto Boule East 23rd Street 2 Clyde Li ttlefield ad or Ro Man Drive 1 eet a Str ON CAMPUS Re dR ive r Str ee t 3 I-35 reet al St Ea POTENTIAL NEW FACILITIES Leon Com 5 treet st S st 21 East M artin L uther artin King Jr. Bo M East er Luth Jr. King rd leva Bou 1 DK R SO UTH E ND ZO NE 2 B ASK E TB AL L PR AC TI C E FAC I L I TY 3 NE W E VE NTS C E NTE R ,I F O N C AMPUS 4 I NDO O R FO O TB AL L PR AC TI C E FAC I L I TY uleva rd 5 NE W O UTDO O R TE NNI S FAC I L I TY (E AST C AMPUS) OFF CAMPUS SO C C E R STADI UM AND PR AC TI C E FI E L D REVISED JANUARY 2016 36 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N Eas tD Kee ton Stre et vard Robert Dedman D rive ean San Jacinto Boule East 23rd Street 1 3 7 8 9 10 dR Re R E D MC CO M B S RED Z O NE M O N C R I E F - NEU HA U S CENTER M Y E R S T RA CK A ND S O CCER S TA DIU M 8 ive r D K R - T E X AS M EM O RIA L S TA DIU M t Stree I-35 Str ee t G R E G O RY GYM 21st East eet a Str 6 reet 5 6 Leon 4 al St 4 Drive Com 3 ttlefield 5 ON CAMPUS 2 Clyde Li 2 P OTENTIALLY UPGRADED FACILITIES 1 ad or Ro Man artin L uther King g Jr. East 7 East M 9 Jr. Bo uleva rd M I T H O F F F IELDHO U S E J AM AI L T EX A S S WIM M ING CENTER M C C O MB S F IELD ( S O F TB A LL) UF C U D I SCH- FA LK F IELD ( B A S EBA LL) O UT D O O R S WIM M ING A ND DIV ING WELL OFF CAMPUS T E X AS R OWING CENTER UT G O L F CLU B A ND A CA DEM Y WE L L E R T ENNIS CENTER rd leva Bou u tin L Mar Kin ther REVISED JANUARY 2016 37 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N DE TA ILED FACI LI TY P R OG R A M S The following are the detailed facility programs for shared sports training facilities, including strength and conditioning, sports medicine and nutrition, and academic support for student athletes, and for each Texas Athletics sport. BASEBALL UFCU DISCH-FALK FIELD—TEAM FACILITIES PLAYER DEVELOPMENT FACILITY • Add new enclosed player development area with conditioned training space including four mounds, six batting cages, and storage • Create indoor practice with full baseball and softball turf infield, and club area for pre-game meals • Upgrade baseball operations • Centralize athletic training with sports medicine and strength and conditioning • Aquire land to accommodate the player development facility UFCU DISCH-FALK FIELD—BASEBALL STADIUM • Create family-friendly areas including kid-zone behind the plaza area on the third base side • Add seating options, including outfield, club environment, hospitality suite, and covered bullpens with seating • Create temporary seating areas for larger games • Improve pedestrian circulation around field within perimeter fence • Convert left field grass area to concrete for concessions and sponsors • Add party deck or concessions and restrooms near left field foul pole • Add branding, signage, statistics, history, and memorabilia to concourse • Replace synthetic turf • Add ribbon board on the top of the outfield wall • Replace old scoreboard with a new interactive video board REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N East Storage Area and Party Deck 21s 38 et t Stre 20 East th St reet UFCU Disch-Falk Field Com Familyfriendly area al St reet Player Development Area M East artin Lut ing her K Jr. B oule vard REVISED JANUARY 2016 39 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N BASKETBALL (MEN’S AND WOMEN’S) NEW FACILITIES NEW EVENTS CENTER—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS PRACTICE FACILITY • Seating capacity of 12,000 to 18,000 • Multipurpose function The following program elements were requested for a basketball practice facility, to replace the Cooley Pavilion in a new facility: • Premium seating and special functions • Team locker room, lounges, and film room for men • Proximity and convenience to parking for vehicle and pedestrian access • Team locker room, lounges, and film room for women • Image is important • Strength and conditioning shared by both teams with additional cardio space at court level • Location on or adjacent to campus is preferred • Sports medicine with hydro and pool therapy • Men’s and women’s staff locker rooms • Men’s and women’s student manager locker rooms NEW EVENTS CENTER—LOADING AND SERVICE (FOR NON-BASKETBALL EVENTS) • Five loading docks • Court space including two full side by side for each team • Separate access for food deliveries and for trash • • Event truck parking close to the events center Filming space above court and at court level with wire for video capability • TV production and satellite trucks • Coaches’ offices with video editing • Freight elevators • Hall of fame and history space that is visible by visitors • Utility infrastructure • Branding opportunities • Shared equipment and laundry room • Storage at each practice court facility NEW EVENTS CENTER—FEATURES • Large atrium entrance area • State of the art sound system • Ancillary space to support events center, e.g. reception hall NEW EVENTS CENTER—TEAM FACILITIES • Locker rooms, training room, warm-up space, equipment room REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 40 Basketball Practice Facility Clyde Littlefie ld Driv e DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Re dR ive rS tre et Robert Dedham Drive Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium Events Center, if on campus REVISED JANUARY 2016 41 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N FOOTBALL MONCRIEF-NEUHAUS CENTER TEAM FACILITIES • Renovate and add locker rooms including student athletes, coaches, and support staff • Create new offices for coaches and support staff • Create a player development suite • Renovate team and position meeting rooms • Renovate sports medicine, hydrotherapy, and exam rooms • Renovate weight room • Renovate player and staff lounges • Add media relations room • Add video editing suite • Renovate entry lobby • Add storage • Expand equipment room INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY • Add permanent indoor football practice facility • Possibly relocate closer to Moncrief-Neuhaus Center DENIUS FIELDS • Build two full outdoor practice fields • Add camera towers at upper field • Renovate natural grass fields REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 42 San Jacinto Boulevard Robert Dedham Drive Indoor Practice Facility Denius Fields East 23rd Street DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium South End Zone Clyde Littlefie ld Driv e Myers Track and Soccer Stadium MoncriefNeuhaus Center REVISED JANUARY 2016 43 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N DKR-TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM The proposed improvements to DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium will improve the operational efficiency of the stadium, enhance the gameday experience, and promote revenue generation. SOUTH END ZONE • Expand South End Zone • Improve customer experience • Add premium seating with suites, loge spaces, and club spaces • Add Longhorn Network game-day space STADIUM IMPROVEMENTS • Renovate westside concourses, Levels 5, 7, and 11 • New signage, directionals, and informational maps • Upgrade sound system including sound room—east and west sides • Improve overall technology in all venues, including video, audio, wi-fi, and credit card processing • Add Gate 25 lower plaza office • Add elevator car to gold and silver side • Renovate Terrace Club pods • Update sound system and add video wall in Touchdown Club REVISED JANUARY 2016 Dedma n Drive 44 DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Robert San Jacinto Boule vard T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N South End Zone REVISED JANUARY 2016 45 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N GOLF (MEN’S AND WOMEN’S) UT GOLF CLUB GOLF COURSE • 5th hole: knock down hill/relevel two sections of the fairway, completed August 2015 • 6th hole: raise tee boxes • 7th hole: decomposed granite path has been added to back tee oo Add teeing ground oo Raise area to the left of the green/relevel left side of the green (addition) • 8th hole: rebuild green and add bunker • 13th hole: raise area to the left of the green/relevel left side of the green (addition) UT GOLF CLUB SHORT COURSE AND PRACTICE AREA • Add 6-hole short course composed of teeing grounds, fairways, bunkers, and greens UT GOLF CLUB PRACTICE FACILITY UPGRADES, completed August 2015 • Add eight trees • Expand hitting area in front of Academy • Level practice tee • Relevel areas of the driving range UT GOLF CLUB NURSERY • Add nursery area for various grass species on course REVISED JANUARY 2016 Practice Area 47 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N ROWING TEXAS ROWING CENTER • Add air conditioning and heating at rowing center • Renovate shower area or expand boathouse to south • Upgrade landscaping MAIN CAMPUS • Add training facility with rowing machines, ergs, bikes, and team meeting room REVISED JANUARY 2016 m?KoH. a: A?m h9>m=D 49 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N SOCCER MYERS STADIUM AND SOCCER FIELD • Create press box and add camera position on roof level (east or west) • Improve access in and around stadium • Add portable concessions • Improve ticket offices • Add permanent camera positions behind soccer goals • Create secure space for production and satellite trucks • Upgrade video board • Improve aesthetics of east side structure and paint perimeter fence • Update infrastructure for connectivity and television NEW SOCCER STADIUM FACILITY • Natural grass field: 225 feet by 360 feet • Seating capacity: 3,000 • Team facilities • Sports lighting, scoreboard, and fencing NEW PRACTICE SOCCER FIELD • Natural grass field: 225 feet by 360 feet • Drills area for small group practices • Sports lighting and fencing Texas Athletics acknowledges the need for a new dedicated soccer competition stadium and practice field, both with natural grass, and all the appropriate support facilities. Both East Campus and Whitaker Field were considered; however, a final location was not determined. REVISED JANUARY 2016 New Practice Soccer Field New Soccer Stadium Facility 50 Dedham Drive T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N Robert Basketball Practice Facility Clyde Littlefie ld Driv e DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Re dR ive rS tre et Myers Track and Soccer Stadium Events Center, if on campus REVISED JANUARY 2016 51 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N SOFTBALL MCCOMBS FIELD—TEAM FACILITIES • Renovate and remodel team locker rooms • Renovate coaches, visiting team, and officials locker rooms • Improve athlete amenity spaces including meeting room, video analysis, video watching, nutrition, teaching, and multipurpose space • Create centralized athletic training center for East Campus including sports medicine and strength and conditioning MCCOMBS FIELD—SOFTBALL STADIUM • Increase seating capacity from 1,250 to 1,500–2,000 • Add permanent parking pad for TV production trucks and staging areas • Add video towers to center field • Renovate and add premium seating options including infield chairbacks, covered seating, suites, club seating, outfield picnic area and party deck • Add padded outfield fence and replace field fencing • Renovate bullpens • Extend netting down foul lines • Add storage and maintenance building in right field • Create permanent camera position platforms and flash camera positions REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N East 21st Stree 52 t McCombs Field East 20th Stree t Leo na S tree t Com al St reet East tin Mar Luth er K i r. B ng J oule vard REVISED JANUARY 2016 53 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N SWIMMING (MEN’S AND WOMEN’S) LEE AND JOE JAMAIL TEXAS SWIMMING CENTER • Add outdoor swimming pool • Add outdoor diving well or add indoor dry land diving facility • Renovate team locker room facilities (55 lockers for both teams) REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 54 Events Center, if on campus Jamail Texas Swimming Center East M artin Luthe r King Jr. Bo ule tre rS ive Outdoor Swimming Pool and Diving Well et rd dR uleva Re o Bo Robert D edman D rive S cint an Ja vard REVISED JANUARY 2016 55 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N TENNIS (MEN’S AND WOMEN’S) At the conclusion of the 2014 season, the Penick-Allison Tennis Center was removed to accommodate the development of the new Dell Medical School campus. Through a separate planning process for the university’s East Campus area, a permanent site for the Tennis Center was identified on land currently occupied by the University of Texas Press and Document Solutions. The new Tennis Center will provide world-class facilities and resources for both the men’s and women’s tennis programs, while enabling UT to continue to host conference, national, and international competitions. Until a new facility is constructed, the men’s and women’s tennis teams will use temporary outdoor tennis facilities at Whittaker Field, Caswell Tennis Park, and Westwood Country Club. NEW OUTDOOR TENNIS FACILITY The new outdoor facility will contain the following elements: • 12 competition courts • Spectator seating capacity for 1,500 • Welcome center and lounge for visiting teams • Digital and broadcast capabilities • Locker rooms for home and visiting teams • Training room • Players’ lounge • Stringing room • Coaches’ offices and locker rooms • Infrastructure for temporary and/or permanent scoreboards REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N Man or Ro 56 ad 1st S treet I-3 5 2 East Leo Outdoor Tennis Facility na S t al St tree Com reet Events Center, if on campus East Ma East rtin L uthe r Jr. King Boule 20th t Stree vard REVISED JANUARY 2016 57 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N TRACK AND FIELD (MEN’S AND WOMEN’S) MYERS STADIUM AND SOCCER FIELD • Add multiuse restroom and concessions facility to be shared between track facility and football game day • Add track suites on west side with joint use for football tailgating with expanded hospitality • Create press box and add camera position on roof level (east or west) • Improve access in and around stadium • Add portable concessions • Improve ticket office • Create secure space for production and satellite trucks • Improve throwing area surface • Upgrade video board • Improve aesthetics of east side structure and paint perimeter fence MITHOFF FIELDHOUSE—TRACK AND FIELD TEAM FACILITIES • Renovate men’s and women’s team locker rooms • Add team meeting room in basement • Upgrade men’s and women’s team lounge • Increase size of sports medicine zone with nutrition area • Renovate staff locker rooms • Add officials locker room • Combine men’s and women’s equipment rooms • Renovate and expand sports medicine and add nutrition area • Add hall of fame and display area REVISED JANUARY 2016 58 Robert Dedha m Driv e T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N Clyde L ittlefie ld Drive Throwing Area Myers Track and Soccer Stadium Re dR ive rS tre et Mithoff Fieldhouse Events Center, if on campus REVISED JANUARY 2016 59 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N VOLLEYBALL GREGORY GYMNASIUM • Update locker room and team room • Improve audio/visual • Improve customer experience on game day • Add point of sales for games • Create Longhorn Network (LHN) off-street parking areas • Add food and concessions options at outdoor mall BEACH VOLLEYBALL • Add venue • Add locker rooms REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 60 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 REVISED JANUARY 2016 61 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT FACILITIES Sports training facilities at UT combine sports medicine, strength and conditioning, and sports nutrition. The following improvements benefit all student-athletes by creating flexible and functional facilities that mitigate the challenges of the student-athlete schedule. SPORTS TRAINING FACILITIES • • Texas Athletics nutrition center on Level 6 of the Red McCombs Red Zone including dining, kitchen, fueling station, and nutrition to help better support the nutritional needs of the student-athlete, completed September 2015 Enlarge sports training facility at RMRZ to accommodate more student athletes and medical resources. AUXILIARY FACILITIES LONGHORN NETWORK • Add master production room on campus • Add video master control room • Create common production truck locations • Provide convenient access to meeting room, storage, and restrooms for LHN trucks • Create secure fenced and covered compound for all trucks • Add side-of-game cameras to all venues IMG • Add sports drug testing area with a secure testing space, rest rooms, and waiting area • In office space, include 14 offices, open work space, reception area, conference room, copy and work room, and kitchen • Add nutrition space at every facility, including large refrigeration, food warming, preparation, serving, and office space • Maintain proximate parking for employees and visitors • Create central nutrition storage space and refrigerator space SODEXO/1883 PROVISIONS • Identify and retain resources to establish an applied sports sciences center to monitor for athletic performance, recovery, and training loads • Improve and add storage, power, technology, and infrastructure to all venues • Separate food delivery from loading dock • In new arena, create office space for employee growth LONGHORN BAND REVISED JANUARY 2016 • Provide dedicated outdoor practice facility with football striping, tower, and permanent sound system • Improve sound reflection, additional storage, and seating at DKRTexas Memorial Stadium • Add secure changing area, specialty seating, and amplification for basketball pep band 63 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N Events Center, if on campus Basketball Practice Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium New Outdoor Tennis Facility UFCU Disch-Falk Field Events Center, if on campus UFCU Disch-Falk Field REVISED JANUARY 2016 New Outdoor Tennis Facility McCombs Field T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N Basketball Practice 64 McCombs Field New Outdoor Tennis Facility UFCU Disch-Falk Field Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Events Center, if on campus REVISED JANUARY 2016 65 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER AND BASKETBALL PRACTICE FACILITY SITE OPTIONS INTRODUCTION The master plan consultant team explored several alternative site options for the replacement of the Frank Erwin Center and Cooley Pavilion, which are expected to be displaced over time by future development within the UT Austin Medical District. The studies tested the capacity of each site to accommodate these facilities, taking into consideration preferred adjacencies, relationships with other athletic venues, displacements, impact of Capitol View Corridors, access, service, parking, utility locations, and integration within the overall 2012 Campus Master Plan framework. To assist in the evaluation of the options, the consultant team prepared conceptual budget estimates for each option, and created an evaluation matrix that compared them. REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 66 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS PREFERRED SITE AND OPERATION CONDITIONS 50-foot width for general circulation 100-foot width at secondary entrances 150-foot width at primary entrances Service/truck loading area will depend on orientation, approach, turning radii and grades TV truck parking for 6 trucks (or full production studio) Bus parking for 10 tour buses immediately adjacent Tour truck parking for 25 (between loadin and load-out) PROGRAM ELEMENT GSF Spectator seating 117,500 Spectator circulation 133,000 Spectator facilities 41,500 Premium facilities 70,000 Player/performer facilities 36,500 Media/game-day operations 6,000 Food service facilities 20,000 Administrative facilities 9,500 Academic facilities - Auxillary facilities - Support and building operations 54,500 Building services 36,500 Total Conditioned Areas 525,000 REVISED JANUARY 2016 67 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N SITE 5 Working Group and Leadership Team, and ultimately presented to the Facilities Space Council. The options included the following: • SITE 1 • Events center: northeast corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and San Jacinto Boulevard on site of existing Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center and School of Social Work Building • Practice Facility: site of University Police building The master plan did not evaluate any site outside the boundary of the main UT Austin campus. “Site 5” refers to the possibility that other sites might be considered in the future, such as a site located on UT Austin property not contiguous with the main campus. Also, a site not on UT Austin property could be considered if a collaborative process between UT Austin, the community and possibly the private sector provides evidence that such an arena could be feasible. PREFERRED SITE, IF ON CAMPUS • Events center: east side of San Jacinto Boulevard on site of the School of Social Work Building and Recreational Sports Center While there were advantages and disadvantages associated with each site, the Facilities and Space Council expressed a preference for the Site 3 option if on campus, for several reasons: • Practice Facility: site of the University Police Building • Development of the events center would require less displacement than most of the other options, so construction could occur within an earlier timeframe than on other sites, and overall development • There are fewer competing uses for the site, and the sites along San Jacinto Boulevard would be preserved for future academic, medical, or research use • Adjacencies with other Texas Athletics venues would create a more integrated athletics district within Central Campus, with convenient access to shared facilities SITE 2 SITE 2A • Events center: east side of San Jacinto Boulevard on site of the School of Social Work Building, Recreational Sports Center, and Moncrief-Neuhaus Center, with integrated replacement facilities for Moncrief-Neuhaus • Practice Facility: integrated with new events center on south side of site SITE 3 • Events center: between Robert Dedman Drive and Red River Street, south of Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium • Practice Facility: Lot 37 SITE 4 • • Events center: between Robert Dedman Drive and Red River Street, south of Dean Keeton Street Practice Facility: site of the University Police Building SITE 4A • Events center: between Robert Dedman Drive and Red River Street, south of Dean Keeton Street • Practice Facility: Lot 39 REVISED JANUARY 2016 Based on the Facilities and Space Council’s direction, the consultant team prepared a more detailed study of Site 3 that further explored both the events center program, including seating capacity and conceptual layouts, and the integration of the center within the site and surrounding vehicular, pedestrian, and service access; building height and grades relative to Capitol View Corridors; and utility displacements. The preferred site for the Basketball Practice facility is Lot 37, and not on the site of the Police Building, as was originally discussed for Site 3. This preferred alternative, site 3, is studied further in the next section, followed by overviews of all of the explored site options. 68 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N Eas tD ean Kee ton Stre et vard Robert Dedman D rive 4 4A San Jacinto Boule East 23rd Street University Police Building Clyde Li Lot 37 ttlefield . or Rd Man Drive st St. E 21 2A Str ee Re dR ive r I-35 3 t 2 1 East M artin L # uther King Jr. Bo East vard oule Jr. B uth tin L Mar ing er K uleva rd E V E NTS C E N TER S ITE O P T I ONS , IF O N C A M PU S REVISED JANUARY 2016 69 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS SITE CONCEPT The concept for site option 3 places the events center south of Myers Stadium between Red River Street and Robert Dedman Drive on Lot 70. The desired program is a tight fit on this site particularly across the east-west axis between the Student Recreation Center and Red River Street. Potential adjustments to the Red River Street alignment might allow the facility to shift to the east for improvements to Myers Stadium and Mithoff Fieldhouse and could create more space around the events center and benefit the pedestrian experience. If the new events center is built at this location, particular attention should be given to the position of the building relative to site boundaries, Capitol View Corridor 13, circulation around the facility, service access and service tunnel design relative to the utility tunnel within Dedman Drive, and design of the pedestrian realm. Major pedestrian entrances to the events center are provided at the northwest and southwest corners of the building along Robert Dedman Drive, and the northeast corner from Red River Street. An improved pedestrian plaza along the south side of the Recreational Sports Center connects San Jacinto Boulevard to the Robert Dedman Drive entrances. REVISED JANUARY 2016 Basketball Practice Events center, if on campus 5 South End Zone I-3 The basketball programs require seating for approximately 12,000 spectators; however, the entertainment market and the business model for this venue in Austin suggest a need for a minimum of 13,500 seats for concerts. The new events center size program was generated from this premise, and assumed a stage at one end with 180 degrees of viewing, and the ability to fit a full-sized ice hockey rink on the floor, should one be added. The resulting seating capacity for basketball is 15,300, if the upper level seating is omitted at the stage end. If the entire upper level ring is filled with seating, the events center’s maximum capacity could be as high as 17,450 seats. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 70 Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium MoncriefNeuhaus Center Mithoff Fieldhouse Recreation Center Events Center, if on campus REVISED JANUARY 2016 71 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N Site option 3 is located within Capitol View Corridor 13 (CVC 13), which generates elevation limits of approximately 632 feet along Red River Street and 644 feet along Robert Dedman Drive. CVC 13 rises towards the north as does the topography of the site. Sinking the events center into this grade change will position the building within the CVC limit and reduce its overall scale on the site, while also facilitating below-grade service access from San Jacinto. While the appropriate events center floor elevation and its relationship to grade will need to be confirmed, the current option 3 diagram accommodates the higher seating requirement with additional seating along the north side of the upper level, resulting in a roof form that slopes north to south and conforms to the CVC 13 height limits. Mithoff Fieldhouse 54’ 95’ Recreation Center 60’ The service access tunnel from San Jacinto Boulevard connecting to the west side of the events center also takes advantage of the grade changes between San Jacinto Boulevard and Robert Dedman Drive to reach the event floor level of the events center. A major utility tunnel extends north-south along Dedman Drive, so further study of the service tunnel is required to avoid significant utility relocation costs. Events center, if on campus 40’ Chilling Station #7 REVISED JANUARY 2016 Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 72 PROPOSED PARKING WITHIN 10-MINUTE WALKING CIRCLE UT OWNED PARKING SPACES LOT 118 STR E E T 21ST 40 61 SAN JAC I NTO SO UTH 252 SPE E DWAY GAR AGE 90 TR G 994 BRG 1,533 MAG 1,192 MO B GAR AGE MAG-1192 21st-61 878* GAR AGE 2 1,600 GAR AGE 3 1,000 TOTAL UT OWNED SPACES 7,640 NON-UT OWNED PARKING SPACES Speedway-90 G AR AGE SJ-252 B 757 G 242 R 1,687 Q GARAGE 2-1600 BRG-1533 3,444 TOTAL PARKING SPACES TRG-994 758 TOTAL NON-UT OWNED SPACES 11,331 Garage R-1687 L118-40 Garage Q-758 S AN JAC I NTO GAR AGE (SJG-UT) G AR AGE A (NO N-UT) Garage G-242 S E TO N GAR AGE (NO N-UT) 1,022 854 1,298 * H O SPI TAL PAR K I NG I S APPR O X I MATE LY MOB Garage 878 Garage B-757 1 ,756, ASSUMI NG 50% O F I T C O UL D BE USE D AS GAME -DAY PAR K I NG GARAGE 3-1000 NOT E: 350 SF P ER ST RUCT URED PARKING REVISED JANUARY 2016 73 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N PROGRAM—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS NET EVENTS CENTER AREA • Area required for suites, loges and associated seating: 40,150 GSF The events center concept has a programmed seating capacity target of 15,300 seats for basketball (13,500 for end-stage concerts) and an overall programmed area of 656,739 gross square feet. The events center could likely accommodate a facility up to 700,000 square feet, which includes approximately 15,700 square feet of area that would be located directly under Robert Dedman Drive, to facilitate loading and service. • Area currently shown for support and social space: 61,900 GSF (this number could go up or down, depending on Texas Athletics requirements) SEATING CAPACITY—BASKETBALL Basketball (including retractable and floor seating within 656,739 GSF): 15,300 SEATING CAPACITY—CONCERT SPECTATOR SEATING CAPACITY (15,302) LOWER DECK ST UD E NT 1,520 LOWER DECK GENE R AL 5,238 LOWER DECK CLUB 1,200 MID DECK CLUB 1,878 MID DECK LOGE 132 MID DECK SUITE 768 UP P ER DECK GENE R AL 4,566 SQUARE FOOTAGE SUMMARY (656,739 GSF) NSF The following numbers represent various concert configurations, and assumes there are no side-stage seats in the counts. 1.0 SIT E REQUIREMENT S 0 2.0 SP ECTAT OR SEAT ING 101,524 • 3.0 SP ECTAT OR CIRCULATI O N • • End Stage: 13,550 Half House: 9,350 Theater: 3,250 By placing the stage in various locations, in coordination with curtaining opportunities, a new events center would be flexible enough to accommodate concert capacities ranging anywhere from just a few hundred up to the 13,500 noted in the end-stage configuration. SUITES AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT AND SOCIAL SPACE Current conceptual plans illustrate 48 suites (as requested by Texas Athletics) each with 12 fixed seats (three rows of four) and four barstools. Suite sizes vary due to geometry of the building, with the smallest suite measuring 400 actual square feet. This level also includes 35 loge boxes, each with four seats. The current plan maxes out all available space on that level, but there would be flexibility to mix and match number of suites. • Number of suites: 48 (each with 12 fixed seats and 4 barstools) • Number of loge boxes: 35 (each with seating for four) REVISED JANUARY 2016 GSF 132,730 + 0 4.0 SP ECTAT OR FACILIT IE S 38,650 + 4,300 5.0 P REMIUM FACILIT IES 92,720 + 16,370 6.0 P LAY ER/ P ERFORMER FAC I L I TI E S 44,220 + 11,060 4,395 + 1,100 16,200 + 4,050 2,810 7.0 MEDIA AND GAME-DAY O PE R ATI O NS 8.0 FOOD SER VICE FACIL I TI E S 9.0 ADMINIST RAT IVE FACI L I TI E S 8,420 + 10.0 ACADEMIC FACILIT IE S 0 + 0 11.0 AUXILLARY FACILIT I E S 8,000 + 2,670 12.0 SUP P OR T AND BUILDI NG O PE R ATI O NS 96,050 + 32,020 13.0 BUILDING SER VICES 35,500 + 3,950 578,409 + 78,330 SUBTOTAL CONDITIONED AREAS FUTURE EXPANSION: ENCLOSE OPEN END WITH SIMILAR NUMBER OF ROWS • Enclose the open (west) end of the seating bowl with additional rows at the club level and upper deck level to connect the south and north sides • Seating Capacity: 17,450 for basketball T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 74 EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 75 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 76 EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 77 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 78 EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 79 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 80 EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 81 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 82 EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 83 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 84 EVENTS CENTER—PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS REVISED JANUARY 2016 85 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS LONG SECTION SAN JACINTO REVISED JANUARY 2016 RECREATION SPORTS CENTER DEDMAN DR T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 86 CVC 13 644’ 637’ 632’ 630’ 604’ 584’ 570’ 557’ 544’ 544’ 520’ 520’ EVENTS CENTER RED RIVER RD REVISED JANUARY 2016 87 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, IF ON CAMPUS SHORT SE CTION 641’ CVC 13 643’ 604’ 570’ 544’ 520’ MANOR GARAGE REVISED JANUARY 2016 MITHOFF FIELDHOUSE EVENTS C CENTER T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 88 636’ 633’-9” 640’ 584’ 557’ 520’ CHILLING STATION #7 COOLING TOWER REVISED JANUARY 2016 89 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium South End Zone REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N 90 Basketball Practice McCombs Field New Outdoor Tennis Facility UFCU Disch-Falk Field Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium Events Center, if on campus REVISED JANUARY 2016 91 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N PRELIMINARY EVENTS CENTER SITE OPTIONS, IF ON CAMPUS NET EVENTS CENTER AREA The events center concept has a programmed seating capacity target of 12,000 seats and an overall programmed area of 533,305 gross square feet. The events center could likely accommodate a facility up to 700,000 square feet. SEATING CAPACITY—BASKETBALL Basketball (including retractable and floor seating within 533,305 GSF): 12,070 SEATING CAPACITY—CONCERT The following numbers represent an end-stage concert configuration only, and assume a point at the middle of the stage radiating out away from that point. • 180 degree (from center of stage during end-stage setup): 10,894 • 270 degree (from center of stage during end-stage setup): 11,730 • 360 degree (from center of stage during end-stage setup): 11,970 SUITES AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT AND SOCIAL SPACE • Number of suites: 48 (each with 12 fixed seats and 4 barstools) • Number of loge boxes: 35 (each with seating for four) • Area required for suites, loges, and associated seating: 37,100 GSF • Area required for support and social space: 52,000 GSF (this number could go up or down, depending on Texas Athletics requirements) SPECTATOR SEATING CAPACITY (12,070) LOWER DECK ST UD E NT 1,520 LOWER DECK GENE R AL 3,628 LOWER DECK CLUB 1,116 MID DECK CLUB 1,926 MID DECK LOGE 100 MID DECK SUITE 576 UP P ER DECK GENE R AL 3,204 SQUARE FOOTAGE SUMMARY (533,305 GSF) NSF 1.0 SIT E REQUIREMENT S 2.0 SP ECTAT OR SEAT ING 3.0 SP ECTAT OR CIRCULATI O N 83,730 113,800 + 0 4.0 SP ECTAT OR FACILIT IE S 37,810 + 4,210 5.0 P REMIUM FACILIT IES 74,900 + 13,220 6.0 P LAY ER/ P ERFORMER FAC I L I TI E S 43,120 + 10,780 4,395 + 1,100 14,000 + 3,500 6,920 + 2,310 10.0 ACADEMIC FACILIT IE S 0 + 0 11.0 AUXILLARY FACILIT I E S 4,500 + 1,500 12.0 SUP P OR T AND BUILDI NG O PE R ATI O NS 60,790 + 20,270 13.0 BUILDING SER VICES 29,200 + 3,250 473,165 + 60,140 7.0 MEDIA AND GAME-DAY O PE R ATI O NS 8.0 FOOD SER VICE FACIL I TI E S 9.0 ADMINIST RAT IVE FACI L I TI E S SUBTOTAL CONDITIONED AREAS REVISED JANUARY 2016 GSF 0 92 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N Eas tD ean Kee ton Stre et rive 4 vard Robert Dedman D 4A San Jacinto Boule East 23rd Street ad or Ro Man 2A 21st t Stree Str ee Re dR ive r I-35 3 t 2 East 1 East M artin L # uther King Jr. Bo East uthe tin L Mar g r Kin vard oule Jr. B uleva rd E V E NTS C E N TER S ITE O P T I ONS , IF O N C A M PU S REVISED JANUARY 2016 93 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N OTHER EVENTS CENTER SITE OPTIONS STUDIED, IF ON CAMPUS EVENTS CENTER SITE OPTION 1, NOT PREFERRED 5 PROGRAM LOCATION • Events center occupies site of Texas Swimming Center and School of Social Work Building • Basketball practice facility located on campus police building site • Texas Swimming Center south of Myers Stadium • New four-bay garage on Lot 37 and relocated police building 6 1 2 4 3 EVENTS CENTER SITING • Service located off San Jacinto Boulevard 12 feet below grade • Pedestrian entrances at all corners; west atrium doubles as event space with food venues • Pedestrian entry plaza connects with Texas Swimming Center and Recreational Sports Center COMMENTS • Highly visible location on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; potential for outdoor gathering space • Access to parking supply similar to Frank Erwin Center • Building massing fits well given site context • CVCs create height limitations • Potential impact of future urban rail REVISED JANUARY 2016 1 DKR SOUT H END ZON E 2 MONCRIEF-NEUH AUS C E NTE R 3 NEW EVENT S CENT ER 4 T EXAS SWIMMING CE NTE R 5 BASKET BALL P RACT ICE FAC I L I TY 6 UNIVERSIT Y P OLICE STATI O N AND GAR AGE SAN JACINTO ESIDENCE HA I MONCRIEF- NEUHAUS ATHLETIC CENTER RECREATIONAL SPORTS CENTER TRINITY GARAGE 95 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER SITE OPTION 2, NOT PREFERRED PROGRAM LOCATION • Events center occupies School of Social Work Building and Recreational Sports Center site • Basketball practice located on University Police Building site • New four-bay garage and relocated police building on Lot 37 5 1 EVENTS CENTER SITING • Service located off San Jacinto Boulevard 10 feet below grade • Pedestrian entrances at all corners; west atrium doubles as event space • Plaza creates nexus between events center, South End Zone, and Moncrief-Neuhaus Center 6 2 3 4 COMMENTS • Strong campus presence and efficient use of site • Available parking supply similar to current Frank Erwin Center • Building massing fits well given site context • Limited surrounding public space • CVCs create height limitations 1 DKR SOUT H END ZON E • Potential impact of future urban rail 2 MONCRIEF-NEUH AUS C E NTE R • Requires relocation of utility lines and proposed high pressure gas line 3 NEW EVENT S CENT ER 4 T EXAS SWIMMING CE NTE R 5 BASKET BALL P RACT ICE FAC I L I TY 6 UNIVERSIT Y P OLICE STATI O N AND PAR K I NG GAR AGE REVISED JANUARY 2016 E-. RAGKANDSOC JELDHO EWER mama MNAC SAN JACIN 97 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER SITE OPTION 3, PREFERRED IF ON CAMPUS PROGRAM LOCATION • Events center occupies parking lot south of Myers Stadium • Basketball practice located on lot 37 4 1 2 EVENTS CENTER SITING • Service at southwest corner off realigned Robert Dedman Drive; could be integrated with utility plant • Pedestrian arrival from Robert Dedman Drive at northwest and Red River Street from northeast • Strong presence from I-35 but less visibility than other options 3 COMMENTS • Very tight site fit between chiller plant and Myers Stadium • Encroachment in view corridor is an issue • Limited public space and service access • Adjacency of events center to chiller plant not ideal • Dedman Road extension could cause traffic intersection issues REVISED JANUARY 2016 1 DKR SOUT H END ZON E 2 MONCRIEF-NEUH AUS C E NTE R 3 NEW EVENT S CENT ER 4 BASKET BALL P RACT ICE FAC I L I TY - All? MONCRIEF- NEUHAUS ATHLETIC CENTER TRINITY GARAGE 99 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER SITE OPTION 2A, NOT PREFERRED PROGRAM LOCATION • Events center and basketball practice are combined on School of Social Work Building, Recreational Sports Center and MoncriefNeuhaus Center sites • New four-bay garage on Lot 37 4 EVENTS CENTER SITING • Service located off San Jacinto Boulevard 9 feet below grade • Pedestrian entrances at all corners; west atrium doubles as event space • Connected to South End Zone and practice facility 1 2 3 COMMENTS • Connections with South End Zone and practice facility create potential for shared functions • May not be constrained by CVC 27 (LBJ Library) if events center is interpreted as a stadium expansion • Combined massing of stadium and events center presents design challenges • Potential impact of future urban rail • CVCs 13 and 29 may be constraints • Maximum elevation of stadium is 666 feet REVISED JANUARY 2016 1 DKR SOUT H END ZON E 2 NEW EVENT S CENT ER 3 BASKET BALL P RACT ICE FAC I L I TY 4 PARKING GARAGE Haj?" .IV COMPLEX BLDG. 3 1 NORTH END ZONE mi FACILITIES - - . 4 COMPLE) J-MPLEX BLD ACINTO BLVD. POLICE BUILDING I ACILITIES COMPLEX BLDP SAN MANOR GARAGE OMPUTATIONA RESOURCE PRINTING AND PRESS UFCU DISCH- FALK FIELD RESEARCH 101 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER SITE OPTION 4, NOT PREFERRED 1 PROGRAM LOCATION • North of LBJ Library on Thompson Conference Center site • Basketball practice located on police station site • New four-bay garage on Lot 39 3 2 EVENTS CENTER SITING • Shared service access drive for events center and LBJ Library • Pedestrian arrival from Robert Dedman Drive and Red River Street COMMENTS • Strong presence at north edge of campus and visibility from I-35 • Fewer site constraints than other options; no CVC restrictions • Massing next to LBJ Library and Sid Richardson Hall may be an issue • Distance from garages south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; fewer proximate parking spaces than other options • Site required for University Police Building • Requires relocation of utility lines and proposed high pressure gas line REVISED JANUARY 2016 1 NEW EVENT S CENT ER 2 BASKET BALL P RACT ICE FAC I L I TY 3 PARKING GARAGE CONNALLY JENTER FOR JUSTICE MUSIC BUILDING RECITAL HALL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER . ON 8 JOH LIBRARY INDOOR 5 PRACTICE FACILITY 103 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER SITE OPTION 4A, NOT PREFERRED 1 Events center PROGRAM LOCATION • North of LBJ Library on Thompson Conference Center site • Basketball practice located on Lot 39, connects with events center • New four-bay garage on Lot 37 2 3 EVENTS CENTER SITING • Shared service access drive for events center and LBJ Library • Pedestrian arrival from Robert Dedman Drive and Red River Street COMMENTS • Conflicts with existing Thompson Conference Center • Strong presence at north edge of campus and visibility from I-35 • Fewer site constraints than other options; no CVC restrictions • Massing next to LBJ library and Sid Richardson Hall may be an issue • Distance from garages south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; fewer proximate parking spaces than other options REVISED JANUARY 2016 1 NEW EVENT S CENT ER 2 BASKET BALL P RACT ICE FAC I L I TY 3 PARKING GARAGE CONNALLY JENTER FOR JUSTICE MUSIC BUILDING RECITAL HALL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER . ON 8 JOH LIBRARY INDOOR 5 PRACTICE FACILITY 105 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N EVENTS CENTER SITE OPTION 5, IF OFF CAMPUS PROGRAM LOCATION • The master plan did not evaluate any site outside the boundary of the main UT Austin campus. “Site 5” refers to the possibility that other sites might be considered in the future, such as a site located on UT Austin property not contiguous with the main campus. Also, a site not on UT Austin property could be considered if a collaborative process between UT Austin, the community and possibly the private sector provides evidence that such an arena could be feasible. REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S AT A U S T I N Image Landsat Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO 106 REVISED JANUARY 2016 107 T E X A S AT H L E T I C S M A S T E R P L A N IMPLEMENTATION T he UT Austin 2012 Campus Master Plan established an overall framework for campus development that addressed the structure and organization of the campus and campus systems, and identified a range of campus improvements to be implemented over time. The Texas Athletics Master Plan builds on the framework established by the 2012 Campus Master Plan and creates the opportunity to reinforce Central Campus in a manner consistent with the 2012 Campus Master Plan vision. Most significantly, the development of a new events center south of Myers Stadium, if located on campus, has the potential to transform an existing service area into a major civic gathering space at the nexus of the Texas Memorial Stadium South End Zone, the Recreational Sports Center, Moncrief-Neuhaus Center, Mithoff Track and Soccer Fieldhouse, and Myers Stadium. There are competing demands for land within Central Campus for a range of university uses. A key goal of the master plan is to ensure appropriate Central Campus sites are preserved to meet the long-term needs of Texas Athletics sports programs—in particular, the accommodation of replacement facilities for the Frank Erwin Center and Cooley Pavilion. The site development concept for the Frank Erwin Center replacement explored the accommodation of an events center with a capacity of up to a possible 17,000 seats. If an on campus location is selected and site option 3 is selected as the preferred option, given the constraints of the site, it is recommended the university proceed with schematic design to confirm the maximum potential program and design response, and to ensure the events center is sensitively integrated within the surrounding setting and operational considerations are appropriately addressed. Further exploration of sectional options and the plan layout during the schematic design process will be required, with particular attention to the position of the building relative to site boundaries, circulation around the facility, service access and REVISED JANUARY 2016 service tunnel design relative to the utility tunnel within Robert Dedman Drive, building height relative to Capitol View Corridor 13, and the design of the pedestrian realm and new public gathering space. The Leadership Team identified major facility priorities out of the overall Texas Athletics facility needs described in this report. The implementation of these priorities will occur over time as funding becomes available and priorities are confirmed. The Campus Master Plan Committee, established to enforce the architectural campus master plan design guidelines, will evaluate compliance of proposed Texas Athletics facilities. As individual projects move forward, consideration must be given to several elements of the 2012 Campus Master Plan and additional related studies: • The Campus Master Plan Campus Realm Toolkit, which provides a range of strategies for extending the qualities of the campus core into Central Campus as new buildings and public spaces are developed over time • The architectural design guidelines contained in the 2012 Campus Master Plan and the separate Campus Landscape Master Plan, which together provide the university with the tools to make decisions and provide direction to design consultants • The comprehensive sustainability standards described in the 2012 Campus Master Plan and the university’s Natural Resource Management and Conservation Strategic Plan • The Sustainable Sites Initiative, which is integral to the Campus Landscape Master Plan and further reinforces university sustainability strategies \c \l.fLrH ., 2 . m?Ynl h' 4.1 3.. REVISED JANUARY 2016 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A U S T I N T E X A S AT H L E T I C S MASTER PLAN