Frank Erwin Center - University of Texas
The Frank C. Erwin Jr. Center was a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. It was also sometimes referred to as "The Drum" or "The Superdrum", owing to its round, drum-like appearance from outside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: former arena at the University of Texas at Austin
- Also known as: “Erwin Center”, “Frank Erwin Center”, and “Special Events Center”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Texas State Capitol and Moody Center.
Texas State Capitol
Government building
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The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Texas. Located in downtown Austin, Texas, the structure houses the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and of the Governor of Texas.
Moody Center
Stadium
Moody Center is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. The arena, which replaced the Frank Erwin Center, stands on a former parking lot located immediately south of UT's soccer/track and field venue, Mike A. Myers Stadium.
Blanton Museum of Art
Museum
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The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest university art museums in the U.S. with 189,340 square feet devoted to temporary exhibitions, permanent collection galleries, storage, administrative offices, classrooms, a print study room, an auditorium, shop, and cafe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include UT and the Drag and Austin.
UT and the Drag
The University of Texas and the Drag form a district of Austin. This article also covers the "West Campus" and "North University" neighborhoods.
Austin
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Austin is a city of about 965,000 people on the southeast edge of the Hill Country region of Texas, making it the fourth-largest city in the state and the 11th-largest in the country.
Downtown Austin
Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Downtown Austin is a district of Austin, Texas, west of IH-35, north of Lady Bird Lake, and south of MLK Street.
Frank Erwin Center - University of Texas
- Category: arena
- Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Frank Erwin Center - University of Texas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مركز فرانك أروين”
- Cebuano: “Frank Erwin Center - University of Texas”
- Chinese: “弗兰克·欧文中心”
- Dutch: “Frank Erwin Center”
- French: “Frank Erwin Center”
- German: “Frank Erwin Center”
- Italian: “Frank Erwin Center”
- Japanese: “フランク・アーウィン・センター”
- Japanese: “フランクアーウィンセンター”
- Portuguese: “Frank Erwin Center”
- Russian: “Центр Фрэнка Эрвина”
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