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As if 85,000 seats isn't enough, we show up here to Austin, Texas just to find yet
another expansion to Texas Memorial Stadium, this time the addition of new seating
and suites in the north end zone. When completed, capacity for this venue will top
90,000. Yup, everything really is bigger in Texas!
"Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium" is actually a 75 year old venue, and the
stadium sits nestled amidst the massive and sprawling UT campus, which in terms
weaves and migrates into downtown Austin and its state capital infrastructure.
Easily visible from the I-35 as you pass through the city, the stadium has undergone
numerous expansions and enhancements over the years, and as we stated they aren't
finished yet. Over the past couple years, a huge new $8-MM Daktronics video board
was installed in the south end zone. As is now the trend in big time college football
stadiums, construction is underway on new club seating and an addition of 44 new
suites.
The University of Texas has made an indelible mark on state politics, land use,
environmental and growth issues over the years. Texas is by far a conservative red
state, yet here in its seat of power, the capital of Austin, the more liberal leaning bent of
academia has made a huge pull on electing like minded individuals to the state
legislature and even into the governor's mansion. With Austin experiencing red hot
growth especially in the field of technology, it seems like the University of Texas and
the City of Austin are a well made match.
The downtown Austin streetscape is somewhat austere and more government
building friendly than quaint, but every inch of lawn space, open parkland, and empty
lot is take up on football Saturdays by legions of tailgaters. As stated it's kind of hard to
discern where the city and campus boundary actually meet, so really the entire city
because one big party town. The Longhorns have had incredible success on the field,
including a most memorable national championship win in 2005.
Our friend Brian Magierski, originally from Cheektowaga now living in Austin, joined us
on this day for some tailgating and the game. We got an invite from the Garcia family
through Seamus Gallivan to a really7 awesome tailgate party, where we got to sample
local specialties such as Mexican tamales and Salt Lick Beef Brisket served with tangy
barbecue sauce. Mmmmm!
As for the game... the heavily favored Longhorns survived a scare from the ASU
Indians, they were seemingly in cruise control early on, and up 21-3 after 3 quarters.
But then Arkansas State got to within 8, and then recovered a late onside kick, which
was called back on an offsides penalty. The second attempt went Texas' way and they
were able to run out the clock. In a year where the Longhorns are harboring national
title hopes again, the hometown faithful weren't exactly leaving the stadium in a
plethora of cheers and horn honking.
another expansion to Texas Memorial Stadium, this time the addition of new seating
and suites in the north end zone. When completed, capacity for this venue will top
90,000. Yup, everything really is bigger in Texas!
"Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium" is actually a 75 year old venue, and the
stadium sits nestled amidst the massive and sprawling UT campus, which in terms
weaves and migrates into downtown Austin and its state capital infrastructure.
Easily visible from the I-35 as you pass through the city, the stadium has undergone
numerous expansions and enhancements over the years, and as we stated they aren't
finished yet. Over the past couple years, a huge new $8-MM Daktronics video board
was installed in the south end zone. As is now the trend in big time college football
stadiums, construction is underway on new club seating and an addition of 44 new
suites.
The University of Texas has made an indelible mark on state politics, land use,
environmental and growth issues over the years. Texas is by far a conservative red
state, yet here in its seat of power, the capital of Austin, the more liberal leaning bent of
academia has made a huge pull on electing like minded individuals to the state
legislature and even into the governor's mansion. With Austin experiencing red hot
growth especially in the field of technology, it seems like the University of Texas and
the City of Austin are a well made match.
The downtown Austin streetscape is somewhat austere and more government
building friendly than quaint, but every inch of lawn space, open parkland, and empty
lot is take up on football Saturdays by legions of tailgaters. As stated it's kind of hard to
discern where the city and campus boundary actually meet, so really the entire city
because one big party town. The Longhorns have had incredible success on the field,
including a most memorable national championship win in 2005.
Our friend Brian Magierski, originally from Cheektowaga now living in Austin, joined us
on this day for some tailgating and the game. We got an invite from the Garcia family
through Seamus Gallivan to a really7 awesome tailgate party, where we got to sample
local specialties such as Mexican tamales and Salt Lick Beef Brisket served with tangy
barbecue sauce. Mmmmm!
As for the game... the heavily favored Longhorns survived a scare from the ASU
Indians, they were seemingly in cruise control early on, and up 21-3 after 3 quarters.
But then Arkansas State got to within 8, and then recovered a late onside kick, which
was called back on an offsides penalty. The second attempt went Texas' way and they
were able to run out the clock. In a year where the Longhorns are harboring national
title hopes again, the hometown faithful weren't exactly leaving the stadium in a
plethora of cheers and horn honking.
TEXAS
MEMORIAL
STADIUM
Austin,
Texas
Saturday,
September 1,
2007
Arkansas
State
Indians
at
Texas
Longhorns
MEMORIAL
STADIUM
Austin,
Texas
Saturday,
September 1,
2007
Arkansas
State
Indians
at
Texas
Longhorns
| Austin, Texas |
Texas Memorial Stadium
