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Frank Erwin Center
1701 Red River St
Austin, TX 78701
Opened: November 29, 1977
Closed: May 21, 2022
The Frank C. Erwin Jr. Center (commonly known as Frank Erwin Center or UT Erwin Center and originally Special Events Center) is an inactive multi-purpose arena located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. It is also sometimes referred to as "The Drum" or "The Superdrum", owing to its round, drum-like appearance from outside (not to be confused with Big Bertha, the large bass drum used by the University of Texas marching band).

The multi-purpose facility hosted entertainment events and was the home court for the Texas Longhorns men's and women's basketball programs until 2022, when it was replaced by the Moody Center. The Erwin Center is located at the southeastern corner of the UT central campus and is bounded on the east by Interstate 35.

Built to replace Gregory Gymnasium as the men's and women's basketball teams' home arena, the Special Events Center was completed in 1977 for a total cost of $34 million. The Texas men's basketball team opened the events center on November 29, 1977, with an 83-76 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners. UT undertook extensive renovations of the facility from 2001 to 2003 at a cost of $55 million, adding, among other things, new and renovated seating, new video and sound systems, new lighting, and 28 suites.

The building is named for former UT Board of Regents member Frank Erwin, who as a regent was very controversial due to his hostility towards the burgeoning on-campus, political counterculture movement of the late 1960s and was directly involved in the arrest of protesting students and the purging of what he deemed as "unpatriotic" faculty. Originally known as the Special Events Center, the facility was renamed in 1980 to honor Erwin, who died that same year.

A two-level layout (the lower arena and upper mezzanine) accommodates up to 16,540 spectators for basketball games and up to 17,900 spectators for concerts. The inner ring of the arena averages around 20 rows deep, while the mezzanine is slightly deeper at around 24 rows. The size of the arena's inner ring is highly dependent on the event being hosted.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Feb 28, 2022Baylor @ Texas 68 - 61
Feb 23, 2022TCU @ Texas 66 - 75
Feb 19, 2022Texas Tech @ Texas 61 - 55
Feb 7, 2022Kansas @ Texas 76 - 79
Feb 5, 2022Iowa St. @ Texas 41 - 63
Jan 29, 2022Tennessee @ Texas 51 - 52
Jan 22, 2022Oklahoma State @ Texas 51 - 56
Jan 18, 2022Kansas State @ Texas 66 - 65
Jan 11, 2022Oklahoma @ Texas 52 - 66
Jan 1, 2022West Virginia @ Texas 59 - 74