Texas Hall

Texas Hall

Texas Hall is a 76,000-square-foot (7,100 m²) proscenium theater on the campus of The University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas. It opened in 1965, and has a seating capacity of over 2,700.

Texas Hall hosts 200-300 events per year, including concerts, lectures, meetings, theater, and dance.

The debut event at Texas Hall was a performance by legendary American jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong on October 18, 1965.

Historic performers to appear at Texas Hall include Rihanna, Aerosmith, Maya Angelou, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Pat Boone, Bowling for Soup, Harry Chapin, Neil Diamond, Everclear, Focus, Harlem Globetrotters, Houston Ballet, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, James Earl Jones, Judas Priest, Kansas, King Crimson, Kiss, Ludacris, Barry Manilow, Steve Miller Band, MTV Battle of the Bands, Nektar, Willie Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Edward James Olmos, Cal Ripken, Jr., Bob Seger, Jerry Seinfeld, Shiva's Headband, Emmitt Smith, The Supremes, Veggie Tales, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Winter and Frank Zappa. ^[1]

Features

Texas Hall has ground level and balcony seating. Seating on the ground level is 1,357, and the balcony seats 1,352. Prior to the athletic teams vacating Texas Hall, there was bleacher seating opposite the theater seating that could sit 600.^[2]

The stage is over 5,000-square-foot (460 m²). Dressing rooms are under the stage. A sound station with view of the stage is at the back of the ground level seating.

Athletic Venue

View from the floor looking at the stage, taken during the final men's basketball game at Texas Hall.

Texas Hall debuted intercollegiate basketball on December 1, 1965, when the Arlington State College Rebels men hosted the East Texas State Lions.^[3] Arlington State lost the opener 67-61. UTA's men's team record at Texas Hall was 351-222, a winning percentage of .613 percent.

As an athletic facility, Texas Hall was the home of UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball, women's basketball, wheelchair basketball and volleyball. It was one of the most unusual basketball/volleyball venues in America. In 1997 Texas Hall was noted by Sports Illustrated as one of college basketball's best places to watch a game due to an up-close view the audience had of the court.

In 2012 athletic operations moved to a new $78 million arena on the east side of campus called College Park Center leaving Texas Hall to function exclusively as a campus performing arts and lecture venue.

The final men's basketball game in Texas Hall was a 63-54 UT Arlington victory against Stephen F. Austin on January 21, 2012. The final intercollegiate game was a UTA woman's basketball loss on January 28, 2012, against Texas State.

References

The University of Texas at Arlington

Academics	Colleges and Schools: School of Architecture College of Business College of Education and Health Professions College of Engineering Graduate School Honors College College of Liberal Arts College of Nursing College of Science School of Social Work School of Urban and Public Affairs University College

Athletics	Sports: Baseball Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Softball Tennis Track & Field Volleyball

Campus	Allan Saxe Field Clay Gould Ballpark College Park Center Nedderman Hall Maverick Stadium Texas Hall UTA Tennis Center

People	Notable alumni and faculty

Student life	The Shorthorn UTA Radio

Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball

Venues	Texas Hall (1965–2012) College Park Center (2012–present)

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Music venues of Texas

Outdoor venues	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Gexa Energy Pavilion Toyota Stadium (Texas) Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Selma Zilker Park

Theaters and clubs	AT&T Performing Arts Center Billy Bob's Texas The Bomb Factory Cactus Cafe Dallas City Performance Hall Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts Emo's Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill Gilley's Club Granada Theater (Dallas) Majestic Theatre (Dallas, Texas) Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Music Hall at Fair Park Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall Texas Hall Trees Dallas Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie

Arenas	Allen Event Center American Airlines Center AT&T Center AT&T Stadium College Park Center Dr Pepper Arena Frank Erwin Center Toyota Center United Spirit Arena

Festivals	Austin City Limits Music Festival South by Southwest Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival

Coordinates: 32°43′47″N 97°06′55″W / 32.7297°N 97.1154°W / 32.7297; -97.1154

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