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RFP has gone out. https://utexas.app.box.com/s/i4bkune...e/272629007300

-Looking for company with experience building 350k-450k arenas

-First location option: South of Mike A. Myers Stadium between Red River Street and Robert Dedman Drive on Lot 70 ("Highway Site") Requires closing parking lot and relocating Red River St. The relocation of Red River Street will create a larger land area to accommodate the New ArenaProject, fire lane accessibility, and a potential game day plaza

-Second location Option: South of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium between Robert Dedman Drive and San Jacinto Boulevard and between E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and East 23rd Street ("Creek Site") Requires demo Student Rec Center and School of Social Work



EDIT: Woa!!! It seems like UT is looking for a private developer to builder and operate the arena and share revenue with UT as oppose to building an arena themselves! This is a shocker. It's kind of like what the city did with the South Terminal at the airport. This pretty much kills the hope that an arena will be built at the Expo grounds. A private developer is going to push for a higher capacity concert venue in order to keep Erwin Center events at UT.

3.1Provide for design, permitting, development, and construction of the New Arena Project with minimal University financial participation.

3.2Create a best-in-class arena that is flexible, functional, efficient, cost effective, and sustainable.

3.3Create a best-in-class basketball training facility for Texas Athletics' exclusive use that is flexible, functional, efficient, cost effective, and sustainable.

3.4Provide an intimate and state-of-the-art venue to serve as the home for the University Men's and Women's Basketball Programs.

3.5Identify the best facilities for recruiting student-athletes and serving the needs of the University Men's and Women's Basketball Programs.

3.6Design and develop the New Arena Project in order to maximize utilization, serve all University stakeholders, and attract and present a variety of music, entertainment, and touring sports to serve the regional market.

3.7Create a unique, state-of-the-art brand experiencefor all University stakeholders, including recruits, student-athletes, students, donors, alumni, spectators, faculty, staff, corporate partners, visitors, and vendors.

3.8Develop a venue that offers a unique game-day experience (concourses, etc.) that engages all University stakeholders. In addition, multiple game-day experiences should be designed specifically for students.

3.9Provide for the development of the conceptual project design and venue operations in a manner that integrates with, and enhances connections to, other University events, the student population, faculty, staff, and alumni.

3.10Involve all segments of the University community, especially University students, in employment and business opportunities directly or indirectly created by the operation of the New Arena Project. The New Arena Project should be used as a laboratory for students by offering year-round internships, mentoring programs, learning opportunities with management during events, and employment opportunities.

3.11Create guest amenities and public spaces that are multi-functional and address the needs of multiple stakeholders. Amenities should be focused on maximizing revenue generation for the University and Texas Athletics wherever possible.

3.12Ensure that the New Arena Project and its spaces maximize efficiency and create potential revenue opportunities.

3.13Incorporate University and Texas Athletics quality standards, as applicable, into the New Arena Project design, including safety, Texas hospitality, teamwork, and efficiency.

3.14Provide next generation technology solutions (production studio and control facilities, video, audio, customer engagement, payment processing, etc.).

3.15Provide for a continuous, successful, and sustainable operation as a world-class venue with minimal ongoing University financial participation.

3.16Provide for mitigation of transportation impacts due to project construction and venue operations.

3.17Manage and be responsible for all aspects of the new arena's day-to-day operation, including full and part-time personnel, fiscalprocedures and controls, safety and security, repairs and maintenance, facility cleaning, improvements to the physical plant, exterior maintenance (including landscaping and maintenance of sidewalks, driveways, and parking areas) as well as the purchasingof all required services (including the hiring, coordination, and oversight of contractors, vendors, and suppliers).

3.18Protect the ongoing investment in the New Arena Project through the highest level of maintenance, repair, capital upgrades, Texas Athletics branding, signage, and overall operational standards (as each may evolve and change over time), which shall be implemented throughout the term of the Services.