Gregory Gymnasium
Gregory Gymnasium is the 4,000-seat current home of the University of Texas Longhorn women's volleyball team, and former home of the Longhorn basketball and swimming teams. The basketball teams moved out in 1977 to the Erwin Center.[1][2] It also served as the home court for the Austin Aces of World Team Tennis from 2014 to 2015.[3]
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Address | 2101 Speedway Austin, Texas 78712 |
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Coordinates | 30.284184°N 97.736485°W |
Owner | University of Texas at Austin |
Operator | University of Texas at Austin |
Capacity | 4,000 (volleyball) |
Record attendance | 5,080 (before reconfiguration) 4,992 (since reconfiguration) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | May 10, 1929 |
Built | April 12, 1930 |
Opened | 1930 |
Construction cost | $500,000 ($8.76 million in 2022 dollars) |
Tenants | |
Texas Longhorns (NCAA) Women's Volleyball (1974–1989, 1998–2019, 2021–present) Men's basketball (1930–1977) Women's basketball (1972–1977) Austin Aces (WTT) (2014–2015) |
Originally built in 1930, the gym was named after its main advocate and planner, Thomas Watt Gregory. Gregory, an alumnus of the University, served on the University's Board of Regents and as United States Attorney General before the gym was built.[4][2]
The gymnasium has undergone several renovations, and now consists of the original gym and a four-story annex that serves as a gymnasium with an indoor jogging track, basketball courts, racquetball and squash courts, an indoor rock-climbing wall, a moderately-sized weight room, and a cardiovascular exercise facility.[2] All University students can use the gymnasium for free. The gymnasium is available at a low cost to university alumni and their spouses.
Attendance record
# | Date | Opponent | Attendance |
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1 | December 10, 2022 | Ohio State | 5,344 |
2 | December 11, 2021 | Nebraska | 5,080 |
3 | October 21, 1998 | Texas A&M | 5,072* |
4 | August 31, 2022 | Minnesota | 4,992 |
5 | November 5, 1989 | Hawaii | 4,955* |
6 | October 26, 2022 | Texas Tech | 4,915 |
7 | November 9, 2022 | Iowa State | 4,888 |
8 | December 2, 2022 | Georgia | 4,812 |
9 | November 16, 2022 | Kansas | 4,679 |
10 | November 19, 2022 | Baylor | 4,648 |
11 | December 8, 2022 | Marquette | 4,491 |
12 | December 9, 2021 | Washington | 4,488 |
13 | October 22, 2022 | West Virginia | 4,475 |
14 | November 12, 2021 | Oklahoma | 4,422 |
15 | October 12, 2022 | Kansas State | 4,418 |
16 | October 25, 2014 | Oklahoma | 4,402 |
17 | November 30, 2013 | Baylor | 4,392 |
18 | September 7, 2013 | Penn State | 4,373 |
19 | October 5, 2022 | TCU | 4,369 |
20 | September 8, 2017 | Minnesota | 4,353 |
* Before Reconfiguration |
References
- "Gregory Gymnasium". texassports.com. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- "Gregory Gym History". utrecsports.org. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- "Austin Aces - Mylan World TeamTennis". www.austinacestennis.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12.
- "Gregory, Thomas Watt". tshaonline.org. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- "Texas Volleyball 2019 Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 38–39. Retrieved December 12, 2019.