Entertainment Around The University Of Texas

With over 50,000 students there are numerousOne of the largest Austin metropolitan area
entertainment venues around the University ofhospitals, Brackenridge-Seton Hospital, is also just
Texas. Austin is frequently referred to as the livea few blocks south of campus, and is the oldest
music capital of Texas. And although when peoplepublic hospital in Texas. The hospital complex
talk about the music scene in Austin they usuallyincludes the Children's Hospital of Austin and the
think of downtown the campus area also reflectsUniversity Medical Center, all of which offer first
this saying with nightspots such as the Hole in theclass medical treatment for acute as well as long
Wall, which is an Austin institution and has beenterm care, ample parking, and many other
the home of many local recording artists forfacilities in a very convenient location.
more than twenty-five years, as well as the U.T.In addition to football and basketball, the university
campus itself, which hosts regular live musicsports and recreation department provides track
performances in the Cactus Café, which isfacilities, including one of the only lighted intramural
adjacent to the student union and which is locatedfields in the country, at the intramural fields
in the West Mall area. There are alsocomplex, which is situated along the intersection
faculty-oriented clubs and restaurants such as theof 51st and Guadalupe Streets in the North Loop
Campus Club, at the corner of 24th andneighborhood. The complex is about a mile north
Guadalupe, which offers a daily special and aof the campus itself, and the intramural fields are
variety of top-notch choices in a buffet-stylehome to the U.T. Rugby team. In the
setting.neighborhood of Hyde Park, just north of the
Other notable establishments in or around theUniversity of Texas, there are also museums and
campus area include the Frank Erwin Center,golf courses including the Elizabet Ney Museum,
which hosts Longhorn basketball, and many otherwhich is one of the oldest museums in Texas.
national as well as local sporting events andThe Hancock Golf Course, which was established
concerts and is located on the eastern rim ofin 1899, is just a few blocks away as well, and
campus, adjacent to Interstate 35. The Darrell K.allows golfers to play the course on a daily fee
Royal Memorial Stadium, which is a few blocksbasis. All and all, the University of Texas campus
north of the Erwin Center, is home to thearea in Austin offers something for everyone,
University of Texas Longhorn football team, andand is one of the most popular destinations for
nearby Disch-Falk Field hosts U.T. Longhornlocals, University students and tourists alike. There
baseball games, and is directly across the highwayis always something to do on or near campus.
from Royal Memorial Stadium on Interstate 35.