Frank Erwin Center
An arena in Austin, Texas. It seats a stated 17,900. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.
- Stated capacity
- 17,900
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1977
- 49 years old
- From AUS
- 11 km (6.8 mi)
- Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
- From the centre
- 1.5 km (0.9 mi)
- of Austin
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
What Frank Erwin Center is
It sits in Austin, right in the centre of Austin.
Frank Erwin Center was opened in 1977 and operated by University of Texas at Austin, which puts it at 49 years old.
17,900 seats is arena scale, so it works as a plenary room with breakouts hosted nearby.
- Operator
- University of Texas at Austin
- Owner
- University of Texas at Austin
- Official site
- uterwincenter.com
- Coordinates
- 30.2770, -97.7322
- Classified as
- arena
Getting there
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) is 11 km (6.8 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.
The centre of Austin is 1.5 km (0.9 mi) away, which is a taxi rather than a walk and a reason to publish an arrival map.
Austin has 83 venues mapped in total and a population of 993,588. The Austin guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
Formats this suits
Anything at this scale is a one-room event. It is the 5th largest arena or stadium mapped in Austin, and like all of them it solves the plenary and none of the rest of the programme.
- award ceremonies
A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.
- festivals
An audience of 17,900 is festival scale, not conference scale.
- company all-hands
One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.
Pricing a full house here
A Frank Erwin Center programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Frank Erwin Center — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $4,500for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.
Nearby alternatives
4 other venues in Austin have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Mike A. Myers Stadium20,000 seats
- Clark Field20,000 seats
- Moody Center15,000 seats
- Nelson Field8,800 seats
Where these numbers come from
event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
- Wikidata, CC0
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. 9 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, owner, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance and more.
Last updated
What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- $5
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- $4,750
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
How many people does Frank Erwin Center hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 17,900 for Frank Erwin Center. That figure is what the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published, and it is usually the maximum seated number — theatre, banquet and reception layouts in the same room can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want directly with the venue.
What does an event app cost for an event at Frank Erwin Center?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of Frank Erwin Center. The rate is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Is event67 affiliated with Frank Erwin Center?
No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
What else is nearby if Frank Erwin Center is booked?
Mike A. Myers Stadium (20,000), Clark Field (20,000) and Moody Center (15,000) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 83 venues in total are mapped in Austin.
Keep reading
Elsewhere in Austin
- Mike A. Myers Stadium
20,000 seats
- Clark Field
20,000 seats
- Moody Center
15,000 seats
- Nelson Field
8,800 seats
- Hosting an event in Austin
What kind of event is it
Running an event at Frank Erwin Center?
Bring the schedule, the invites and the arrivals into one branded app. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.