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The College Park Center, home to events and UTA's men's basketball, women's basketball and women's volleyball teams, opened in February 2012. [82] [247] In April of that year, the university purchased the Johnson Creek Crossing Apartments on South Pecan Street and renamed it The Heights on Pecan. The building provided about 300 additional rooms ...
College Park Center (CPC) is an indoor, multi-purpose arena on the University of Texas at Arlington campus in Arlington, Texas, United States. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It seats up to 7,000 spectators. Its primary tenant is the Mavericks athletic department including the university's basketball and volleyball teams.
During that time, UT Arlington has averaged over 20 home wins a season. Clay Gould Ballpark routinely hosts major opponents, including the Big XII's Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU and Texas Tech, the Pac-12's Utah, the SEC's Alabama, Arkansas and Texas A&M and the Big Ten's Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and ...
Oct. 13, 1975: Howard Joyner, left, chairman of the UTA art department from 1937 to 1969, stands with artist Jim Woodson beside the painting which friends of Joyner and the Arlington Art ...
In 2012, athletic operations moved to the new $78 million College Park Center on the east side of campus, 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.
UTA's all-time home record at Arlington Stadium was a measly 11–18, a winning percentage of .379 (compared to .670 at Memorial Stadium), while they were 8–6 at Cravens. The UTA Athletic Department knew that Turnpike Stadium and Cravens Field weren't long-term homes.
UT Arlington is the third-largest producer of college graduates in Texas and offers over 180 baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degree programs. [11] [12] UT Arlington participates in 15 intercollegiate sports as a Division I member of the NCAA and Western Athletic Conference. UTA sports teams have been known as the Mavericks since 1971.
In April 1965, the Texas Legislature transferred Arlington State College (ASC) from the Texas A&M University System to the University of Texas System (UT System). [3] [56] In 1966, Maxwell Scarlett became the first African American graduate in ASC's history. [57] [58] [59] In March 1967, ASC was renamed the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA).