How Do I Get My Name on a Waiting List for a Stadium Suite?
Send a dated letter or an email requesting placement on the waiting list to
Jim Baker, Assistant Athletics Director, The University of Texas, P.O. Box
7399, Austin, TX 78713-7399 (jimbaker@mail.utexas.edu).
What are the Leasing Terms?
Up to four individuals may lease a single stadium
suite.
Stadium suite lease terms are three, five or seven years. If, over the
course of the lease term, one or more individuals drop out of the plan, the
remaining individuals are responsible for replacing the partners or for
adhering to the lease terms in order to maintain the suite.
A number of west side suites are up for renewal following the 1999 season. Current lessees
have first right of refusal once their lease terms expire.
What Are the Tax-Deductible
Benefits of Leasing a Stadium Suite?
There are three components to stadium suite pricing -- tickets, the
annual suite license, and a tax deductible contribution to the Longhorn
Foundation. The Foundation is the annual giving arm of UT Athletics.
Consult your personal tax advisor for details.
What is the Payment Plan?
Individuals who wish to lease a stadium suite are required to submit $5,000
in earnest money. The earnest money ensures that the individual receives a
suite and a specific location. The stadium suite agreement and annual fees
are divided into three parts:
- Tax deductible contribution to the Longhorn Foundation
- Annual suite license
- Season football tickets
NOTE: Charges for additional game tickets, catering and alcohol/beverage
service are billed separately throughout the season.
The University provides insurance to protect contents of the suite and also provides
liability coverage for suite tenants. Suite holders may pay annually or make a one-time
up front payment -- at present day value -- for the entire length of the agreement
(3-year, 5-year or 7-year term). Suite holders also have right of first refusal to
renew the suite once the lease term is expired. All Suites are sold out for 1999.
| WEST SIDE SUITES | Annual Cost |
| Tower Suites (20 seats) | $65,000 + tickets |
| Tower Suites (12 seats) | $50,000 + tickets |
| Tower Suites (8 seats) | $39,000 + tickets |
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| EAST SIDE SUITES | Annual Cost |
| Burnt Orange Suites (12 seats) | $60,000 + tickets |
| Eyes of Texas Suites (12 seats) | $55,000 + tickets |
| Tower Suites (12 seats) | $50,000 + tickets |
*see map for locations
What is Included in the
Stadium Suites?
The stadium suites provide every amenity for game day hospitality. Suite
holders receive preferential parking spaces adjacent to the stadium
as well as special access by elevator to the suite level,
where hostesses and ushers assist patrons throughout game day. Individual
suites are uniform in decor, with theater-style seating, movable windows,
two television sets, telephone line, a living room area and kitchenette,
food service areas, and access to first-class catering and beverage/alcohol
service. All catering for food and beverage is provided by Club Corporation of America.
Additional amenities (private bartender, etc.) are available for an
additional charge. Suites are fully maintained and serviced by UT
Athletics.
Are Suite Holders Able to Purchase Extra Football Game Tickets for Friends
Who Sit in Suites With Them?
Yes. The number of extra tickets is independent upon the suit size. Tickets are ordered
through the Stadium Suites Operations staff.
Why Has UT Built
Stadium Suites?
Revenue from the stadium suites is dedicated to funding renovations
to many UT athletics facilities -- Moncrief-Neuhaus Athletics
Complex, West Side Grandstand, East Side Grandstand, the Mike A. Myers Stadium
and Soccer Field, the Red and Charlene McCombs Softball Field, the Frank
Denius Athletics Fields, and other improvements to Royal-Texas Memorial
Stadium. Private philanthropic gifts and planned giving efforts provide
additional funding sources.
Can I Keep My Seats in the
Stadium or My 200 Horns
Club Membership?
Yes. However, you are required to make the additional appropriate
contributions linked to those seats.
What About Away Football Game
and Texas-OU Football Game Ticket
Priorities?
Each suite has the following ticket priorities attached. Note that donors
may order as many away game/Texas-OU tickets as they have season tickets,
but prime tickets are limited to six per 12-seat suite.
What About Season Ticket
Priorities in Other Sports
and Access to VIP
Hospitality Areas
(Basketball, Volleyball,
Soccer, Baseball, Softball)?
Patrons are required to make the appropriate annual contributions to the
Longhorn Foundation linking seats in other ticketed sports
in men's basketball, baseball, soccer, women's basketball, volleyball and softball.
Who do I contact for
more information on the
UT Stadium Suites?
Jim Baker
Assistant Athletics Director, Customer Services
University of Texas
P.O. Box 7399
Austin, TX 78713-7399
Phone: 512/471-3911
Fax 471-6828
email: jimbaker@mail.utexas.edu
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