Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (formerly just Memorial Stadium and Texas Memorial Stadium), located in Austin, Texas, is home to the University of Texas Longhorn football team. The current official stadium capacity is 94,113, the largest football venue in the state of Texas, the largest in the Big 12 Conference, and is the fifth largest on-campus stadium in the NCAA.

	Capacity		85,123
	Opened		1924
	Owner		University of Texas
	Operator		University of Texas
	Surface		Bermuda Grass
	Construction cost		US$275,000

An attendance record of 98,053 people occurred on August 30, 2008 for the Longhorns’ 52–10 win against Florida Atlantic University. That set a new record for the greatest number of people ever to gather for a football game in the state of Texas. It also set a record for the number of people watching a game at any stadium in the Big 12 Conference. The record was twice beaten later in the year, 98,383 saw the #1 ranked Longhorns defeat the #11 ranked Missouri Tigers and again when 98,518 saw UT beat the #6-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys.

The stadium has been expanded several times since its original opening, with a major expansion completed in 1999. The stadium has been undergoing additional renovations and expansion since 2005. Stage one was completed in 2006 and consisted mainly of updates in accordance with newer fire safety codes. Stage two began in 2006 and consists of seating expansion and addition of new facilities in the north end zone.

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