Huge Contribution for New Austin City Limits Studio

As you may have heard, the Austin City Limits Studio, where the live music show has been recorded for 35 seasons, is re-locating. Though the old studio will remain for various events and tours on the University of Texas campus, the main recording studio for the show is scooting downtown in order to increase audience size, an in order to host other performances outside of the taping of the show. I'm excited for the larger capacity, but as a UT student (despite the fact that I'm about to graduate) I will be sad to see many of the recordings move off of campus.

In their rebuilding efforts, the ACL folk are attempting to raise $6.5 million for the new location, and to preserve the old. A whopping $2.5 million has just been pledged by The Moody Foundation, a foundation that focuses primarily on projects in Galveston, and secondarily on Austin and Dallas. Moody has also funded hospitals, religious centers, and gardens, and the new downtown ACL stage will be named the Moody Theatre to honor this donation.

You can check out Austin City Limits' story about the donation here.