DKR is Austin

DKR without people - a rare sight

A little bit more familiar sight - DKR filled to capacity and then some

There’s no professional sports team in Austin because the University of Texas is essentially a professional franchise. Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium and Joe Jamail Field, the football stadium is one of the largest in the country with over 101,000 people. In fact, it is larger than the two professional football stadiums in Texas. Longhorn football has taken on a life of its own. According to CNN, in 2010, the program made $94,000,000 in revenue and almost $69,000,000 in profit, the most in college football by close to $17,000,000.

The construction of the new north end zone

College football is unlike any other sport because of the passion that surrounds it. College sports are so different from professional sports because each university represents that geographic region with the majority of kids going to high school in that state. The programs are much more localized than the 32 professional NFL teams. College teams also do not pay the players, so the players seem more human than the superstars of the NFL that make millions per year. Recently, Penn State has been in the news because the football program became larger than life and untouchable. This is a common fear for any big football program, and Texas football is as big as it gets.

An aerial view of DKR