Moody Theater

{{Short description|Theater and studio for Austin City Limits}}

Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater (ACL Live or Moody Theater){{Cite web|url=http://acl-live.com/venue|title=Venue|publisher=Austin City Limits Live|access-date=2022-03-06}} is the theater and studio for Austin City Limits, completed in February 2011 as part of the Block 21 complex.{{cite web |author= Barnes, Michael |publisher= Austin 360 Blogs: Out & About |title= W Austin Hotel & Residences Sneak Peek |date= 9 December 2010 |url= http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/entries/2010/12/09/w_austin_hotel.html?cxntfid=blogs_out_about |access-date = 2010-12-25}}

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| name = Moody Theater

| nickname = ACL Live

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| fullname = Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater

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| image = Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater August 2019 08.jpg

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| address = 310 W Second St
Austin, TX 78701-4609

| location = Block 21, Second Street District, Downtown Austin

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| broke_ground = {{Start date|2007|10|13}}

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| opened = {{Start date|2011|02|10}}

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| owner = Opry Entertainment Group

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| cost = $40 million

| architect = Andersson-Wise Architects

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| structural engineer = Thornton Tomassetti

| services engineer = JJA, Inc.

| general_contractor = Austin Building Company

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| capacity = 2,750

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| website = {{URL|acl-live.com}}

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The Moody Foundation of Galveston granted $2.5 million to KLRU, the largest single gift ever received by the PBS station, to help equip the new home of Austin City Limits on Second Street (Willie Nelson Boulevard) in Downtown Austin, Texas with high-definition production equipment. In recognition, the venue is called Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater.

The theater/studio holds 2,750 fans,{{Cite web |title=ACL Live at The Moody Theater {{!}} Austin, TX |url=https://www.austintexas.org/listings/acl-live-at-the-moody-theater/6085/#tab-amenities |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.austintexas.org |language=en-us}} up from the capacity of 320 at its old space on the University of Texas at Austin campus, and hosts an estimated 100 concerts and 100 private events a year, in addition to the Austin City Limits tapings. KLRU gets 45 days a year, rent-free, to produce each season of program.{{cite web |author= Corcoran, Michael |publisher= Austin 360 Blogs: Austin Music Scene |title= New ACL venue to be called Moody Theater |date= 22 October 2009 |url= http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2009/10/22/new_acl_venue_to_be_called_moo.html |access-date = 2010-12-25}}