Last week, the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the schematic design for the new district-wide performing arts center (PAC) to be located at Mueller at the intersection of Mueller Boulevard and East 51st Street.

The facility will be approximately 59,000 square feet in size and will include a 1,200-seat auditorium, a 225-seat black box theater and facility offices for AISD’s Fine Arts Department. The project also includes construction of an open plaza area and a parking garage on the site.

The District anticipates breaking ground on the PAC in fall 2012 with an anticipated opening in 2013.

For more information and the latest news on the development of the PAC, please check the PAC page of the AISD website.