Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center
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The Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center is a multi-purpose sports complex located in Cypress, Texas
. It was completed in March 2006 and consists of five separate facilities: an arena
, stadium
, theater, conference center and food production center. It was named after former Cy-Fair ISD
superintendent Richard E. Berry. Beginning in 2011, the arena will be home to Houston's team in the Southern Indoor Football League
.
Amenities include an 11,000-seat athletic stadium, a 16000 square feet (1,486.4 m²) conference center used for staff development, which can be partitioned into 17 rooms, a 456-seat auditorium, a multi-purpose arena designed for a maximum capacity of 9,500 people with 8,300 fixed seats, and a floor banquet seating and catering facility to accommodate the preparation and serving of 1,000 meals.
TobyMac
also recorded the Grammy award winning live album Alive and Transported
in the arena.
Cypress, Texas
Cypress is an unincorporated area of Harris County, Texas, United States located completely inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston. The Cypress area is located along U.S...
. It was completed in March 2006 and consists of five separate facilities: an arena
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
, stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
, theater, conference center and food production center. It was named after former Cy-Fair ISD
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District is a school district in northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States...
superintendent Richard E. Berry. Beginning in 2011, the arena will be home to Houston's team in the Southern Indoor Football League
Southern Indoor Football League
The Southern Indoor Football League was an indoor football league based in the Southern and Eastern United States. The most recent incarnation of the league was a consolidation of an earlier league of the same name that was formed by Thom Hager along with Dan Blum, Robert Winfrey and Dan Ryan in...
.
Amenities include an 11,000-seat athletic stadium, a 16000 square feet (1,486.4 m²) conference center used for staff development, which can be partitioned into 17 rooms, a 456-seat auditorium, a multi-purpose arena designed for a maximum capacity of 9,500 people with 8,300 fixed seats, and a floor banquet seating and catering facility to accommodate the preparation and serving of 1,000 meals.
TobyMac
TobyMac
Toby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....
also recorded the Grammy award winning live album Alive and Transported
Alive and Transported
Alive and Transported is a live album by Christian hip hop artist tobyMac. It was released on May 27, 2008 and debuted at number 112 on the Billboard 200, and also placed at number 4 on Billboards Top Christian Albums chart. It is currently sold as a CD/DVD combo...
in the arena.