Arch Manning official visit: Details emerge about Texas providing an ice sculpture, 5-star hotel and parents’ open bar

Arch Manning had a lavish official visit at Texas, and details are beginning to emerge from The Athletic’s Sam Kahn Jr., who noted that the big weekend including Manning and 8 others as the Longorns did everything they could to attract the 5-star quarterback.

Among the details are a 5-star hotel, an upscale steakhouse, a cruise on a lake, custom cakes, an ice sculpture, TopGolf and an open bar for parents. It was a 48-hour trip in Austin, and the entire weekend in mid-June cost Texas nearly $280,000, all paid for out of the school’s substantial recruiting budget.

We FOIA’d receipts and itineraries to see what it was like when Texas hosted Arch Manning and 8 others on an official visit.

From a 5-star hotel, to an upscale steakhouse, to a cruise on the lake, the Longhorns rolled out the red carpet.

✍? @TheAthletic: https://t.co/e0RvPGzgBv

— Sam Khan Jr. (@skhanjr) September 16, 2022

In June, Arch Manning made an official visit to Texas, along with 9 others.

The school spent $280,000 in 48 hours, per @TheAthletic:

▪️ Airfare, cars
▪️ 5-star hotel
▪️ Parents’ open bar
▪️ Custom cakes
▪️ Topgolf
▪️ An ice sculpture
▪️ Lake cruise

Arch committed 3 days later. pic.twitter.com/kYljMKcBsM

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) September 16, 2022

Manning is in his senior season at Isidore Newman, a prep school in New Orleans where his Super Bowl MVP uncles Peyton and Eli also played. Arch Manning’s father, Cooper, is the older brother of Peyton and Eli.

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.