Texas voters approve new $62.8 million high school football stadium

[thismybgolname]

The Texas high school football arms race continues.

McKinney, Texas, will be the proud owner of the priciest high school football stadium in the country after a bond proposal for a new $62.8 million stadium project passed with 63 percent of the vote on Monday.

The new stadium will cost $50.3 million with another $12.5 million being allocated for roads, sewage and other infrastructure costs needed.

It will seat 12,000 and also function as an event center for the city. The renderings for the stadium show how incredible it will be.

It's quite the high school football stadium, and it will be built four miles away from Eagle Stadium in Allen, Texas, which seats 18,000 people and was previously the most expensive high school stadium in the country.

 

[Aww Skeet Skeet!]

63 mill though? Damn.

 

[Confucius]

They are dumb here in Texas

 

[phanatic]

And it'll be built entirely by illegals.

 

[Drayonis]

They are dumb here in Texas

Wow. We finally agree in something

 

[Confucius]

Wow. We finally agree in something

shit happens
i just dont sympathize with trannies like you do

 

[FLoss]

 

[badboyyawdie]

 

[Tuco]

63 mill though? Damn.

For a damn high school football stadium? Geez....

 

[Confucius]

For a damn high school football stadium? Geez....

and if you drive around and look at most of these schools out here, they should be condemned and torn down

 

[godofwine]

I wish they'd spend as much on education as they do high school football. I love High School football too, but a 63 million dollar stadium is just fucking ridiculous

 

[totto]

And rest assured some cacs will eat for generations off that football stadium. That will be generational money.

 

[Mr. Bizkits]

In Texas:

Football > Education.

And with Taxpayer money at that!

 

[Simply Sickenin']

 

[Mixd]

In Texas:

Football > Education.

And with Taxpayer money at that!

agreed. and after they messed up this one, they have to try again like idiots.

$60 Million Texas High School Football Stadium Deemed Unsafe, Will Close​

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The Allen High School football team—months shy of pursuing a third straight Texas state championship—has a foundation as strong as any program in the nation. It seems the same can't be said for Eagle Stadium, the squad's expansive home venue that rivals some college facilities.

Less than 21 months after a $60 million project concluded with the first kickoff of Allen's title-winning 2012 campaign, Eagle Stadium is closing down for 2014, reports Julieta Chiquillo of The Dallas Morning News.

Following two seasons of spectacular action under the bright lights of an unrivaled high school football setting, the gridiron palace is going dark.

"The stadium is not safe for public assembly," superintendent LanceHindt told Chiquillo.

Though a final analysis of the stadium's structure is not anticipated until June, The Dallas Morning News received documents that provide damning evidence against those who'd prefer the 18,000-seat facility remain packed this fall.

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[doghouse]

Straight white trash shit. If black folks wasted that type of money on something that frivolous, we would be all types of ghetto, stupid, etc.

 

[JamesATL]

they had to debate between a statium, or NEW books.

they made their choice.

 

[mangobob79]

I wish they'd spend as much on education as they do high school football. I love High School football too, but a 63 million dollar stadium is just fucking ridiculous

In Texas:

Football > Education.

And with Taxpayer money at that!

Straight white trash shit. If black folks wasted that type of money on something that frivolous, we would be all types of ghetto, stupid, etc.

football is big business ,its their god, these fucken heathen crackas! but leave it to them we are the fucked up ones

 

[Confucius]

Straight white trash shit. If black folks wasted that type of money on something that frivolous, we would be all types of ghetto, stupid, etc.

the thing is that for most of these dumb Texans, high school is the peak of their life. They will not go on to pursue bigger and better things

 

[D24OHA]

Why only seat 12,000? The next expensive stadium seats 18k. Go big or go home. Might as well make a 20k seater and throw a dome on it, hahaha

 

[THREAD_CRITIC]

The Tax payers voted for it....it's their money

I would've loved to play in a stadium like that in High school.....Our "stadium" was trash

 

[D24OHA]

The Tax payers voted for it....it's their money

I would've loved to play in a stadium like that in High school.....Our "stadium" was trash

man thats a real world high school "field"..this stadium shit is on some Friday Night Lights 2.0 shit. My school got $250k from the only alumni to make it to the pros...everybody was talking about that shit. it went to a better field and more comfortable seats, everyone was beyond excited / happy with that. but this $60 mil shit is for the birds...the taxpayers here would've barely even wanted to match the $250k that was given....

Like was said earlier....I wish quality of education was given the same priority as football has in some schools

 

[JamesATL]

if a school had 2000 stuends, so $60 million is how much per student? $30,000 per kid?

if 4000 student, thats still $15,000 per kid.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

God bless America.

 

[Aud21946]

All I can say is Deep in the heart of Texas. This is Standard protocol for the richer School districts in Texas
McKinney employment information
Index McKinney Texas
Income per capita $33,007
Median household income $81,894
Median income owner occupied $98,776
Median income renter occupied $42,595
McKinley aren't hurting for money.
Secondly, after playing high school and college Football in this state, FOOTBALL IS GOD!

 

[thismybgolname]

if a school had 2000 stuends, so $60 million is how much per student? $30,000 per kid?

if 4000 student, thats still $15,000 per kid.

Three teams will be using the stadium.

 

[Flawless]

And the winner is the contractor who got the contract

 

[Coldchi]

That's fucked up yo

 

[Coldchi]

All I can say is Deep in the heart of Texas. This is Standard protocol for the richer School districts in Texas
McKinney employment information
Index McKinney Texas
Income per capita $33,007
Median household income $81,894
Median income owner occupied $98,776
Median income renter occupied $42,595
McKinley aren't hurting for money.
Secondly, after playing high school and college Football in this state, FOOTBALL IS GOD!

Which is why u will never see something like that in south Dallas.
They barely can afford working air conditioners for the schools.

 

[trstar]

Straight white trash shit. If black folks wasted that type of money on something that frivolous, we would be all types of ghetto, stupid, etc.

cosign to the fullest.

 

[Rel]

What about hospitals in that area that could benefit from some of them millions? These high school students will play on almost anything they don't need a 63mill stadium.