Texas H.S. set to begin work on $60M stadium

[masomenos]

http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1074494

 

[CF74]

Wow and it will only seat 18,000...

 

[bbgun]

Did they use Parcells to get it built?

 

[Jon88]

Did they use Parcells to get it built?

Nope. He's not worth a ****.

 

[LehighCowboy]

What an absolute joke. There are high schools that can barely afford the bare essentials, while this school gets $60 million to build a football stadium....Where are our priorities?

 

[theogt]

What an absolute joke. There are high schools that can barely afford the bare essentials, while this school gets $60 million to build a football stadium....Where are our priorities?

Property taxes.

 

[rkell87]

What an absolute joke. There are high schools that can barely afford the bare essentials, while this school gets $60 million to build a football stadium....Where are our priorities?

that area has money and texas HS football brings in more money for the schools than anything else and the bond couldn't be used for general education.

now if you wanna say 'but there are other schools...' don't cause thats just not the way it works. parents don't want to pour money into the school system if it doesn't directly benefit their kid.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

When the stadium at night, is big and bright...and expensive...

 

[Kangaroo]

Cy Fair built a big Center that cost 73 Million

http://www.bloghouston.net/item/4118

Yes it got pretty nasty around here after that then they cried about money and not enough taxes this last year and was going to pull homestead exemption % and some other styuff but they can spend 73 million on that.

 

[masomenos]

What an absolute joke. There are high schools that can barely afford the bare essentials, while this school gets $60 million to build a football stadium....Where are our priorities?

Have you ever bought a luxury item or paid for some sort of recreation instead of donating the money to a worthy cause? I bet you have, you monster. Here you are on a computer, paying for ISP charges and electricity. You know some people don't even have electricity, right?

You disgust me, where are your priorities?

 

[Hoofbite]

Have you ever bought a luxury item or paid for some sort of recreation instead of donating the money to a worthy cause? I bet you have, you monster. Here you are on a computer, paying for ISP charges and electricity. You know some people don't even have electricity, right?

You disgust me, where are your priorities?

Not quite the same.

 

[rkell87]

Not quite the same.

but the point is valid

 

[rkell87]

Cy Fair built a big Center that cost 73 Million

http://www.bloghouston.net/item/4118

Yes it got pretty nasty around here after that then they cried about money and not enough taxes this last year and was going to pull homestead exemption % and some other styuff but they can spend 73 million on that.

that was before the econemy collapsed, they bought something that they would have been able to afford if everything stayed on the upswing but it didnt and they couldnt, but yeah i imagine people complained after the fact just the same as they were happy to vote for it

 

[Biggems]

this is Texas....football is priority :laugh2:

 

[CF74]

Have you ever bought a luxury item or paid for some sort of recreation instead of donating the money to a worthy cause? I bet you have, you monster. Here you are on a computer, paying for ISP charges and electricity. You know some people don't even have electricity, right?

You disgust me, where are your priorities?

Sweet!!:laugh2:

 

[Maikeru-sama]

I just moved from Allen, TX last year and football is a big deal in that city.

Instead of building the new stadium, they probably should be building another Highschool.

But if they did that, all the talent would be split up between two schools .

 

[WoodysGirl]

Texas high school opens $59.M football stadium

ANYONE WHO HAS seen the movie "Friday Night Lights" knows that high school football is big in Texas.
But one town in the Lone Star State has taken things to a much higher level.

Allen (Texas) High School is building a new stadium that costs - hold on to your chin strap - $59.6 million.

The facility, set to open in 2012, will seat 18,000. It will have artificial turf, two decks, four concession areas, 12 restrooms and - of course - a video scoreboard.

Wasteful spending? Maybe. But don't accuse the city of Allen, which has a population slightly higher than 77,000, of being overly focused on football. Almost half of the $120 million bond package passed in May of 2009 will be used to build an ultramodern auditorium for performing arts.

"The community supports our kids in everything: football, baseball, basketball, band," Allen High coach Tom Westerberg told highschool.rivals.com. "It isn't just athletics. They really support us with everything we do."

If you're skeptical about the need for the new stadium, know this: Last year, the Allen Eagles - you've gotta love that - played a game at the new Texas Stadium that drew over 50,000 fans.

Allen's current stadium has only 7,000 permanent seats. The school sets up an additional 7,000 temporary seat for each game. So, to paraphrase another popular movie, town officials have no doubt that if they build it, fans will come.

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20100416_Texas_high_school_opens__59_M_football_stadium.html

 

[jimmy40]

Cy Fair built a big Center that cost 73 Million

how many schools use that one as their home stadium?

 

[Doomsday101]

how many schools use that one as their home stadium?

9 teams in that district call it their home stadium

 

[jimmy40]

9 teams in that district call it their home stadium

yeah, I didn't understand why that one was even brought up. So do they have games Tuesday through Saturday or what?