City builds $60 million high school football stadium

2012-08-09 07:51:20

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Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5583

Anyone who’s seen Friday Night Lights knows high school football in Texas is no joke. It’s particularly not a laughing matter in the Dallas suburb of Allen, which just spent $60 million on a lavish new stadium for its high school football team.

When residents decided the previous 14-000-seat stadium wasn’t large enough, they approved plans for the new facility in 2009, NBC DFW reports. The Allen Eagles’ new home contains 18,000 seats, a 75-by-45 foot HD video scoreboard, a weight room and sunken-bowl design. The press room and private boxes rival those of college stadiums. It’s quite an upgrade from the old facility —one that didn’t even have built-in bathrooms.

So is this a completely justified use of tax money or a depressing statement about the importance we put into school sports?

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2012-08-09 07:54:17

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Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5175|Sydney

$60 million for a stadium at a high school... I guess all the other subjects must be doing really well then.

2012-08-09 07:54:59

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RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6734|Oxferd Ohire

ive never seen friday night lights

60mil to have capacity increase by 4k. n1

2012-08-09 07:55:35

#4

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5355|London, England

It's Texas.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
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2012-08-09 07:57:59

#5

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6734|Oxferd Ohire

bigger is better

2012-08-09 07:59:08

#6

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|5962|London, England

let them do whatever they want who cares

i dont live in texas

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2012-08-09 08:00:39

#7

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6734|Oxferd Ohire

im surprised by your post max

2012-08-09 08:01:24

#8

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|5962|London, England

youre surprised i dont live in texas

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2012-08-09 08:02:23

#9

ROGUEDD: BF2s. A Liberal Gang of Faggots.; +452|5386|Fuck this.

Damn. Makes the nicest field I've played on look like shit.

Make X-meds a full member, for the sake of 15 year old anal gangbang porn watchers everywhere!

2012-08-09 09:32:08

#10

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6690

LoL

x

2012-08-09 09:52:46

#11

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5256|foggy bottom

i dont believe in texas

Tu Stultus Es

2012-08-09 12:22:53

#12

BeardedHobo: Will post for food; +53|5178|Flying in my boxcar.

Me thinks it is a little of both, though first impression is that that is spending a bit too much on sports. Would like to see if they have solid non-sport club/activities.

2012-08-09 12:41:16

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5699|College Park, MD

this is the dumbest waste of money I have ever seen

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2012-08-09 12:42:38

#14

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6734|Oxferd Ohire

cigarettes

2012-08-09 12:42:41

#15

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|5962|London, England

good to know

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2012-08-09 12:49:52

#16

Spearhead: Gulf coast redneck hippy; +731|6687|Tampa Bay Florida

And then these fuckers turn around and wonder why poor people need welfare

2012-08-09 12:58:07

#17

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6734|Oxferd Ohire

they obviously arent working hard enough

2012-08-09 13:09:44

#18

Spearhead: Gulf coast redneck hippy; +731|6687|Tampa Bay Florida

This is depressing as hell. My county school system is like 100 million in debt. I realize size, shape and demographics obviously play a role but this is money that will be needed somewhere else in the future.

How much does an average high school stadium cost anyway? Somewhere in the 100-200k range?

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2012-08-09 13:12:53

#19

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6734|Oxferd Ohire

not even close

2012-08-09 13:22:28

#20

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5355|London, England

Spearhead wrote:
This is depressing as hell. My county school system is like 100 million in debt. I realize size, shape and demographics obviously play a role but this is money that will be needed somewhere else in the future.

How much does an average high school stadium cost anyway? Somewhere in the 100-200k range?

It's a rich suburb of Dallas. I'm sure they have more money than podunk Florida

But yes, a new science lab or something would've been a better investment. I'm not paying the bond on it so whatever.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-08-09 13:25:21

#21

Jay wrote:
Spearhead wrote:
This is depressing as hell. My county school system is like 100 million in debt. I realize size, shape and demographics obviously play a role but this is money that will be needed somewhere else in the future.

How much does an average high school stadium cost anyway? Somewhere in the 100-200k range?
It's a rich suburb of Dallas. I'm sure they have more money than podunk Florida

But yes, a new science lab or something would've been a better investment. I'm not paying the bond on it so whatever.

yes that area is very nice.. it's booming
friday night lights was set actually on the west side of texas in a small town. bfe. that's where the stadium should go

2012-08-09 13:26:07

#22

Spearhead: Gulf coast redneck hippy; +731|6687|Tampa Bay Florida

google says high school stadiums cost an average of 10,000,000.

2012-08-09 13:33:00

#23

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5256|foggy bottom

my high school had a shitty stadium so the school used the the local community college's field which was pretty nice and let jv play at school

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2012-08-09 13:35:20

#24

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5355|London, England

We had about fifty people cheer on our team on a good day.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-08-09 13:45:02

#25

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6588

Churning out future Al Bundys by the busload, I'm sure.

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