Texas takes its football seriously- $60 Million HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM

“ALLEN, Texas – Call it the palace of high school football: A gleaming $60 million facility with seats for 18,000 roaring fans, a 38-foot-wide high-definition video screen, corporate sponsors and a towering upper deck.
Welcome to the new home of Eagles Football.
As school districts across the country struggle to retain teachers, replace outdated textbooks and keep class sizes from ballooning, the wealthy, burgeoning Dallas suburb of Allen is preparing to christen its new stadium with a sold-out Friday night matchup against defending state champions Southlake Carroll.
It's not the biggest high school stadium in football-mad Texas, but Eagle Stadium is the grandest, with a spacious weight room for the players and practice areas for Allen High School's wrestling and golf teams. The city decided to build it in a down economy, knowing full well it will never recoup the costs.
It's a decision that local officials and team supporters defend, saying the stadium will serve as a community centerpiece and source of pride for years to come and will more than pay the costs of operating it.”

WOW – didn’t Pensacolians hear that about a certain baseball park too?

tax payer dollars at work at the direction of Gov officials again?

Football is big time here in Hoover, AL too. They don't play their home games here



If Regions Park is available. Regions is currently the home of the Birmingham Barrons baseball team and seats over 10,000.



Hoover BUYS home games from scheduled opponents, so they can have them at Regions Park. Money, Money, Money...

One of Studers kids plays football in Texas?

nochain wrote:“ALLEN, Texas – Call it the palace of high school football: A gleaming $60 million facility with seats for 18,000 roaring fans, a 38-foot-wide high-definition video screen, corporate sponsors and a towering upper deck.
Welcome to the new home of Eagles Football.
As school districts across the country struggle to retain teachers, replace outdated textbooks and keep class sizes from ballooning, the wealthy, burgeoning Dallas suburb of Allen is preparing to christen its new stadium with a sold-out Friday night matchup against defending state champions Southlake Carroll.
It's not the biggest high school stadium in football-mad Texas, but Eagle Stadium is the grandest, with a spacious weight room for the players and practice areas for Allen High School's wrestling and golf teams. The city decided to build it in a down economy, knowing full well it will never recoup the costs.
It's a decision that local officials and team supporters defend, saying the stadium will serve as a community centerpiece and source of pride for years to come and will more than pay the costs of operating it.”

WOW – didn’t Pensacolians hear that about a certain baseball park too?

It ain't just Pensacola that has a buncha damgod carnivorous Good Ol' Boys screwin' everbody out of their money.

nochain wrote:“ALLEN, Texas – Call it the palace of high school football: A gleaming $60 million facility with seats for 18,000 roaring fans, a 38-foot-wide high-definition video screen, corporate sponsors and a towering upper deck.
Welcome to the new home of Eagles Football.
As school districts across the country struggle to retain teachers, replace outdated textbooks and keep class sizes from ballooning, the wealthy, burgeoning Dallas suburb of Allen is preparing to christen its new stadium with a sold-out Friday night matchup against defending state champions Southlake Carroll.
It's not the biggest high school stadium in football-mad Texas, but Eagle Stadium is the grandest, with a spacious weight room for the players and practice areas for Allen High School's wrestling and golf teams. The city decided to build it in a down economy, knowing full well it will never recoup the costs.
It's a decision that local officials and team supporters defend, saying the stadium will serve as a community centerpiece and source of pride for years to come and will more than pay the costs of operating it.”

WOW – didn’t Pensacolians hear that about a certain baseball park too?

Here are the key words folks:

the wealthy, burgeoning Dallas suburb of Allen is preparing to christen its new stadium

If that is what those folks want, so be it. It's not for us to judge.

Yomama wrote:Football is big time here in Hoover, AL too. They don't play their home games here



If Regions Park is available. Regions is currently the home of the Birmingham Barrons baseball team and seats over 10,000.



Hoover BUYS home games from scheduled opponents, so they can have them at Regions Park. Money, Money, Money...

Darling, is the stadium near the Hoover Damn?

$60 million is chump change.

How much does it cost to buy a temp job that only pays $400,000 a year?

The presidents salary.

Joanimaroni wrote:Darling, is the stadium near the Hoover Damn?

It's also full of vacuum cleaners


and dead presidents