McKinney, Texas HS to build $62.8 million 12,000 seat stadium

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This is unbelievable!

A Texas high school will build a $62.8 million stadium, after the school board for McKinney ISD voted in favor of it.

The stadium will seat 12,000. About $50.3 million will come from the town as part of a $220 million bond, per reports. Katy ISD is also in the process of building a $58 million stadium in Texas. Reminder: This is high school football.

For reference, Tulane’s Yulman Stadium, which opened in 2014, cost $73 million.

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http://www.chron.com/sports/highsch...-62-million-McKinney-ISD-football-7454223.php

Texans love football. That is evident with the millions of dollars voters are approving to build mammoth high school football stadiums.

On Saturday, McKinney Independent School District voters approved a $220 million bond proposition that includes a 12,000-seat stadium and events center that could take 23 percent of the total bond.

LONG HISTORY: Texas schools spare no expense for huge football stadiums

According to the Dallas Morning News, the approved stadium will use $50.3 million of the recently approved bond. An additional $12.5 million left over from a 2000 bond will be used for stadium infrastructure, including roads, water, sewage and electricity.

"We're visionaries," Superintendent Rick McDaniel said of district leaders to the Morning News. "And we believe we have a vision for McKinney ISD that will propel us forward for a long time."
 

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Yep. McKinney has several high schools that will play in the stadium, unlike Allen HS which for their $60M stadium only has the 1 HS. McKinney atleast has 4 high schools. They do have a few Juco all star games there as well. No one talking about the new stadium that Frisco is building that will house the Cowboys practice facility and Frisco ISD teams will be playing at.
 

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A Texas "HIGH SCHOOL" spends $62 million on a football stadium...and
yet the University of Miami won't build a 40,000 seat stadium on campus.

Makes sense to me...............
 

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A Texas "HIGH SCHOOL" spends $62 million on a football stadium...and
yet the University of Miami won't build a 40,000 seat stadium on campus.

Makes sense to me...............


Agree CL. It's time for Miami to build a stadium. They're discussing an IPF, but no talks about a stadium.
 

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A Texas "HIGH SCHOOL" spends $62 million on a football stadium...and
yet the University of Miami won't build a 40,000 seat stadium on campus.

Makes sense to me...............

The Hurricanes were "in the tank" with Joe Robbie, owner of the Dolphins, ever since he came to town back in 1966. Miami was content to play in he "house that Robbie built" ever since.
 

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Mack, you and I go back a few years..........

My question is how many fans would your HS stadium hold.

Mine was 5,100 and for a small town it was filled on Friday nights.
 

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I live in Katy and they are already over budget. We have 7 high schools as of now and one on the way and we are always sold out when Katy is playing The other stadium is across the street
 

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