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Texas high school to open $60M football stadium
AP ^ | August 30, 2012 | Staff

Posted on 08/30/2012 1:56:51 PM PDT by C19fan

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 As school districts across the country struggle to retain teachers, replace outdated textbooks and keep class sizes from ballooning, the wealthy, burgeoning Dallas suburb of Allen is preparing to christen its new stadium with a sold-out Friday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.

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To: 1rudeboy
“Funny, I heard the same argument about Obamacare just last week”

I missed that. the ongoing argument I heard was 2/3 of the taxpayers would vote against Obamacare..

41 posted on 08/30/2012 2:51:58 PM PDT by montanajoe (Blame Flame Shame or Beg I won't vote for R/R)
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To: traditional1
Lacrosse = Curling. LOL

Apart from that, the "limp-wristedness" of a sport is determined by how many spectators watch? LOL, again.

I suppose I should have never played water polo . . . funny, that . . . we could never find any football players to play with us.

42 posted on 08/30/2012 2:52:19 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: dfwgator
And with Robin Hood, a lot of that money will wind up going to poorer districts.

Allen ISD has been on the receiving end of Robin Hood money for years. Neighboring Plano ISD has PAID over $1.2 BILLION in "recapture" since the Robin Hood system was initiated in 1994.

There are football palaces like this all over Texas, many in poor districts, that were paid for with Robin Hood money. Rather than having wealthier districts able to improve the educational experience of their kids, they were forced to fund whatever programs the poorer district chose to pay for. Including multi-million dollar stadiums.

Link to reference data.

Seating Chart

Stadium:

Stadium Parking:

#NotafanofRobinHood

43 posted on 08/30/2012 2:53:31 PM PDT by tpmintx (Problem: The people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who VOTE for a living.)
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To: montanajoe

Just making a point, that you clearly missed.


44 posted on 08/30/2012 2:53:36 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: C19fan

45 posted on 08/30/2012 2:55:54 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: tpmintx

If what you are saying is true, that the stadium was funded with Robin Hood money, this is scandalous.


46 posted on 08/30/2012 2:55:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: 1rudeboy
“Just making a point, that you clearly missed”

I understand your point, You are saying those dumb old Texans and spending their tax dollars a way you don't like.

47 posted on 08/30/2012 2:56:55 PM PDT by montanajoe (Blame Flame Shame or Beg I won't vote for R/R)
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To: traditional1

Lacrosse is third in attendance in the NCAA behind football and basketball. It’s also the fastest growing sport in America.


48 posted on 08/30/2012 2:57:37 PM PDT by cdga5for4
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To: montanajoe

So, how do you feel about Obamacare? LOL


49 posted on 08/30/2012 2:58:20 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: tpmintx

And their logo looks a lot like the Philadelphia Eagles logo, not exactly very popular in these parts.


50 posted on 08/30/2012 2:59:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: C19fan

I wish my college had a $60MM football stadium!


51 posted on 08/30/2012 3:02:48 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: C19fan

Having grown up in that area I can say that there is a lot wealth in North Texas and the people don’t mind spending it. The boom in the 1980’s was tremendous and Dallas and its suburbs grew like crazy.

That was one thing I really like about where I live presently - its like you’ve gone back 20 years in time compared to the fast-moving DFW Metroplex.


52 posted on 08/30/2012 3:16:58 PM PDT by Gasshog (Myth the Magic RINO for President! Because the lesser of two evils is still evil?)
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To: 1rudeboy

Texas High School football is everything here! FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS!! Can’t wait!


53 posted on 08/30/2012 3:20:44 PM PDT by NativeTxn
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To: C19fan
Mind you this was built by issuing voter approved bonds not alumni and boosters donating money. I come from an area where high school football means nothing. I understand HS football in Texas is huge but still I am shaking my head.

Standard Operating Procedure in Texas.

Allen is just north of -- and is the 21st century version of -- Plano, where I lived during the 70's and 80's.

When I arrived, Plano was the AA champion; several years of growth later, they were the AAA champion -- for several years. Then, soon after, they were competing for the AAAA state title. Which they won, soon enough.

To maintain that winning streak, the town voted for a bond issue that -- rather than split the town into two high schools -- created two Grade 9-10 schools and one massive Grade 11-12 school. My son graduated in a class of 2,200, for example.

The express purpose was to maintain a winning football team that could challenge for the state title, year after year. And, at the same time, keep the entire community focussed around that school's success.

It worked.

As an aside, the three best football games I ever saw at any level were in the 1977 Plano championship run. Others on this board will recall them: Quarter-finals: Plano 29, at Highland Park, 28 (miraculously coming back from a 0-28 deficit in the 4th quarter); Plano 3, Odessa Permian 0 (at Lubbock, in an icy north wind...the FG was in the first series...and, with the wind, bounced over the goalpost). And, finally, I had the pleasure of seeing the Plano Wildcats win a state title against the Port Neches-Groves Indians ("Hot boudin. Cold cous cous. C'mon Indians, poosh, poosh, poosh!") before 70,000 rabid fans at Cowboys Stadium.

Yeah, H.S. football in Texas is serious business. And a lot of fun. Everybody should experience it.

54 posted on 08/30/2012 3:23:48 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: jessduntno
What’s wrong with the people in an area spending money on football, if it’s theirs?

You make an excellent point.

It's not unlike the taxpayers in Erie County, NY [Buffalo] who, not only built Rich Stadium, but who continue to approve the spending of hundreds of millions more each decade or so to improve it. Democracy rules; but that doesn't mean it's not stupid.

55 posted on 08/30/2012 3:24:28 PM PDT by BfloGuy (Without economic freedom, no other form of freedom can have material meaning.)
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To: NativeTxn

I will insist, I have nothing against HS football, or Texas. I simply am noting that the taxpayers in this jurisdiction “approved” a white elephant.


56 posted on 08/30/2012 3:24:35 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: ronnyquest
Soon after, they will begin clamoring that they need donations and new taxes to keep the art and music programs alive. Freakin’ unbelievable.

The football program will have the art and music programs rolling in dough.

It's a fact.

57 posted on 08/30/2012 3:25:30 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01
Again, from the article:

The school district decided to build it in a down economy, knowing full well it will never recoup the costs.

58 posted on 08/30/2012 3:33:08 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: okie01

The thing is, the Plano High Schools share the stadium, this stadium is for one school.


59 posted on 08/30/2012 3:33:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: cdga5for4
Which "Professional" Lacrosse teams are drafting?

LOL

60 posted on 08/30/2012 3:33:36 PM PDT by traditional1 (Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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