Allen (Tx) High School's New $60m Stadium Closing

[BUBear]

Due to extensive cracking in upper decks.

Cracks force closure of $60M Texas HS stadium - Washington Times

Built in 2012 as part of a $120 million bond issue, Eagle Stadium seats 18,000 people and sports a 38-foot-wide video board. Eagle Stadium’s opening was a moment of triumph for the community of Allen, a fast-growing Dallas suburb that has become home to a high school football powerhouse. The Eagles won the Class 5A Division I state championship last year.

 

[ainge10heisman]

There is no good reason all that should be happening this soon. Someone took a lot of short cuts while it was being constructed it appears.

 

[esarmstrong]

The lowest bidder is not necessarily the best contractor.

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

There is no good reason all that should be happening this soon. Someone took a lot of short cuts while it was being constructed it appears.

There is no good reason a high school should have that nice of a stadium imo, but I used to live in TX and understand what high school football is like there.

 

[AstonRoyal]

There is no good reason a high school should have that nice of a stadium imo, but I used to live in TX and understand what high school football is like there.

+1
Played high school football in Texas, it's everything you've heard

 

[ainge10heisman]

That thing is nicer than a lot of colleges.

 

[BUBear]

There is no good reason a high school should have that nice of a stadium imo, but I used to live in TX and understand what high school football is like there.

Here's Cy-Fair ISD Berry Center. It sports a football stadium, basketball arena and performing arts center.

berry center basketball - Google Search

High School Sports News Articles - MaxPreps - 10 more stadiums to see before you die

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

The lowest bidder is not necessarily the best contractor.

Yep

 

[BUBear]

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Voters approve $62.8M McKinney ISD football stadium - Houston Chronicle


The stadium will be built northwest of Central Expressway and Texas 121, roughly four miles north of Allen ISD's $60 million football stadium

 

[BUBear]

Katy ISD releases renderings showing $58 million football...

The new stadium was part of a $748 million school bond package that was approved by voters last November.


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Katy ISD will be opening two new High Schools next school year for a total of 12. They expect to open another 10-15 within the next twenty years.


Edit: Katy ISD football stadium price tag rises again - Houston Chronicle


The construction cost for the Katy Independent School District's second football stadium has risen again, meaning the project will cost about $4.5 million more than the $58 million that voters approved for it in 2014.

Funding for the changes will come from 2010 bond infrastructure funds, not from the district's 2014 bond, which totaled more than $748 million and included the stadium cost, according to Peter McElwain, KISD's architect.