Voters Approve $62.8M for Texas High School Football Stadium

[Mavric]

For comparison, the East Stadium Expansion cost $63.5M

 

Voters in McKinney, Texas, approved a $220 million bond package that includes a new football stadium and events center that will be among the most expensive in the nation.

Depending on how you look at the numbers, it could be the most expensive. Construction of the 12,000-seat stadium accounts for $50.3 million of the current bond with another $12.5 million for infrastructure coming from a 2000 bond vote.

At $62.8 million, the total would be more than the $60 million that Allen spent for Eagle Stadium, which is an 18,000-seat stadium. It also would be more than the $62.5 million that Katy is spending for its stadium scheduled to open in 2017. Construction is ongoing.

The bond was approved with 63% of the vote.

 

USA Today

 

[NUance]

At $62.8 million, the total would be more than the $60 million that Allen spent for Eagle Stadium, which is an 18,000-seat stadium. It also would be more than the $62.5 million that Katy is spending

 

 

Katy spent $62.5M so McKinney is spending $62.8M ? Don't these school districts have better ways of spending their taxpayer dollars? That's just sad.

[VectorVictor]

 

At $62.8 million, the total would be more than the $60 million that Allen spent for Eagle Stadium, which is an 18,000-seat stadium. It also would be more than the $62.5 million that Katy is spending

 

 

Katy spent $62.5M so McKinney is spending $62.8M ? Don't these school districts have better ways of spending their taxpayer dollars? That's just sad.

 

 

Yes they do, but state leadership doesn't want to give public schools any funds to improve education, which is really sad and myopic. This right here is exhibit B (Allen's stadium being exhibit A) for why Texas is one of the worst states in the Union when it comes to education (48 of 50).

 

Thankfully this level of stupidity has yet to travel north to Nebraska.