I've never seen this stadium but am often in the Dallas area for work. If you drive around a bit, you'll figure out just how crazy those people are about football. It really is a year round addiction. Some of these stadiums for HS teams are nicer than most of the college stadiums around NKY.

 

Seeing as how there's just Thomas More, that's not really setting the bar high.

Seeing as how there's just Thomas More, that's not really setting the bar high.

 

Lol was thinking the same thing.

Seeing as how there's just Thomas More, that's not really setting the bar high.

 

Mount Saint Joe's? Hanover? Georgetown? KSU?

KWU shares a field with Owensboro. Anyone been to Centre? U Indy? UD? Not nearly as nice as TX HS football stadiums.

What people who rip on this school district never point out is that the stadium is also used for four other sports and an award-winning band, and that the other 60 million went to a state of the art academic services center and a top-notch performing arts center.

 

I only wish people in KY valued their schools enough to pass a bond ordinance of a percentage of this size.

 

I understand that portion of it, and that's great that they are investing in all of their kids.

 

What I was ripping them for was the fact that they pretty much did this just to say "we have the biggest, most expensive high school stadium in Texas" (which it is if you look at venues that only host one team). You'll have a hard time convincing me otherwise.

 

I think that, in the arms race to build the biggest facility, it was fairly obvious that some mistakes were made and that some substance in place of the style would have served them just as well. This stadium isn't old at all, and it's already off to this kind of start. Do you think the chances are better that this is an isolated incident or that there are going to be more headaches pop up as things get even older?

What I was ripping them for was the fact that they pretty much did this just to say "we have the biggest, most expensive high school stadium in Texas" (which it is if you look at venues that only host one team). You'll have a hard time convincing me otherwise.

 

Joker, correct me if I'm wrong, but lots of stadiums in Texas are built by school districts to house four or five teams, along with soccer and band and track. Spending a ton of money on a really nice stadium in those cases are good investments because it is much cheaper than building one or two stadiums at every school in the district.

Mount Saint Joe's? Hanover? Georgetown? KSU?

You said, "NKY", those schools are not in "NKY".

Joker, correct me if I'm wrong, but lots of stadiums in Texas are built by school districts to house four or five teams, along with soccer and band and track. Spending a ton of money on a really nice stadium in those cases are good investments because it is much cheaper than building one or two stadiums at every school in the district.

 

From my experience, yes, you are exactly right as far as football in any of the more populated areas.

 

I know for sure that such is the case in San Antonio and Houston. Even Houston Katy shares a field with some other teams if I'm not mistaken. (link). I'd imagine that Dallas is the same as well, though there might be more teams there that have their own fields just because of the way the Metroplex is set up.

 

With the way people go crazy for high school football down here, it's really more practical to do it like they do so that they can accommodate the crowds. One of the complexes in San Antonio has multiple football fields, much like you'd see back home for baseball where one park has a number of fields. It's been a bit since I lived in that area, but I think those were multi-use stadiums for stuff like soccer, band, and maybe track too.

 

You'll also have the events like the Crosstown Shootout, etc. where teams play in college or professional stadiums (or places like the Alamodome, which seats like 65K). If you want to look into that one more, I think it's called the Texas Football Classic. Texas Kick Off Classic is a similar event that they put on at Reliant in Houston.

 

When you go out to the smaller, rural places, which there are tons of, then those schools have their own football palaces. Some are kind of wild because no matter how the rest of the town looks, they have a nice turf field, weight room, etc.

 

I'll try to find some pictures to post for you on one of my favorite ones down here and get those up or send them to you shortly.

From my experience, yes, you are exactly right as far as football in any of the more populated areas.

 

I know for sure that such is the case in San Antonio and Houston. Even Houston Katy shares a field with some other teams if I'm not mistaken. (link). I'd imagine that Dallas is the same as well, though there might be more teams there that have their own fields just because of the way the Metroplex is set up.

 

With the way people go crazy for high school football down here, it's really more practical to do it like they do so that they can accommodate the crowds. One of the complexes in San Antonio has multiple football fields, much like you'd see back home for baseball where one park has a number of fields. It's been a bit since I lived in that area, but I think those were multi-use stadiums for stuff like soccer, band, and maybe track too.

 

You'll also have the events like the Crosstown Shootout, etc. where teams play in college or professional stadiums (or places like the Alamodome, which seats like 65K). If you want to look into that one more, I think it's called the Texas Football Classic. Texas Kick Off Classic is a similar event that they put on at Reliant in Houston.

 

When you go out to the smaller, rural places, which there are tons of, then those schools have their own football palaces. Some are kind of wild because no matter how the rest of the town looks, they have a nice turf field, weight room, etc.

 

I'll try to find some pictures to post for you on one of my favorite ones down here and get those up or send them to you shortly.

 

I know the stadium that is the subject of this thread also has indoor training areas for golf, wrestling, baseball, softball, and track & field.

gchs_uk9,

 

Post #21 at the link below has some shots of Alamo Stadium here. I think it's one of the most beautiful stadiums I've ever seen for the level that it's at.

 

http://bluegrasspreps.com/ky-football-high/5a-texas-wow-261365-page2.html

Heres a website with almost every single High School stadium in Texas. Some of these places are really cool

 

Football Stadiums in Texas