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Texas High School Football Stadium Price Tag Balloons to $70 Million
Breitbart ^ | August 22, 2016 | Merril Hope

Posted on 08/22/2016 9:08:10 AM PDT by C19fan

The price tag of one Texas school district’s high school football stadium and events center just ballooned to $70 million, making it, reportedly, the most expensive high school football complex in the United States.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: football; hs; mckinney; texas
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

“The mckinny stadium is going to be used by all 4 mckinny high schools as their Home stadium. Unlike allan.”

How many high school football tickets do you have to sell to pay off a $70,000,000 loan?


61 posted on 08/22/2016 11:37:54 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Timpanagos1

It isn’t just tickets, you get to sell advertising, broadcast rights, and personal boxes. Think big!


62 posted on 08/22/2016 12:02:17 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Up until about 1990, the Texas State Constitution only allowed people who pay property taxes to vote in the bond elections. It makes great sense but wasn’t enforced and eventually the requirement was dropped from the Constitution.
Probably due to threats from the Federales.


63 posted on 08/22/2016 12:30:31 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: newgeezer
This thing is absolutely ridiculous. It makes the new (2011) Linn-Mar football stadium—which seats 6,000 and reportedly cost about $10 million—look like an exercise in frugality.

I would trust it if it were a capitalist decision but since it's the government, NO WAY! Even if said government put it to a vote I wouldn't trust the wording used to persuade the voters.

64 posted on 08/22/2016 1:17:38 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

The founding fathers originally wanted only property owners to be able to vote.


65 posted on 08/22/2016 1:53:14 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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To: gdani

Rocks. (Must proof read before posting)


66 posted on 08/22/2016 3:25:31 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Timpanagos1

I guess you didn’t read the rest of the post...


67 posted on 08/22/2016 4:15:16 PM PDT by L,TOWM (There is no longer a system to work within.)
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To: bigredkitty1

And Arlington wants $1B to build a new home for the Texas Rangers. The current (formerly The Ballpark in Arlington) is what, 20 years old? Too hot in summer for the fans.

Jerry has the Boss Hawg Bowl, just down the road, and now the Rangers will have their own air conditioned facility. Yeah, it is hot here in summer, but I’ll never set foot inside anything over there. I went to Cowpie Stadium once, to attend Chris Kyle’s memorial service. Parking was free that day, guess Jerry thought that was wise.


68 posted on 08/22/2016 4:41:26 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Note to candidate Trump: please stay on the teleprompter and quit the ad lib stuff. K THX BYE!)
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To: DungeonMaster
I would trust it if it were a capitalist decision but since it's the government, NO WAY! Even if said government put it to a vote I wouldn't trust the wording used to persuade the voters.

Hear, hear! Furthermore, I would be shocked SHOCKED I TELL YA if an overblown project like this didn't have taxpayer money flowing to favored contractors and cronies, only to have sizeable donations show up in elected decision makers' campaign coffers.

It's the way of the world.

More reason to swear off politics for good come November 9th. Let it burn.

69 posted on 08/23/2016 8:06:03 AM PDT by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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To: newgeezer
More reason to swear off politics for good come November 9th. Let it burn.

I thought that was my position!

70 posted on 08/23/2016 8:08:36 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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To: C19fan

One thing it shows you Texas economy is doing much better then the rest of the nation.


71 posted on 08/23/2016 8:12:15 AM PDT by IVAXMAN
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To: DungeonMaster
I thought that was my position!

Yours is different. I'll still vote. But I won't spend any more time or money on candidates and "patriotic" causes. Depending on what happens on November 8, of course.

72 posted on 08/23/2016 8:31:42 AM PDT by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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To: newgeezer
Yours is different. I'll still vote. But I won't spend any more time or money on candidates and "patriotic" causes. Depending on what happens on November 8, of course.

I know certain preachers who say Christians should not even be involved in politics.

73 posted on 08/23/2016 8:40:08 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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To: C19fan

its boys sports...spare nothing....


74 posted on 08/23/2016 8:46:06 AM PDT by cherry
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To: DungeonMaster
I know certain preachers who say Christians should not even be involved in politics.

Oh, definitely. Many of our dearest brothers hold to a conviction that we shouldn't vote. So far, I still think they're wrong.

75 posted on 08/23/2016 8:52:37 AM PDT by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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To: C19fan

McKinney’s current stadium was built when they were a small town with a small high school. They now have 3 high schools with more to come. Population is about 130k but by the time McKinney is built out, it will be well over half a million. There will be more high schools by then with a much larger student population. If they build this one to last, this might be a decent investment. But the location is questionable since it is on the southern tip of the city and the growth is happening on the north-western part of town.


76 posted on 08/23/2016 8:59:26 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Timpanagos1
Stupid Democratic politicians, stupid liberal voters.

This is McKinney we're talking about. Collin County. One of the most conservative areas in the state.

77 posted on 08/23/2016 9:00:48 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: L,TOWM
I live in Allen, 5 miles south of where McKinney is building this complex. I am kind of surprised that they are only getting 12,000 sets for their 70 mil — we got 18,000 seats for 60 mil.

And we got more than just a stadium. There's a lot of other stuff at that site.

78 posted on 08/23/2016 9:02:18 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Cowboy Bob
What about Memorial High School (Memorial at Dairy-Ashford). That’s pretty big - and it was build over 25-30 years ago.

Biggest in Texas (not counting Toyota Stadium in Frisco) is Memorial Stadium in Mesquite. Built in 1976. Seats 20k.

79 posted on 08/23/2016 9:06:41 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
This has to be Allen.

Nope. McKinney. Our neighbors to the north.

They might as well play at AT&T.

We do. That's were state finals are played.

80 posted on 08/23/2016 9:08:44 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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