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.
I believe most stadiums and arenas are, from a strictly financial standpoint, losers. They can do a lot to bring a community together in various ways. The revitalization in Oklahoma City of the Bricktown area has cost a lot of money, but it has done a lot. Bringing the Thunder to town has also been huge for uniting the entire state. Normally everyone is pretty divided between OSU and OU, but everyone can get behind the Thunder.