The new Dallas Cowboys practice facility is a shared facility with the nine Frisco ISD high schools. The total cost of that facility was $1.5 billion. THAT is expensive. The city owes $60 million, and the school district owes $30 million.
Last season I was web searching for how many colleges had indoor stadiums and then wondered how long it would take for high schools to play indoors. I then found the Frisco ISD story. So now I wonder how long before a high school builds their own indoor stadium that isn’t a shared with others. When it eventually does, it probably will be in Texas.
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.