Stadium Wars in Texas

[ordigger]

Katy, TX just built the most expensive high school stadium in the state for their 8 high schools. Comes in at 72 million, seats 12,000 and has luxury boxes, plus a large screen monitor (2 million alone). They also have an indoor practice facility.

Amazing that high school stadiums throughout the country far exceed the product that many Big Sky schools have for their games.

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[Paytonlives]

Amazing that high school stadiums throughout the country far exceed the product that many Big Sky schools have for their games.

Its been that way for quite awhile....

 

[SoldierGriz]

Allen, TX just built the most expensive high school stadium in the state for their 8 high schools. Comes in at 72 million, seats 12,000 and has luxury boxes, plus a large screen monitor (2 million alone). They also have an indoor practice facility.

Amazing that high school stadiums throughout the country far exceed the product that many Big Sky schools have for their games.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...om&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=referral

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRL2mdJo1Y0&feature=youtu.be

This particular stadium is in Katy, a wealthy suburb of Houston...but, these things are all over. HS Football coaches also make six figures down here....and teach zero classes. It's a different world for sure.

 

[Grizzoola]

Allen, TX just built the most expensive high school stadium in the state for their 8 high schools. Comes in at 72 million, seats 12,000 and has luxury boxes, plus a large screen monitor (2 million alone). They also have an indoor practice facility.

Amazing that high school stadiums throughout the country far exceed the product that many Big Sky schools have for their games. ....

This particular stadium is in Katy, a wealthy suburb of Houston...but, these things are all over. HS Football coaches also make six figures down here....and teach zero classes. It's a different world for sure.

Mebbe Texas should be its own country, after all.

 

[grizfan95]

Crazy that high schools can/actually do this. However, that's a concrete jungle and the stadium was pretty meh for me when I look at it for more than the $72 million price tag for a high school stadium that it is.

 

[CatGrad-UMGradStu]

Allen, TX just built the most expensive high school stadium in the state for their 8 high schools. Comes in at 72 million, seats 12,000 and has luxury boxes, plus a large screen monitor (2 million alone). They also have an indoor practice facility.

Amazing that high school stadiums throughout the country far exceed the product that many Big Sky schools have for their games. ....

This particular stadium is in Katy, a wealthy suburb of Houston...but, these things are all over. HS Football coaches also make six figures down here....and teach zero classes. It's a different world for sure.

Mebbe Texas should be its own country, after all.

My oldest daughter married a kid from Conroe (sic?) and they live just outside Atlanta now. Still hard to believe what those kids make to coach. Some of the high school stadiums there make the one in Bozeangeles look junior high as do a few make the one here in San Franzoola look somewhat small college. High school football pays their coaches quite well down there and the booster clubs are very generous. Larry Campbell when he was in Lincolnton, Georgia coaching kids like Garrison Hearst got a new truck every couple of years from the booster club and basically all he had to do was be the Athletic Director and have the old coaches do their thing. Bill Napier when he was in Murray County earned over 150k as the AD and head football coach. He made considerably more when he took the Adairsville position.

Thanks for reminding me what I did to myself by returning to Montana, but! Money isn't everything, is it?

 

[Grizzly96]

Allen, TX just built the most expensive high school stadium in the state for their 8 high schools. Comes in at 72 million, seats 12,000 and has luxury boxes, plus a large screen monitor (2 million alone). They also have an indoor practice facility.

Amazing that high school stadiums throughout the country far exceed the product that many Big Sky schools have for their games. ....

This particular stadium is in Katy, a wealthy suburb of Houston...but, these things are all over. HS Football coaches also make six figures down here....and teach zero classes. It's a different world for sure.

Mebbe Texas should be its own country, after all.

My oldest daughter married a kid from Conroe (sic?) and they live just outside Atlanta now. Still hard to believe what those kids make to coach. Some of the high school stadiums there make the one in Bozeangeles look junior high as do a few make the one here in San Franzoola look somewhat small college. High school football pays their coaches quite well down there and the booster clubs are very generous. Larry Campbell when he was in Lincolnton, Georgia coaching kids like Garrison Hearst got a new truck every couple of years from the booster club and basically all he had to do was be the Athletic Director and have the old coaches do their thing. Bill Napier when he was in Murray County earned over 150k as the AD and head football coach. He made considerably more when he took the Adairsville position.

Thanks for reminding me what I did to myself by returning to Montana, but! Money isn't everything, is it?

Right now our thoughts and prayers should be with the people of the Texas coast and Houston. One of our own, Caleb Hill, and a former James Homan are from the Houston area and I know you know what's going on there right now. I'm sure he's going through a lot thinking of his family back home.

 

[Copper Griz]

Allen, TX just built the most expensive high school stadium in the state for their 8 high schools. Comes in at 72 million, seats 12,000 and has luxury boxes, plus a large screen monitor (2 million alone). They also have an indoor practice facility.

Amazing that high school stadiums throughout the country far exceed the product that many Big Sky schools have for their games. ....

This particular stadium is in Katy, a wealthy suburb of Houston...but, these things are all over. HS Football coaches also make six figures down here....and teach zero classes. It's a different world for sure.

Mebbe Texas should be its own country, after all.

My oldest daughter married a kid from Conroe (sic?) and they live just outside Atlanta now. Still hard to believe what those kids make to coach. Some of the high school stadiums there make the one in Bozeangeles look junior high as do a few make the one here in San Franzoola look somewhat small college. High school football pays their coaches quite well down there and the booster clubs are very generous. Larry Campbell when he was in Lincolnton, Georgia coaching kids like Garrison Hearst got a new truck every couple of years from the booster club and basically all he had to do was be the Athletic Director and have the old coaches do their thing. Bill Napier when he was in Murray County earned over 150k as the AD and head football coach. He made considerably more when he took the Adairsville position.

Thanks for reminding me what I did to myself by returning to Montana, but! Money isn't everything, is it?

Right now our thoughts and prayers should be with the people of the Texas coast and Houston. One of our own, Caleb Hill, and a former James Homan are from the Houston area and I know you know what's going on there right now. I'm sure he's going through a lot thinking of his family back home.

So very true. A tragic situation that is going to take a long time to recover from. Texas is a great state with so many good people. Thoughts and prayers to those impacted by that damn storm. 40 billion is estimated damages and loss. We get worked up about football and rightfully so, but situations like this put things in perspective.

 

[MT Jack]

38th in per pupil spending. 43rd in national education rankings. Texas certainly does football right but not much else right regarding education.

That being said, I wish NAU had an outside stadium.

 

[CatGrad-UMGradStu]

38th in per pupil spending. 43rd in national education rankings. Texas certainly does football right but not much else right regarding education.

That being said, I wish NAU had an outside stadium.

Ah! But where do they rank in federal grant monies because of their wonderful grant writers? They're like our Reservation Schools who know how to access the U.S. DOE's website and fill in numbers for the federal grants.

And yes, the state of Texas does football right! Their high school booster clubs rake in more monies than most Big Sky Foundations.

I kind of wish an earthquake would drop Flagstaff down to Phoenix' elevation. It's insane to expect a kid to adjust to the elevation change of 3100 to 7200 in a week.

 

[MT Jack]

I kind of wish an earthquake would drop Flagstaff down to Phoenix' elevation. It's insane to expect a kid to adjust to the elevation change of 3100 to 7200 in a week.

The elevation certainly helps NAU cross country and track and field compete with the best. Enough for NAU to win national championships in cross country. But the elevation advantage hasn't turned the football team into perennial playoff contenders.

 

[Grizzoola]

The elevation certainly helps NAU cross country and track and field compete with the best. Enough for NAU to win national championships in cross country. But the elevation advantage hasn't turned the football team into perennial playoff contenders.

And yet, and yet, NAU beat Bobby Hauck's UNLV team in 2012. I still don't get that!

 

[MT Jack]

.And yet, and yet, NAU beat Bobby Hauck's UNLV team in 2012. I still don't get that!

Yup. That was a blast. I flew up that weekend to Las Vegas and was stunned that all it took for an NAU team to finally beat a Bobby Hauck led team was his moving to the FBS and having more scholarships at his disposal.

Even though the Griz were in a bit of disarray last season, they are a better football program than UNLV. Bobby Hauck stepped into a decades long mess of a situation according to my college buddy who lives in Las Vegas.

 

[BadlandsGrizFan]

If you think Katy's stadium is impressive...you should check out what Frisco plays in. The entire thing is surrounded by mixed-use development including restaurants and shopping. Indoor seats 12k

 

[Grizzly96]

Watched todays press conference and overall I thought it was solid. My only disappointment was when Stitt was asked about Caleb Hill, who is from and his family lives in the area of the devastation going on in Texas, if he had talked to him about his family, his reply was he hadn't. Reese answered for him. I understand that you are in a business when in college football and it's not personal, but I feel you should at least check on your players with a situation like this. I'm not gonna be too hard on him, but it sure came across as uncaring for one of your players.