There are a lot of factors in play on this stadium and who really knows what the end goal is. It may be to ultimately combine schools for football to help compete. Des Moines has been and will continue to push for equity for all families and students and I think that is a big part of this stadium.
But if the end game is truly to be competitive with the suburbs, building stadiums and leveling the playing field isn’t the answer.
There needs to be a substantial investment in youth sports in Des Moines. They need to make it as easy as possible for kids coming up to play the sports the love without the worry of finances. That’s how u start making things more competitive by the time u get to high school. DM has been terrible in this arena but the answer lies somewhere within this type of model. I’m not saying good things won’t come of this, but If u truly want to compete then get down into younger kids and help them out financially and anyway you can.
But if the end game is truly to be competitive with the suburbs, building stadiums and leveling the playing field isn’t the answer.
There needs to be a substantial investment in youth sports in Des Moines. They need to make it as easy as possible for kids coming up to play the sports the love without the worry of finances. That’s how u start making things more competitive by the time u get to high school. DM has been terrible in this arena but the answer lies somewhere within this type of model. I’m not saying good things won’t come of this, but If u truly want to compete then get down into younger kids and help them out financially and anyway you can.