Allen (TX) HS builds $60 million football stadium

[CLONECONES]

No, this is how America is supposed to work. Not a large government telling what we can and can't have, but a small government providing their communities what they want. If the median household income is accurate and the rest of the school is properly funded I have absolutely no problem with this happening.

amen, huge gov't is terrible

 

[Go2Guy]

If they can afford it, why not?

By going into debt and floating bonds ??

 

[alarson]

By going into debt and floating bonds ??

Bonds paid off through their own tax dollars.

You don't have to live there. If anyone doesn't like it, its much easier to move out of a school district than say... out of a state or country.

 

[Go2Guy]

amen, huge gov't is terrible

So is a community that values non-returning assets and non-sustainable debt programs to fund their entertainment.

 

[CLONECONES]

So is a community that values non-returning assets and non-sustainable debt programs to fund their entertainment.

non-sustainable debt? lol if you don't like it bro - move to canada

 

[Go2Guy]

Bonds paid off through their own tax dollars.

You don't have to live there. If anyone doesn't like it, its much easier to move out of a school district than say... out of a state or country.

I live in TX and America so I can also voice my opposing opinion on how my tax dollars are spent.

 

[alarson]

I live in TX and America so I can also voice my opposing opinion on how my tax dollars are spent.

Your tax dollars weren't spent on this stadium, unless allen has somehow gained the ability to tax you in houston.

 

[CLONECONES]

I live in TX and America so I can also voice my opposing opinion on how my tax dollars are spent.

remind me when a township north of dallas is in houston (or whatever area of houston you live in)

 

[Go2Guy]

Your tax dollars weren't spent on this stadium, unless allen has somehow gained the ability to tax you in houston.

I'm speaking generalities... Just like you voicing your opinion and not living in the district.

 

[alarson]

I'm speaking generalities... Just like you voicing your opinion and not living in the district.

Except i'm not the one telling them what to do with their money.

 

[cyhiphopp]

So is a community that values non-returning assets and non-sustainable debt programs to fund their entertainment.

Extra curricular activities like sports and the arts are not just worthless entertainment.

 

[zwclones51]

That stadium is about the size of the field I used to play on in class A Iowa football.

 

[Go2Guy]

Except i'm not the one telling them what to do with their money.

I criticized their values; didn't tell them what to do.

 

[Go2Guy]

thats insane

Ya Think ?

 

[canker2323]

That stadium is about the size of the field I used to play on in class A Iowa football.

What the hell is that in your avatar (whatever it's called) pic?

 

[bgprest]

Wow...that's nicer than a lot of college stadiums

I live just 5 miles from this behemoth of a high school stadium. I moved to Dallas (Plano) in 1983 immediatley upon ISU graduation. Even at that time, one of the main things that amazed me were the size of the high school stadiums. I remember seeing Plano's and thinking it must be some college's.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

This has come up a few times the past few years since it was passed. People fail to forget there is like a $20M+ Arts facility, they're upgrading the high school, and they are in the upper percentile academically too. It was a $120M bond issue and half was for the Football program and the rest was for academics.

Its just an insane school.

 

[wartknight]

Makes me think a little about what Drake stadium would look like if built today-

 

[mac4cy]

Can't imagine this.
I know in Urbandale some community people complained when we built our football facility and that it was too much just for football. Like in the article Urbandale's is used for many more things, not just football.
Would be awesome to be a HS kid and play in a facility like that.

 

[Gonzo]

That thing is incredible.

That's what she said.