{"id":17268,"date":"2016-09-26T22:42:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T22:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17268"},"modified":"2016-09-26T22:42:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T22:42:25","slug":"sparkling-football-stadiums-an-acquired-taste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17268","title":{"rendered":"Sparkling football stadiums: an acquired taste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/US_NEWS_SCHOOLSTADIUMS_1_LA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17269\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/US_NEWS_SCHOOLSTADIUMS_1_LA.jpg\" alt=\"us_news_schoolstadiums_1_la\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will admit that this required a bit of understanding on my part.<\/p>\n<p>High school football stadiums in Texas occasionally rival college sports venues.<\/p>\n<p>As the story in this link suggests, bigger is better in Texas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amarillo.com\/news\/2016-09-25\/eyes-texas-are-upon-top-tier-high-school-football-stadiums\">http:\/\/amarillo.com\/news\/2016-09-25\/eyes-texas-are-upon-top-tier-high-school-football-stadiums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Allen High School boasts an 18,000-seat stadium. It cost $60 million to build.<\/p>\n<p>You think that&#8217;s the top end? Guess again. McKinney High School, just a bit north of Allen, is going to break ground on a <em>$70<\/em> million football venue.<\/p>\n<p>One of my sons lives in Allen with his wife, two sons and a their daughter. I&#8217;ll declare, therefore, that I have a keener-than-usual interest in this phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>My life experience includes growing up in a suburban Portland, Ore., community where football used to be pretty big, too. But not <em>that<\/em> big. Our high school football venue consisted of a covered grandstand that held maybe 2,000 fans.<\/p>\n<p>We moved to Texas in 1984, where we learned just how big high school football really can get.<\/p>\n<p>As for these gleaming venues, I&#8217;ll finish with this observation.<\/p>\n<p>They aren&#8217;t conceived and built in a vacuum. Taxpaying residents of the communities involved vote to build them. I presume everyone&#8217;s eyes are wide open. The Allen HS\u00a0bond election\u00a0passed with a significant majority.<\/p>\n<p>I accept their decision &#8230; although I&#8217;m still trying to <em>understand<\/em> it.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will admit that this required a bit of understanding on my part. High school football stadiums in Texas occasionally rival college sports venues. As the story in this link suggests, bigger is better in Texas. http:\/\/amarillo.com\/news\/2016-09-25\/eyes-texas-are-upon-top-tier-high-school-football-stadiums Allen High School boasts an 18,000-seat stadium. It cost $60 million to build. 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