McKINNEY, Texas - A dollar might not buy what it used to, but $50 million can still set up a grandiose new high school football stadium in the Lone Star State.
The latest megabucks football development in Texas is again in the Dallas area, with McKinney ISD school board set to vote on a brand new, 12,000-seat football and events facility for the high school.
As reported by the Dallas Morning News, the connected facilities are expected to cost approximately $50.5 million, nearly one-quarter of the total $220 million outlay being proposed in McKinney's forthcoming bond proposal; other funds will facility upgrades, renovations at the middle and elementary schools and land acquisition and planning for a new elementary school in the town.
The showstopper of the proposal is the stadium of course. You can see renderings of the proposed stadium above.
The capacity of McKinney's new stadium will not reach the 18,000 who can fit into Allen's Eagle Stadium.
Katy ISD has proposed a similar 12,000 seat facility which is expected to cost approximately $58 million, although some estimates have the cost are closer to $61 million.
While the McKinney board's approval is the next step toward the bond's successful implementation, there are still steps to run before spades hit the ground; if the board approves the current bond package on the table — which could come at a March 17 meeting — it will still have to be approved in a May 7 bond election.
If it is, McKinney will join the biggest of the big boys in Texas high school football programs.
