TDs, taxpayers: Texas鈥� 5 most expensive HS football stadiums
HOUSTON (BVM) 鈥� The biggest and most expensive high school football stadiums in Texas all cost tens of millions of dollars to build. It鈥檚 taxpayers who fronted the bill thanks to property taxes which are allocated to improve school districts.聽
Texas is known for producing top football talents and its big sporting facilities like these that often attract some of the top prospects in the country. Stadiums also funnel money back into school districts thanks to naming rights, ticket sales and miscellaneous events such as graduation ceremonies.聽
However, when the price tag for a high school stadium nears $100 million, the question is, 鈥淗ow much money is too much to spend on high school sports?鈥澛�
Notably, the biggest high school football stadium in Texas isn鈥檛 the most expensive. Memorial Stadium in Mesquite holds the for high school football games at 19,400 people. It cost about $70 million less to build when compared to the No. 1 stadium on this top five list.聽
Check out the top five most expensive high school football stadiums in Texas. Many of the most expensive stadiums in Texas were built for Independent School Districts (ISD) near Houston.聽聽聽
