Bigger and Better

This past weekend I traveled down to Texas for the Fourth of July holiday and was once again amazed at the facilities these high schools possess. The actual schools themselves are not too shabby either.

A while back I wrote about a new football stadium being built in Allen. I didn’t make it over to their megaplex but I did get a glimpse of life in Denton and Prosper, both north of Dallas.

Denton’s C.H. Collins Complex was built in 2004 and has a capacity of 12,000 and cost $23 million to build. The stadium has a video scoreboard and multi-level press box to boot. The facility serves as the home for three schools.

Prosper, a few miles east of Denton, just finished building a new school with a football-ready field and indoor facility.

The head coach at Prosper, Kent Scott, has his own website keeping fans up-to-date on what’s happening with the program.

For now, they will continue playing at the “old” school where the capacity is just 2,000, but there’s an indoor practice facility there too (now a middle school).

It’s a common trend in the state and one that hasn’t made its way to Kansas yet. This of course would take a good chunk of money…and that’s an understatement.

Just another few differences between football in Kansas and football in the Texas, where as you know, everything is bigger.

For the record, the largest high school stadium in the state, Alamo Stadium, is located in San Antonio and has a seating capacity of 23,000. For a complete list of high school stadium's in the state of Texas, click here.