"Football is a religion." Or so goes the increasingly overheard statement about our national obsession with the sport. And while tangible verification of this belief can be a bit challenging to come by, a sparkling $60 million temple of sorts offers some very compelling evidence of its accuracy.

This particular shrine is a high school football stadium in, of course, Texas. The good voters (worshippers?) in Allen approved a $119 million bond package three years ago, which included funds for the stadium, a fine arts auditorium and school transportation among other things.

ccrunner609;1245181 wrote:that is ridiculous

said_aouita;1245296 wrote:Wow, that's an impressive indoor football practice facility. When is Massillon's last football state title?

said_aouita;1245296 wrote:Wow, that's an impressive indoor football practice facility. When is Massillon's last football state title?

GoChiefs;1245291 wrote:The $6 million for the indoor practice facility was privately funded by just one single person though.

WebFire;1245364 wrote:I thought the thread was about over-the-top HS facilities.

password;1245369 wrote:It is, but you have to admit that spending $6 million on a indoor facility at a school that has not won a real title in almost 60 years is impressive.

WebFire;1245364 wrote:I thought the thread was about over-the-top HS facilities.

GoChiefs;1245378 wrote:My bad. I thought the joke was that a $190 million bond was approved by taxpayers for the stadium.

said_aouita;1245491 wrote:Misleading. It was a $119m bond and only half of that was for the stadium.
"included funds for the stadium, a fine arts auditorium and school transportation among other things."

The $$ was not only for a new stadium.

GoChiefs;1245378 wrote:My bad. I thought the joke was that a $190 million bond was approved by taxpayers for the stadium.

GoChiefs;1245378 wrote:My bad. I thought the joke was that a $190 million bond was approved by taxpayers for the stadium.