{"id":3569,"date":"2016-05-10T09:03:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T01:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/10\/texas-voters-approve-62-8-million-high-school-football-stadium\/"},"modified":"2016-05-10T09:03:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T01:03:27","slug":"texas-voters-approve-62-8-million-high-school-football-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/10\/texas-voters-approve-62-8-million-high-school-football-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas voters approve $62.8 million high school football stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A high school football stadium was built in Allen, Texas, in 2012. It cost taxpayers $60 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Eighteen months later, the $60 million high school football stadium was shut down indefinitely<\/a>. Cracks in the concrete made it a safety hazard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That was 2014. Now it’s 2016, and voters from a town 10 minutes up the road just decided to finance a stadium of their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Again, for high school football. This time, for $62.8 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Welcome to McKinney, Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: ‘Friday Night Tykes’: A Savage Journey Through Football Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

McKinney voters this weekend passed a $220 million school bond proposal that includes $62.8 million allocated to build a 12,000-seat football stadium (“and events center”!) for the school district’s three high schools. The bond proposal passed, according to The Dallas Morning News<\/a><\/i>.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More about Texas<\/a>, Football<\/a>, Entertainment<\/a>, and Sports<\/a><\/p>\n

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