So you said you don't understand. I will try and help, as I played back in the 70's I was born and raised in TX. I played ball in Katy, near Houston. Even back then we had impressive stadiums for the time. When it comes to football, Roll tide and MSU have the market cornered for college ball. However, TX has the market cornered on Hogh School ball. We take it very serious. Many of these kids do go on to play for States then pro. But we take high school serious. Like it or not, it's televised and an important part of TX sports. It encourages students to perform and go on to make something of themselves. Take your kids serious, because your kids are the future. In spite of enterlopers, Texas kids are, as a rule good kids that become our future. What we do to support our kids, shows later. It's why Texas is so great.

The Astrodome actually had dirt under the turf until it was renovated in the mid-80s. The dirt would have been a remnant of its original grass field, and the Dome had many dirt events over the winter like rodeo, motorsports and even bullfighting. After the renovation dirt would be hauled in as at other stadiums.

i went to Albany high school which is currently 2a D2 program which is the smallest classification for 11 man football in Texas with enrollments under 181. Faith Field at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium can handle 2900 people. a lot of the stadiums in this video are 6a schools which is the largest classification and has a minimum 2275 enrolment though there are some schools with enrollments as large as almost 7000. the biggest difference between the smallest to largest schools is size and features. small schools still feel like what other states might expect a stadium to be but once you get to 4a d2 and above they truly start to rival and in some cases exceed even national d1 college stadiums. its glorious.

Maybe I’m missing something, but it is worth noting that Lake Travis High School (an ISD in Texas I once live in) usually ranks very high in Texas HS football competition (multiple (5-6?) HS football state championships) but their stadium wasn’t mentioned in your video. Maybe it is because big, fancy stadiums don’t necessarily produce great football teams?

In Hs my senior year in the playoffs one of our games had 30k fans at the game… I went to a 5A school not even 6A lol football is religion in Texas

don't forget Georgetown Texas stadium, Berger Stadium in Austin, the Pfield in Pflugerville, The Palace in Round Rock, Hutto High School stadium. All 10K+

At one time these would have been good pro stadiums, and they’re only getting bigger.

And they wonder why these youngsters are so spoiled nowadays. I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be saying this, but you are giving them more power and control which is why you have the problems you have today.

The voters pass bonds to build these stadiums. Obviously, you don’t understand Texas is football.

Should schools have nice stadiums sure but as you can see most overdo it thinking it will bring them a state title but for most of these schools it won't.

A note on Legacy: it routinely hosts West Houston band competitions, the district's graduations, and more. I went to high school in this district and have probably been to that stadium for one reason or another over 50 times. The district turned down additional plans for overhead catwalks, underground locker rooms, and more. The stadium is build into the ground as compared to on top of it. Just to its south is Rhodes Stadium, Katy ISD's older stadium. Since the district now has 10 highschools, they need to use both stadiums in order to get all the games done. Rhodes' capacity is just under 10,000.

Allen High School has a band that marches at all football games. It has 675 members. For out of town games they require 22 buses & multiple trucks to get there. There are KZbin videos of their band.

You should mention Allen, McKinney, and Frisco all have state of the art stadiums and close together in north Dallas. Frisco ISD plays games at the Dallas Cowboys practice facility. It’s an indoor stadium.

I'm a Texan. You just don't understand Canada! It's TEXAS AND IT'S FOOTBALL! What we don't get that justin guy! When y'all gonna boot his a ss outta there. Just send him to russia.

TV broadcasting SHOULD BE middle- and high-school level courses. Video and production. Sound recording, mixing. Mobile cameras. Mobile microphones. Mixboards. In reality, this HAS gone on with 10-12-15 year old students since VHS handhelds were available. And all of these skills will be incredibly marketable for decades to come. A lot of schools offer these, as well as broadcast booth announcers, 'color' announcers and employ analysts. Can you imagine a college kid applying for a job with 4-5-6 years' experience in sports broadcasting, video production and more?

Im born and raised in Texas and I played highschool football here and the atmosphere is amazing. Ive played at a few of these stadiums and the energy is insane! It fuels the players and things get very vicious after kick off. I miss it so much.

There are several others you could have mentioned, including McKinney ISD stadium, and while not exclusively for high school, the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco (indoors, approx 9k capacity), Toyota Stadium (FC Dallas, approx 20k), which are used by all 14 Frisco ISD schools.

Add Prosper ISD Stadium to your list! Went there for a playoff game. It was incredibly nice. Poor taxpayers lol!

As a fellow Canadian, I also marvel at the Texas high school football stadiums. Big or small. New and old. The traditions, rivalries and the financial commitment to athletic facilities. I’ve seen the Mojo vs Lee at Ratliff, been to Alamo in SA, San Angelo, The SAC and Shirley Field in Laredo and many more in smaller towns like La Joya in the valley all the up to Hale Center and Dumas in the panhandle.Even some big middle school stadiums like JFK Middle school in Grand Prarie.its awesome see how Texas treats Friday night's statewide✌

This video blew up but it also upset a lot of people as well lol.

People - don’t get mad at me. There have been over 100,000 concussions in Texas amateur sports, mainly football, over the past 5 years. These are the known concussions, by the way. And zero state champions in any sport or any level that were transgender students. Yet people are freaking out over transgender invasions. Let’s be clear - Texas will never do anything about those concussions due to football.

Lived in Midland, TX for the last 25 years, Odessa Permian vs Midland Lee is a big deal, fans from both Odessa and Midland fill the stadium, 19,500 tickets available is not enough!

Why are press boxes not necessary at highschool games? Some schools draw D1 Recruiters those guys dont watch football they study football. Having a seat for them in the pressbox so they can come scout your star QB or RB or whatever is exactly what you want in texas. Those stadiums might look ridiculously big but they do get packed every week at every game. You do don’t want your staff recording the game from the bleachers with all the crowd noice, you dont want important recruiters to sit with the crowd when he’s there doing his job and not there to enjoy a game. In texas we have coaches sit up in the press box and they talk to the head coach on the headsets etc. a stadium in Texas without a pressbox would be useless

Friday Night Lights Mojo Mojo Mojo Look up the book and movie

Most people just don't understand the scale of the Texas economy. We have a higher GDP than all but the top 8 COUNTRIES. We build these things because we can and don't really care what non-Texans think.

I live in McKinney Texas. You showed a picture but did not include it. We are right down the road from the Allen stadium you mentioned. The stadium is huge. We do have 3 large high schools and the teams in this area all have nice stadiums and large enrollments. Some of the best football teams in the country are in this area.

4K spectators? Thats like 3A football stadiums in Texas.

Absurd? You are obviously not a Texan. There is nothing absurd about high school football in Texas. And you didn't mention Alamo Stadium in San Antonio that was built in 1940 by the WPA. It seats 18500 but over 21000 showed up for the 1963 city championship game between Lee and Brackenridge.

Allen's stadium record is 21,000. When San Angelo Central (San Angelo Stadium capacity 17,500) hosted them in a playoff game in 2016, the estimated attendance was 24,000. They could have sold 30,000 if the stadium was bigger.

Press box absurd? It's absolutely a necessity. I just worked in one last night producing a live broadcast of a Texas high school game. None of them are big enough. Where do you want coaches, scouts, media, radio broadcasters, and live stream/TV broadcasters to work during a game?

If you have not already done so, do a Google search for "Texas Bob". He/it maintains a very good list of Texas high school football stadiums.

He didn't mention that high school football game attendances can reach 50,000 for a playoff game.

1:34 Bronchos? No, they’re the BRONCOS.

I get that high school athletics are all but ignored outside of the US. Football is HUGE in Texas. From Pop Warner games all the way up to the NFL, football games in Texas draw large, paying crowds. It is essential to have stadiums large enough to accommodate the crowds. I think its sad student athletes aren't supported and cheered on in Canada and Europe the way they are in Texas. Its not just the football players. Marching bands, drill teams, color guards, and cheerleaders also participate during the games and help create an amazing atmosphere in the stadiums. As the saying goes, football in Texas is a religion of its own!

For my mates over seas, and not from TX. Some of these towns will shut down for high school football every Friday night. These schools make Millions of dollars from advertising, tickets, and food/drinks, even the smaller ones. No not the level of college football, but still a lot. It’s a business. Take a look at the field in Denton TX

They build those stadiums cause they get the crowds for a lot of those games.

No Prosper high stadium?

High School football is serious in Texas. Friday Night Lights.

It should be noted that Odessa Permian high school and their football team were the inspiration for Friday Night Lights. So the big stadium adds up

I played at Plano East in the late 90s and our stadium seated 15k

that record attendance was the first ever game at that stadium it was unreal!!!! and they just got a huge new video board

Do Southlake carroll and HEBisd Pennington field.

No grande? UTPB abandoned Ratliff for Grande.

These stadiums are for the ISD Independant School District. Some of the high schools have thousands of students. Allen High Scool has 5,317 (2022-23).

You indicated you are from Canada. Nuff said.

Bro didn’t even mention prosper or McKinney isd stadium

You should look at San Antonio ISD stadium

This is crazy. In the UK, the idea of a school having a stadium at all is daft, let alone one that seats 10,000+. American sports are weird.

the first ever football stadium i went to was fcu stadium and it did feel like i was watching a game at a higher lefel

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