Top 15 Craziest High School Football Stadiums in America

[@Goodboy-gd1wl]

An honorable mention should go to George Washington High School football stadium in San Francisco. It's unique because it's a High School Football stadium with an amazing view of the Golden Gate Bridge.

[@jkashdamoneyman5870]

Just saw it, so dope

[@GeoAce777]

seems DECENT 😎😉

[@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536]

View is sick. Team is also sick.

[@smellyflannel86]

The one in Barrow, Alaska is definitely unique because one errant play can have the football go into the water.

[@trevorhintz1290]

One badly shanked punt will do it.

[@mrjibz8701]

Or if it was very windy

[@Woofdogman]

One bad punt and they are fucked

[@gregengel1616]

I also looked at it as what's the point? With such a huge State, this was the best spot of land they could find for a football field!

[@TheGraywolf4life]

I've been there. If they win they go jump into the arctic ocean.

[@ScoDavidson]

Fun video. Check out the Granite Bowl in Elberton, GA. In the middle of nowhere, town of 5k people, completely granite stadium seats 20k.

[@bigmikem90]

"Costed"

[@imilliemedina666]

Weehawken High School has a great stadium. As you swing around to enter the Lincoln Tunnel into NYC the highway encircles it and you look down on it. It's a gorgeous little field, well designed and maintained.

[@lobotomyscam1051]

I came here to mention that stadium. I saw it every morning for years going to work.

[@desanto846]

The Union City High School field is on the roof of the Union City High School, which also makes it very unique.

[@don312000]

Needless to say I Googled as soon as I read your comment--that is one cool setup!!!

[@Brewins]

If you go a few blocks to the east, you'll see Weehawken High School's football field. It's literally on the top of the Lincoln Tunnel to NYC. Both stadiums are pretty unique.

[@alexe1707]

Only place the can put it. Union City is the most densely populated city in the US. I belive 80,000 people in 1.2 sq mi

[@CreightonRabs]

Isn't there another high school in the Jersey City area with a similar setup? For some reason, I thought there was a second school in Hudson County with a field on the roof of the school.

[@ggriesenauer]

Best one is Kathy Parker field, just by the story alone. Kathy Parker had no ties to the high school, but heard the team was playing on a rough patch of ground that wasn't maintained. She fundraised to pay for the new artificial turf field so the kids could have a normal field to play on. Very cool.

[@paulywrath]

Stadium Bowl/Silas High School 3:52 is where they filmed "10 Things I Hate About You" with Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. The stadium is easy to recognize in the "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" scene.

[@Zarglos]

Yep.

[@zevkizelnik6628]

RIP Heath Ledger

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

The high school was orginaly going to be a hotel.

[@TubaDaddy8]

If you ever do weirdest high school baseball stadiums, you should add my alma mater, Redbank Valley High School, New Bethlehem, PA. They play at the county fairgrounds grandstand, which is used for rodeos and demolition derbies during fair week. Players find all sorts of car parts on the field!

[@GeoAce777]

🤠😅

[@dannybright1479]

The Stone Castle stadium in Bristol Tennessee is the most impressive stadium I’ve ever heard of. The whole stadium is actually shaped like a castle. That stadium would have been on my list.

[@DamnedRebel12]

Ain't nothing to gander at when you see it every other day for 2 years

[@marquisphelps6320]

@@DamnedRebel12 facts

[@rogerkeaton3519]

I was going through the comments to make sure someone had mentioned Stone Castle. I never expected a college-style video board at a place that looked like an antique castle.

[@GeoAce777]

gotta check that out! 🤔🏰

[@PinkysBane]

Jelsma stadium in Guthrie Oklahoma is where I played it's called "The Rock" and it is the most unique high school football stadium in Oklahoma. It was built in the 1930's by FDR's Public Works. It has a 30 foot rock wall on the north end that is Oklahoma Ave so extra points go onto the street. It has the baseball stadium Squires field on the south end zone and there is a retractable wall that separates the playing field in the end zone. When games of the week happen the news choppers land on the baseball diamond for dramatic effects. It's only about 3000 capacity but it's a gem in the heart of Oklahoma

[@GeoAce777]

that 🪨 wall sounds AWESOME! 😏

[@kalebstuckey570]

My man, “costed” is not a word.

[@tempestfury8324]

Great video! "Costed" isn't a word. The stadium COST x amount of dollars. Keep it up!

[@mikewhicker1445]

Very interesting. However, you missed one of the most unique high school stadiums in the country. Reitz Bowl in Evansville, Indiana. It's over 100 years old, seats 14,000, and is one of the most historic stadiums in the country. It's also an amphitheater carved out of a hill -- very unique.

[@maxjohnson1758]

Go Panthers!

[@tweezerjam]

I just flew over it on google earth. Very cool field. My high school had 570 kids- our field just had two small bleachers for our “fans”. 😂

[@falloutfan6649]

Another stadium worth mentioning is Saline High School in Michigan. It looks like one of those hole in the ground stadiums and has a double decker home side. That whole school’s budget is purely athletics because their other facilities are state of the art as well

[@donniefleuryy.29]

i played there about a year ago. saline is rich as hell in general. yea they definitely have nice athletic facilities

[@donniefleuryy.29]

it reminds me of grambling state’s stadium (a D1, HBCU)

[@FordIsland7]

I played at saline, nothing spectacular at all lmfao

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Ha ha! Sports first! Education last!

[@jasong428]

I live in Saline and I'm sure we would have traded out video board to be better than Belleville. I heard we have the highest per student expenditures in Michigan

[@bluestar9463]

Narrator uses the word "costed" - I'm out.

[@bendierking6986]

Illinois doesn't have too many unique football stadiums. One I can mention is Rock Island HS. Their field is set up just like "The Pit" in Elder, with the horseshoe style seating. The field and track sit lower than the surrounding sports fields and school and the seating essentially sits in the "hillside". Oh yeah, the school nickname is "Rocks". Another unique on is Mt. Carmel HS in the city with the same name (not the one in Chicago). The field here is at a lot lower of an elevation than the school and town. There's one long set of bleachers from the top to the bottom where the field is. There's no visiting bleachers.

[@jmoneygames1299]

I’ve been on the PFHOF, Masillons, and Elders field as a water/ballboy. All great stadiums!

[@layrdolliff6460]

So the Round Valley Dome is in Eager not Edgar. But awesome to see my old stadium get some love

[@andywindes4968]

Sometimes people are thrown off by the spelling. It's pronounced just like "eager." I spend a lot of time in Greer and really love Round Valley.

[@layrdolliff6460]

@@andywindes4968 I was raised there, so I'm pretty proud of that

[@robertmontes835]

Its COST, not COST- ED

[@Chiefsfansince-qb1kt]

Thank you for this entertaining and interesting video. I appreciate the efforts necessary to find information and photos of these unique venues and then produce the video that I'm sure we all enjoyed. Two things I would like to suggest as corrections to your narration: #1. When talking about the price of anything, if you were explaining to someone what the price was, the word you should have used was COST, not COSTED. In fact, COSTED is not an actual word of the English language. #2. In Canton, Ohio, the Hall of Fame is known as the PRO FOOTBALL Hall of Fame.....NOT....the NFL Hall of Fame. True, the PFHOF is chock-full of artifacts, busts of retired players and memorabilia that primarily relate to the National Football League. But in that same Hall you'll find artifacts and memorabilia that relate to OTHER professional football leagues (the American Football League (1960-1970), the All American Football League (1946 to 1950), the Canadian Football League (not sure of it's origin date but it's still in operation) and several other leagues (USFL, World Football League, Continental Football League, etc). Great work on the video! I truly enjoyed it.

[@CreightonRabs]

Allen (Texas) High School's enrollment according to the UIL is 7,102 as of the start of the 2022-2023 school year; the freshmen/9th grade are housed at a separate center while 10th-through-12th grade are at the main high school campus. This is somewhat common in larger school districts in Texas (Lewisville ISD has freshman/9th grade centers at three of their five high schools; Lewisville High has two 9th/10th grade campuses while the 11th/12th graders are housed at the main campus on Main Street in Lewisville).

[@ProjectInsight44]

Lewisville mentioned! There’s not much unique about it, but I was hoping to see Max Goldsmith Stadium in this video.

[@CreightonRabs]

@@ProjectInsight44 To be honest, most of the LISD stadiums are similar in design, but Marcus High School's Marauder Stadium was mentioned in Wide World of Stadiums' video of Dallas/Fort Worth area stadiums.

[@ChaseGrote64]

My high school made the list! Stadium is home to both Stadium High School and Silas High School. The seating used to wrap all the way around the field. A few decades ago, the north end eroded off the edge.

[@goingglobalstudios]

Eroded 😮

[@thephantomeagle2]

another honorable mention for indoor high school field would be Superior Dome, which is home to the Northern Michigan University Wildcat football. It's one of the largest domes in the world, by diameter at over 530 feet. It has a retractable football/soccer field, with a track, tennis courts and volleyball courts under it. It's often used by local football teams in the regular season, especially if there's lots of snow. Since the UP can get hundreds of inches of snow, and major storms off the lake, it's the perfect solution. Similar to the NFL using Ford Field for a few games that are relocated. You can often have 60+ mile an hour winds in the UP off Lake Superior with ice, rain and snow, it makes it deadly to even think about playing outdoors. The Superior Dome is right on the lake. It also holds many early rounds of high school playoffs. The finals are at Ford Field in Detroit.

[@Wolfie66]

I lived in Marquette while attending NMU in the early 90s. I remember the Superior Dome being built. Amazing structure! My son played in a high school playoff game there a few years ago.

[@citysaverthrift1262]

Great vid. Thanks. I enjoyed it.

[@chrisbg99]

Some of those Texas High School stadiums make some D1-FCS and lower green with envy.

[@coryspang7548]

I know about Barrow. Would love to visit it, just to see it with my own eyes

[@bighoss8793]

And this is where all our property taxes are going

[@HoodAdventures]

Yes, you have to vote for bond measures to be passed.

[@bossfan49]

That field in Barrow, AK has to feel like concrete. Imagine getting tackled on it.

[@OndreaS123]

I read a story about it some time ago, when playing games, they surround it with busses and have guards armed with shotguns to defend against the polar bears. the students pushed to get the team and it's helped reduce substance abuse among students, and some have gone to college on scholarships... its shown some a different path.

[@bossfan49]

@@bradleywolf5641 why are you telling me?

[@commentor3485]

I would also add Duluth East high school as it looks over Lake Superior.

[@duranventura128]

Will you do a Top 10 Weirdest NHL Arenas

[@jamesmacy7880]

Russellville High Schools in Russellville, KY, Rhea Stadium has a corner endzone hill and a 10 ft drop on the visitors side!

[@captainwillygrimm338]

@1:34 is my nephew at wide receiver for Houston HS in the first game played on the northern most astroturf in the world.

[@EddiePimson]

I’d be so pissed to face a backside fade on the last one 😂

[@PeterRichardsandYoureNot]

Might want to add to stadium high in Tacoma that the school and field were used in the movie “10 thing I hate about you” and it was also used to host a presidential speech after it was built. The original design had the stands go all the way around the enclosed end of the stadium.

[@lukejmccoy]

they did but got the name wrong

[@don312000]

Good stuff. My alma mater, where I teach and coach, plays in both Massillon Paul Brown and Tom Benson regularly--they're great environments!

[@jimschultz2179]

Cost not costed

[@williambillingsford9987]

lol

[@nathanielfowler6724]

As a football player myself, that curved Endzone corners would’ve made me move schools, that’s so demoralizing as a player😂

[@Randomzs]

My great grandpa was the lead superintendent on the construction of Paul Brown Tiger stadium

[@billsterling5790]

What does costed mean?

[@macrayurish3552]

Costed is killing me. I know it's technically correct, but so it cost and sounds so much cleaner.

[@johnkeviljr9625]

I’ve seen many hs football stadiums across the Country. The Texas stadiums you have shown are impressive and over-the-top. There are so many very intimate, beautiful and fun stadiums everywhere else.

[@Melo11x]

The last one kinda reminds me of my high school 71st HS.. we had a slight hill in the middle of the field lol

[@davidwartski7213]

Cool channel!

[@CincoMuertez]

Fun Fact: Stadium Bowl, Tacomo, Washington. is the location of the hit 90s teen film 10 things I hate about you. I just knew it looked familiar when i saw the giant hill to the stadium and roof top of school looked familiar, too.

[@johnweemes770]

It's a beautiful field I've been lucky enough to walk on can't . I bet you get hella pumped playing on it

[@markrobinson3830]

All on this video is crazy unique in one way or another. My favorite one is from the backwoods of South Carolina.

[@GeoAce777]

that was my #4😏😙🌲🌳

[@coloradotex9403]

Allen Texas has an enrollment of 7102 as of 2022. That is why they have such a huge stadium. It is the largest school district in the state of Texas.

[@BeeDotGee1113]

Largest school district? No way..... IT'S HISD

[@davidroman1654]

@@BeeDotGee1113 Allen is he largest High School in Texas but the Houston ISD, with several High Schools within he district is the largest "school" district.

[@BeeDotGee1113]

@@davidroman1654 well he said "district" 😂😂😂😂

[@iam_xrw]

The rounded dome probably blocks punts like crazy

[@Jessefr62]

Hey man, you should add Nixon Field it is home to the James F. Byrnes Rebels and is also an amazing stadium for a high school

[@stevegarland296]

Reitz Bowl in Evansville IN is another unique and historic stadium, though maybe not top 15.

[@donovanwisdom310]

My favorite is the “Irregular Verbs That Don’t Change From Present to Past Tense Stadium” in Basic Grammar Texas. It’s a tribute to words like “cost”.

[@_________.]

Costed is also correct, it’s just not as common

[@ktat01]

How the heck can they punt in that dome in arizona? The ceiling looks very very low

[@joresmi3423]

it's actually not! the roof is much higher than people think, and the field is set into the ground a bit. the bottom of the seating is about 3 feet below ground level, and the field is 6 feet below that. ive seen plenty of punters punt in there, not one has hit the ceiling!

[@jeffanderson3962]

Nice color coded seating on Alamo Stadium at 4:23

[@drummerboi15208]

What about Yuhas-McGinley Stadium the Wolvarena in Pittsburgh?

[@Bongofurry]

Amorica's priorities are in sport rather than education. Brilliant !

[@itz_dave_______]

America* Apparently, your school also have priorities over education.

[@Bongofurry]

@@itz_dave_______ * amorica get it right * itz. smh.

[@nelsonmoore4081]

Alamo Stadium reminds me a lil bit of Autson Stadium in Eugene Oregon home of the Oregon Ducks

[@rustyschimelpfening3899]

Good job nice video

[@swishersub5806]

I would love pt 2 please❤

[@rgreed20081]

I had went to Fort Thomas Highlands High School. The football stadium once had a track around it. The football field had either two or three of the field corners to end on the track. The track was later moved to Tower Park. Now the stadium is only used for football. and on occasion for gym classes.

[@thatboymikey23]

The El Paso high school is one of most haunted schools in America & it's the oldest one in the city

[@ChrisTheYouTubeCritic]

Cool vid

[@Woofdogman]

As an Alaskan I have to correct your pronunciation of Barrow. It's pronounced Bear-o not borrow.

[@JackHank13]

“The Rock”in Guthrie Oklahoma. Nothing like it. It been featured in Sports Illustrated and was at one time ranked as a top 5 field in the us when Guthrie was rolling

[@FrankHogan6]

“The Pit” looks like a nightmare for the people living right by it on Friday nights

[@clayscloset2618]

My niece and nephews are growing up there and I hate they won’t add a second and third high school simply bc of football. It’s a joke bc they care more about one sport than having thousands more kids be able to participate in: bball, theater, choir, wrestling etc etc.

[@taysb2220]

Eager, AZ not Edgar for the dome

[@TPCIO2]

POV: you don't go to school that beat allen in their own stadium... also it's tomball not timball.

[@mvaldivia]

Did I hear you say “costed”. Cmon man you sound old enough to know that’s not a word.

[@mards2479]

The stadium bowl in Tacoma is where Ten Things I Hate About You was filmed

[@danjacobsen7645]

Green Bay east high school. The site of where they play was where the Packers played home games before Lambeau Field was built and they’ve left remnants behind.

[@johnweemes770]

When I seen this I thought of the tamcom Washington stadium, very unique as well as the school. If remember they filmed a movie in that school and there's a scene where there on the field facing the water its amazing

[@danlower7834]

10 Things I hate about You, with Heath Ledger

[@Samtheman85844]

Very cool video.

[@lkfacility4718]

Ludlow Kentucky HS field is very unique as well for its new red turf.

[@justinlehmbeck69]

HM: Bishop Kennys field on the st johns overlooking the jacksonville skyling, and the tiaa bank field

[@goose9141]

I played at high school that played a school called Trona HS in CA. That town is a sulphur mining town in the desert so grass is not able to be grown there. So the field is made entirely of dirt.

[@donnatlaw6172]

Weehawken High School in NJ. It's actually built on top of the start of the Lincoln Tunnel going into Manhattan.

[@freddieruth6371]

Its crazy union city nj high school made it. Thats where i live, you forgot to mention the field is on top of the schools roof. Good vid though

[@jonjones655]

Great last shot of my home field.

[@jamessmith1359]

Look into Tahquitz in Hemet and also West Valley in Hemet for the next video

[@billjoyce5103]

Another cool field is beach channel high school in NYC. Right on the water and gets a full view of the NYC skyline

[@davidroman1654]

Spur High School in Texas has a very cool field. The seating is built into the side of a hill on the home side with no seating on the visitors side.

[@landoncatian9222]

Honorable Mention should go to Waianae High School in Oahu, HAWAII. The only high school in Hawaii that is right on the ocean shore with the football field right on the shore.

[@c0rnp0p80]

I didn't know there were enough highschools in and around Barrow Alaska to even play football or any other sport. That's cool though!

[@bigpasty1582]

Duluth east in Minnesota and the superior dome in Marquette mi are 2 cool fields/stadiums I've seen Also Cameron wi

[@gregthomas5141]

Hey there. The Pit is in Cincinnati, OH, not Elder, OH. Lol. It's also important to mention that it's right smack in the middle of a densely populated urban neighborhood. All of the seats are concrete bleachers and it's very old. early 1900's I believe.

[@MK-su6eg]

Waianae high school, westside Oahu, sunset, coconut trees mountains, check it out, colors are awesome.

[@scknigel4173]

You need to take a look at the Gopher-warrior Bowl in Grand prairie Tx. It is an actule bowl where the player havr to walk down a ramp to get to the field. Built in 1956

[@bennett7469]

What's up Night Time Spooks! Found your sports account!

[@cadenbeer-long672]

I feel jealous, all my High School stadium was literally just stands in hill, and visitor stands above one of the parking lots with the press box above.

[@andywindes4968]

The Round Valley High School domed stadium is in Eagar, Arizona (pronounced like eager, synonym for anxious). It serves the communities of Eagar, Greer, Springerville, and I believe Nutrioso, with a combined population of about 6,000.

[@rosscourtney9913]

Elder is in Cincinnati. Price hill is the area actually but it's Cincy. A stones throw from downtown Cincinnati and where the Bearcats play in Clifton.

[@OhioOwns]

yeah for some reason ppl don't like to admit Ohio is a big time high school football state. I think folks assume only Texas is allowed that distinction or something lol

[@marksalotsalot]

It cost $60m. Not costed. This is obviously by someone who doesn’t use English as their first language.

[@thethomastate]

You should do basketball next for high school .

[@geoffkomdeur9103]

Check out Ithaca Michigan. You could do a documentary about the building of that. Super small town. They were told if they won a title, the local millionaire would buy the school a new stadium. They did and got it. Complete with a jumbo tron. Seriously though, x10 more cows than people in this city. Nicest people.

[@alanac.2828]

Wai'anae High School and Lahainaluna High School in Hawai'i have football fields with incredible views of the ocean and surrounding area!

[@stevebradley8862]

Live Oak Classical HS, a small private school, in downtown Waco, TX across the street from the Magnolia Silos (tv show “Fixer Upper”) which is nice backdrop. Extra point has been kicked into windows of cars driving by!

[@theotherone3021]

Honorable mention Fowler high school in Syracuse ny. We had a horrible field even used to to play on other teams field. Now they upgraded the stadium they promised that shit for years but it’s beautiful right by the street of one of the main roads in the city and updates the school as well.

[@nobodyJake]

Asheville high, NC has the neatest old high school stadium I've ever seen in person.

[@Reitz86]

FYI, check out the Reitz Bowl, FJ Reitz HS in Evansville Indiana, holds 12,000, 104 seasons of football, the University of Evansville used the Bowl for their field years ago, the Refrigerator Bowl was played there from 1948-1956 (Evansville was the refrigerator Capital of the world producing 3,800 units a day), a circus performed in the bowl in the 1940’s, and the Bowl sits on Reitz hill overlooking the city of Evansville on the Ohio River, years of tradition, Go Panthers👍