http://coveringkaty.com/2016/01/27/mega-stadium-groundbreaking-set-for-feb-5/

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No other Texas high school football stadium has had a higher price tag, but Superintendent Alton Frailey has argued that inflation and other factors don't make it the most expensive high school stadium in Texas history.

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Wonder if it will be done right or structurally deficient like the one in Allen?

just don't hire pogue construction

All stadiums are constructed by the "low" bidders.

Katy needs a second stadium, as I believe that they have something like 7 HS's playing their games there.

Just load the concrete mix down with accelerators; what could possibly go wrong.

http://usatodayhss.com/sigallery/qJ3x9buCxiFt5CXZYm6asa/100316163

Ground work has been going on for several months. Drive by it daily.

I hate the name Katy. Year long relationship with a "katy". I told her I was going for tacos one Sunday morning and never went home.

Had my attorney get her squared away. We weren't married I just didn't want to deal with her.

That bit** took my ice cube trays from the garage refrigerators (I hung out there a lot the last week) and my dog. I knew she was a little nutty but I actually feared for the dog

Got him back. He's never trusted another female though. I guess we are both alike on that subject.

Anyway. Football related as much as Katy field and remember when the Aggies are not playing well....some woman, somewhere, is trying to get even with a man. If you're really lucky it's not you

Weird...I briefly dated a Katy, but it didn't work out because she was afraid I would be just like all her exes.

I'm sure that it will pay for itself.

Why are they building it next to the existing stadium? Most of the growth in that district is to the south and west.

For FishingAggie:

Short answer: district already owned that land
10 yrs ago it was planned for where Thompkins HS is now but neighbors didn't want traffic & lights for 12 game nights, so now they get HS traffic every day & sub varsity lights 3 nights / week

District is built out South & West. All new growth will be North & West. 8th HS opens up in 17/18 Northwest of I-10. As a coach in the district I've heard way more about this thing than I care about. They're not building a palace but there are certain standards UIL has for schools of KISD's size. It's going to be nice but not extravagant. With 8 HS, 2 stadiums are required. We were doing a Thur, Fri, 2 Sat schedule at times with 7 & I think even a few games had to be played in other districts

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Why are they building it next to the existing stadium? Most of the growth in that district is to the south and west.

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Most of the growth is actually going to be north of I10 and just west of 99. South and west are already about maxed out

NOT AFR!!!!!

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just don't hire pogue construction

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the repairs were paid 100% by the A/E firm (their insurance of course). It was design fault, not contractor fault

I thought I voted against this.

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http://coveringkaty.com/2016/01/27/mega-stadium-groundbreaking-set-for-feb-5/

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No other Texas high school football stadium has had a higher price tag, but Superintendent Alton Frailey has argued that inflation and other factors don't make it the most expensive high school stadium in Texas history.

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Isn't Frisco's new stadium more expensive? Don't know the breakdown for the stadium itself, but the entire project is over $250 million. Admittedly the Cowboys are paying for most of it, but the city of Frisco and Frisco ISD are paying about $90 million

Thought they kept voting it down

Can't wait to watch the cluster F Saturday afternoons when four 6A high schools are leaving the two stadiums from the early game just as another four 6A high schools are converging on the two sites for the evening game with only a pair of 4-lane roads to handle all the traffic.

2 roads, 40,000 people, all at the same time. What could possibly go wrong???

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Thought they kept voting it down

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They did because the price was too high. After taking out some of the bells and whistles, voters passed it.

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just don't hire PBK

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FIFY

Shacked up with a Katy once. Never forget her awesome collection of ice trays.

Waste of money, considering the mediocre football they play down there.

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Waste of money, considering the mediocre football they play down there.

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Uh oh, we've got a real HS football expert on our hands, boys....

This is an effing stupid place to build a stadium. I live 3/4 of a mile from Rhodes Stadium and can hear the announcer, band, and fans cheering from my house during the games. I wonder how much the noise from each of the games going on simultaneously and adjacent to one another will interfere with each other? Just having two announcers calling two different games at the same time will be beyond obnoxious.

Her name is Katy *****th. That's what kind. When was that made? I wonder if that's where she got the idea.

pretty sad that we have a thread about katy without katy.

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Can't wait to watch the cluster F Saturday afternoons when four 6A high schools are leaving the two stadiums from the early game just as another four 6A high schools are converging on the two sites for the evening game with only a pair of 4-lane roads to handle all the traffic.

2 roads, 40,000 people, all at the same time. What could possibly go wrong???

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This is not likely to happen. Half the district teams usually don't have more than a couple of hundred fans attend their games. Paying for lots of unused capacity.

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Can't wait to watch the cluster F Saturday afternoons when four 6A high schools are leaving the two stadiums from the early game just as another four 6A high schools are converging on the two sites for the evening game with only a pair of 4-lane roads to handle all the traffic.

2 roads, 40,000 people, all at the same time. What could possibly go wrong???

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This is not likely to happen. Half the district teams usually don't have more than a couple of hundred fans attend their games. Paying for lots of unused capacity.

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May not happen for Katy games, but it sure will during playoff time when it will host lower classification games

But it's for the children!

Stupid K.I.S.D. voters. They better beg God their property values don't slip. Otherwise, taxes will go up. The bondholders will be paid.

And in case no one has noticed, energy - from which Houston/suburbs derives a lot of economic benefit - is in trouble.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-28/3-things-fed-fails-houston-horror-and-market-malaise

And it WAS voted down (possibly twice before) - when the overall bond proposal was much much smaller - but then they waited, repackaged it, re-advertised it, and jacked it up to a mind numbing $748 million dollar proposal, which DID pass. Go figure. But I'm guessing all the teachers/bureaucrats and their families were strongly encouraged to vote in what are historically low turnout elections.

But it's for the children ...... (Of course, assorted cronies contractors make out ok as well, and administrators get shiny new offices, facilities, bragging rights, etc.). But it's for the children.

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I hate the name Katy. Year long relationship with a "katy". I told her I was going for tacos one Sunday morning and never went home.

Had my attorney get her squared away. We weren't married I just didn't want to deal with her.

That bit** took my ice cube trays from the garage refrigerators (I hung out there a lot the last week) and my dog. I knew she was a little nutty but I actually feared for the dog

Got him back. He's never trusted another female though. I guess we are both alike on that subject.

Anyway. Football related as much as Katy field and remember when the Aggies are not playing well....some woman, somewhere, is trying to get even with a man. If you're really lucky it's not you

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Whoa. Just, what? Dude.

Voted against it. They were smart enough to realize that if they put the stadium up as a stand alone item, it would be voted down again. Package it along with additional schools, admin space, and maybe it will slip through. And unfortunately, it did.

Good for Katy, they needed it badly.

Allen has a mega stadium. This doesnt look any different from any other newer stadiums in the Houston area.