We showcase the stadiums and arenas of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, with a minimum capacity of 10 000 for football stadiums and 5 000 for everything else. Thanks for watching!
There’s nothing like driving around the truly rural parts of Texas on a Friday night, through the farm and ranch land, seeing almost nothing in the distance, but passing tiny towns with their football stadiums shining as bright as a diamond. You just know that in each place there’s a community coming together and small-town legends are being created.
Indeed! ... I remember well ... just driving around rural Texas is awesome, I covered the entire state over about a 40 year period, drove all over the state🟪
Every year Texas plays Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl. Half the stadium is burnt orange and the other half crimson. It's a truly a unique experience in college football.
This brought a tear to my eye. I've been to nearly all of these stadiums, but its the high school stadiums that got me welling up. My father was a High School Football coach and I played throughout high school as well, and I've been to all of these stadiums (except the ones built after 2015), either playing or watching my Dad coach. So many hot nights, listening to the bands playing their fight songs, seeing the teams come out and break their banners as they ran onto the field, and hugging my dad as he came off the field to meet me and my mom. On our way home from the games we'd turn on the radio to listen as scores came in from other high school games, maybe stopping by Whataburger to grab a celebratory burger along the way. Times were so much simpler then and I have left North Texas, but my heart remains on the turf and grass of those fields. Thank you for this video, it really took me down memory lane. P.S. UT Arlington's football team was disbanded years before I was born, but I won a couple City Championships at Maverick Stadium during grade school. It is still dear to me. Can't believe an aussie made a video about my home that made me cry. Much Love
I went to Allen High School and was on the 2012 Varsity football team, the year the stadium opened. Opening night we had >22,000 people, many people buying standing-room-only tickets. It is still crazy to me how awesome of a stadium we had and the fact that we still fill it up most Friday nights. Cool to see it on this list :)
LMAO this is one of your best ones so far. Love how all the multimillion dollar high school football stadiums finally broke you down halfway through and you needed a "Texan" to come in haha
I grew up in Fort Worth and got to play in a few of these stadiums. There are a lot of really great smaller stadiums here as well. Amon G Carter is my favorite by far though!
These stadiums are so well known that you don't have to be from the Dallas area to know that a large part of football history is here. Legendary games, players and coaches have touched these fields. Great video. Thank you.
Fort Worth native, here... glad to see Dickies on the board. And yes, I've been to (and even played in) a few of those high school stadiums, like most DFW residents.
Thank you just brought light to our Memorial stadium. The memorial stadium was a great place to relax. Their often the school had events and as month ago it hosted the National band Marching contest.
My hometown...I've been in half of these (and almost all of the college ones). Stadium story (and yes, the tcu stadium is a bit steep in person) - They are a private college in Ft. Worth, while SMU (the last group profiled here) is similarly a private school in Dallas. They play home and away each year, and this instance takes place one year the game was in Ft. Worth. At the end of each performance, the SMU band form what is called the diamond M (band stands to form said letter) and one year as they stood there, the crowd might have noticed little baggies floating in the wind. Six months or so later, on the stadium's field, a pattern, shaped like a diamond M, of rye grass grew...
The tower beside Mesquite Memorial Stadium transmits the Mesquite ISD's own radio station, KEOM 88.5 FM, which broadcasts most of games played within and plays music of the 1970s. McKinney ISD Stadium hosts the NCAA Division II Football Championships, while Toyota Stadium hosts the FCS Championship as well as the Frisco Bowl. Frisco ISD plays football at both Ford Center and Toyota Stadium. The Conference USA basketball tournament has been played the last few years at Ford Center, using two courts. The entrance to Schollmeyer Arena reminds me of the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
I kind of like how Texas has a 10-20,000 seat stadium for their suburban towns (cities, in some cases) instead of scattering 4-8,000 seat Erector Set-stadiums around like other states do. It gives them a usefulness beyond just school events.
2:12 UNT Coliseum resembles the old Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas, which was the main arena for the Dallas Mavericks until 2001. It shares a similar "pedestal" look that is not at all common in arena design. Interestingly enough though, UNT Coliseum opened in 1973 while Reunion opened in 1980 - so maybe the city took some inspiration from the college up the road? 11:28 Not only are these balconies, but some were actually originally offices that could be leased out by companies who wanted a unique address. Not sure there's any other stadium in the United States that has offices (other than the team's, that is) incorporated into the building - but tbh, it's an idea that really was ahead of its time. Other teams, especially those who can't get a sweetheart deal to develop and profit from the land around their stadium (like the Atlanta Braves or the New England Patriots), should consider this as a money-generating alternative in their new ballpark/arena. Ground-floor retail at new stadiums is pretty commonplace now, and leasable office space might be the next evolution of that idea, especially for facilities in the downtown area.
I’ve been obsessed with stadiums and stadium design since a kid. I would draw fake stadium mock ups and diagrams in my school copy books lol. Wish i would’ve pursued it as a career. As a Pennsylvanian i humbly request a Philly or PA stadium video please 🙏🏻
As someone who is a born and raised Texan, I can tell yall that people take their highschool football games very seriously. It's a state past time to be honest. Doesn't matter what city you're in, homecoming games on Friday night basically shut the city down for about 4 hours. Also, the old Texas rangers stadium was amazing before they converted it. I spent many an afternoon roasting under the oppressive July sun watching my favorite baseball team lose to #4 in the league teams. But man, I gotta say, it's good to be out of the sun in the new stadium.
Great job, as usual. Good idea to do all city stadiums. You did miss a few, including a couple of arenas. The Credit Union of Texas Event Center is a 6,275 fixed-seat multi-purpose indoor arena located in Allen, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas. The arena opened in 2009 under the name Allen Event Center. Construction cost was $52.6 million. Home to the Allen Americans minor league hockey and Dallas Sidekicks indoor soccer. Comerica Center is a multi-purpose arena in Frisco, Texas. It is the home of the Texas Legends of the NBA G League and the Frisco Fighters of the Indoor Football League, as well as the executive offices and practice facility of the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars. It seats between 5,000 and 7,000 people. Construction cost $27 million + $39 million renovation (which expanded capacity to around 6,000). Keep up the good work!
There's another high school arena, the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland. The Fort Worth Convention Center arena, which resembles a flying saucer, is set to be demolished as it's been functionally replaced by Dickies Arena, but telescoping seating is planned for the ballroom which will replace it. The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas also boasts a domed arena, originally called Dallas Memorial Auditorium, with 9,000 seats. It once shared the Dallas Chaparrals of the ABA (now the San Antonio Spurs) with Moody Coliseum. There's also a 7,000 seat coliseum at Fair Park, next to the Cotton Bowl, formerly used for minor league hockey but built more for rodeos. Will Rogers Coliseum also had minor league hockey, with a rivalry in the '70s between the Fort Worth Wings and the Dallas Blackhawks.
My Uncle worked with the company that designed the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington as well as the American Airlines center. It is quite amazing as to what goes into the design of these buildings.
Old globe life and the rough riders stadiums are two of the best stadiums I’ve ever been to. Also the only stadium I can think of that you missed is the dirt track at Texas motor speedway, a much smaller dirt oval behind the main stadium
When I moved to DFW 3 years ago, the notion of Texas football craze was plainly ridiculous to me. By now, other than the fact that high schools are blowing way too much money on it, the high school football culture may well be my favorite aspect of the Texan identity. Crazy to think how many of these stadiums Ive made memories at. Legendary video
This was a good video. The only other impressive high school stadiums that I’ve been too that I can remember pretty well and didn’t see on this list was Highlander Stadium in the park cities, Max Goldsmith Stadium in Lewisville and Ron Poe stadium in McKinney. Other than those good job!
you should do one on Houston's stadiums they have Minute Maid Park, NRG Stadium, Toyota Center, Rice Stadium, TDECU Stadium, The Legendary Astrodome and The Summit (now Lakewood Church).
I’m sad you didn’t include my high school stadium: Pennington Field. Not the best looker, but it is an imposing place for visiting teams. We used to say “No one escapes the walls of the Penn.” and there’s a reason for that. In my three years playing at Euless Trinity, we went 15-1 at home.
As a student of UTA, the first stadium you showed, I should point out that despite us having a stadium, and a field with our logos on it, we don’t actually have a football team. The football program was discontinued in 1985. The stadium is only used for track and field. So yes, as you said in the College Park Center segment, we are a basketball heavy university because we don’t have football..
Hearing $70m+ for a DAMNED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM is WILD, but if multiple schools use it, the cost SEEMS to be slightly justified.......SLIGHTLY.
The stadiums, especially the newer ones are in school districts/cities where their populations have risen dramatically over the past few decades, newer schools in those districts, often being built in the last 10-15 years. The stadiums are definitely meant to be used for multiple schools and uses.
Houston stadiums could give Dallas a run. Merrell center, Berry Center, Delmar Fieldhouse (Baby Toyota center), Legacy Stadium, Galena Park ISD stadium, Constellation Field so many more I can't name right now
Do a video on just the High School stadiums in Texas. Any amenities or architecture can eventually be seen if you look long enough. We have mild falls and winters all over the state, and most people live between 1 and 6 hours from a professional team. HS football is often a favorite sport in the state, and is much more community oriented.
Things could have been much different for Irving ISD. From what I recall, back in the 90s (I can't remember the exact year), there were two bond propositions regarding the schools, one of which was to build a new stadium to replace Joy and Ralph Ellis Stadium, which was then known as Irving Schools Stadium. That specific bond proposition was voted down. At least they eventually made some renovations that made it look acceptable. I don't see it being replaced anytime soon.
I live in Dallas and I can confirm that we take our stadiums very serious, I teach high school and our stadium is college level caliber…..to sound old: BACK IN MY DAY my high school had just a two bleachers and a scoreboard:D
Better than my high school stadium. Located on a hill next to a two century old cemetery with concrete bleachers and a single scoreboard dating back to the 1980s as "modern"
“Independent” indicates that the school district is separate from any municipality, county, or state-the school district has its own taxing authority outside the direct control of other governmental entities. Schools in a city or town are not controlled by the city or town government, the Mayor can't tell a school's Principal what to do. The district has a "CEO" in the form of a Superintendent. The Superintendent answers only to a School Board which is elected by the residents of the geographic district. Districts may encompass a single town/city or a larger area and usually takes the name of the town of origin of the school district. I live in a district that covers 3 cities/towns and is named for the larger city that students from the smaller towns were attending because these towns didn't have the resources to keep up with growth of the town. Garland ISD which serves the cities of Garland, Rowlett, and Sachse. Homer B. Johnson Stadium, featured in this video, is owned by the Garland ISD. Garland also has a smaller stadium, Williams Stadium. The 7 high schools of Garland ISD share in the use of both stadiums.
When I moved to Prosper Texas ( 8:45 ) the population was about 800. When I graduated the population was nearing 30K. and we had the same high school football stadium the entire time (and it was actually at the middle school. The year after I graduated the new High School Football stadium was built. I remember seeing the previews for it nearly a decade before and thinking there was no way that would ever be built. but here we are.
I just left a game in Prosper. My oldest son was the 5,000 student enrolled in the district years ago and graduated 2020 with the last class of Prosper High before they opened the 2nd high school. I do remember the old stadium and I thank them for giving us a temple worthy for the community to put on a show every weekend.
You missed several surprising high school football stadiums. Aledo, Lewisville (actually several in Lewisville ISD other than the Marcus stadium you covered), and Duncanville come to mind. Plus, one that I can’t remember the specific school but has a full indoor football practice field. And those are just off the top of my head…but performed AV installation work in DFW area schools for about 5 years so I saw many across many districts.
Besides soccer, Toyota Stadium also hosts NCAA football. It is where the FCS National Championship is played every year, with South Dakota State as the current reigning champions, as well as where the Frisco Bowl is played every year.
As somebody who grew up in the DFW metroplex & played high school football there, I have been to almost all of the stadiums in this video & even played football in some of them, but my home stadium wasn't mentioned in this video, that would be the Gopher-Warrior Bowl in Grand Prairie, TX.
Well done. Football is a huge thing in Dallas- FtWorth. I’ve been to a good amount of those stadiums and a lot of them are a little excessive on the price but actually being there you realize it was worth every penny
Good video . There are actually even more ( close to )10000 seat high school stadiums than this. For instance Marcus stadium shown in this video has 3 more in their ISD (Lewisville, Hebron and Flower Mound all with more than 9500 seats). Pennington in Bedford has 12500 and probably several more.
You missed the Gopher Warrior bowl in Grand Prairie. It host many of the high school playoff games regardless if one of the Grand Prairie teams is involved. Its a Bowl built in the ground and has always been a cool venue!🏉🏈
I’ve been to the Fort Worth stock show and rodeo many times, my family raises cattle and when I was in high school I was an exhibitor there and now my family sells cattle there. I saw the dickies arena being built and I’ve seen a rodeo or two inside will rogers coliseum
the expensive Texas high school stadiums are paid by private funds, the parents in rich Texas towns form corporations to better fund the schools. I've been to a couple of them in the Austin area and its not just stadiums, everything on campus is first class, and all the students benefit. The pressure on the students to succeed both in athletics and academics is intense. One former student I met who was now a senior pre med at University of Texas told me that her high school was much harder than pre med.
I graduated from McKinney back in the 90's. McKinney was the first high school in Texas to get an indoor practice arena. To be fair the School district didn't pay for it. Coca-Cola did. My father was on the school board for McKinney when the deal took place. It was a great move for the district. Up to that point the district had owned, and serviced all of it's own soda machines. Coke came in and offered to replace all the machines district wide, maintain and stock them and give the district a percentage of the sales. They also included the practice arena as part of the deal. It ended up saving the district money. It got the district out of being in the vending machine business which didn't really make the district any real money.
I'm really enjoying these metro area stadium reviews. Could you also do one for the Ruhr-Area in germany? It's not exactly a single city but it is a more or less continuus agglomeration of more than 5 million people with a very specific working class industrail identity and with clubs like schalke, dortmund, bochum, essen etc. there is a lot to cover. Would really appreciate it. Thanks for the frequent videos and much love from south germany
We're probably a bit too south to be considered proper Dallas / Ft Worth (although we're really not as far away from Dallas as Denton and Prosper). There's a very interesting high school stadium in Cleburne, TX, Yellow Jacket Stadium. The limestone exterior is very unique, and it's the only high school stadium in the DFW area to be registered with the state as a historical site.
The Cotton Bowl hosts the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas... it is JAM PACKED with fans from both teams every single year at the same time of the Texas State Fair (literally outside of the stadium).
And, a couple of years ago, it hosted the New Year's Day "NHL Winter Classic" outdoor hockey game between the Nashville Predators and the Dallas Stars.
The Cotton Bowl was also a venue for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and I attended two matches there. The 2026 FIFA World Cup opted for Jerry World, as AT&T Stadium is nicknamed, as did the New Year's game that carries the Cotton Bowl name.
Graduated HS in the UNT basketball arena, that place was a mess. I slept from the time it started til my buddy next to me tapped me for our row to stand up to make the walk 😂 Edit: played football against Kyler in the eagles stadium, that dude literally built that place on the back of three straight undefeated seasons and three state championships. If you want an idea of how much money their is in TX HS Football that place is it in spades. Edit 2: played at Marcus, cool tidbit is that Deion sanders helped out a lot in the construction as his son played their at the time. Delivered pizza to him once. Nice fella.
Unfortunately, Mavericks Stadium is no longer used for American football as UTA hasn't fielded (pun intended) since 1985. It IS used for soccer and high school football. The Carrolton stadium is for high school, not college. Hence Carrolton ISD (independent school district). I worked at Globe Life Field and its predecessor Globe Life Park (Now Choctaw). When we had day games in the summer, people would come to games at the former and spend a LOT of time on the concourse or trying to sneak into shaded seats. They also wanted to have more non baseball events. That is how the Rangers got the city to have a referendum to approve it-it was being designed with acoustics in mind. I just saw Elton John there and the sound was REALLY good! So that and NOT dying of the heat at baseball games is why it was built. Now I DO agree that it IS kinda ugly on the outside. Tried to meld retro (GLP) with modern and it just didn't work.
8:17 I live in and have had 3 children go to school in the Prosper I.S.D. We are one of if not the fastest growing school district in the state as well. I believe that Children's Health Stadium has the largest video board for a high school stadium in the state. Great venue to watch a game on a Thursday or a Friday night. And yes we do realize this isn't normal but it's our thing and we love to support the kids and the community.
Having been in the Navy & traveled the world & most of our country.. Perhaps it's not "normal" for the rest of the country!! BLESS THERE HEARTS!! However for us Texans Doing everything over the top is normal & in spite of criticism.. In my opinion,it's how we build community &support both our high school students!!& our universities teams!! I've lived in DFWsince 1984 & Frisco since 2003 & I love & support all we do for our university students & highschool students!! Football is a religion in Texas!!always has been & always will be!! sermons are Every Friday & Saturday Nights during Football season as opposed to Sunday mornings.. Regardless both venues have full capacity crowds!! May God Bless Texas!!
@@E-dog696 just left a game in Prosper tonight and it was a great showing. I have lived in the DFW area since 1985, went to school and graduated from Plano East and remember the good old days when the whole city would shut down on Friday nights. TV & movies can't do it justice to see how we as Texans rally and support our local youth during a school week. The future appears to be in good hands as our traditions such as these are being passed on.
@@Cnote100 thank you for sharing CDBrooks 100!! It is excellent to hear traditions are passing since so much pure unadulterated fun of what we experienced in our youth has beenlost.. much to my chagrin.. either way..I enjoyed your share..
4:15 I'm about a 35-40 minute walk from my house to Marcus High School's stadium in Flower Mound. Was really surprised to see that stadium featured in this video (Lewisville High's Max Goldsmith Stadium is pretty similar but with a newer facade).
Some quick corrections for your consideration: @1:07 Standridge Stadium is a High School stadium for Carrollton ISD. @2:56 Eagle Stadium is only used by one school. Allen High School.
Yeah it is crazy, I'm from San Antonio and Friday Night Lights is alive and well. You can even be in the middle of nowhere in some town of 10,000 and they have a football stadium that would rival anything in the other 49 states. But 10,000 seat stadiums are the norm for Dallas, Houston and San Antonio high schools
I was in marching band in high school in North Texas so I got to be on the fields for a good amount of the stadiums here. My least favorite stadium to play at by far was UT Arlington. In band the directors always made a big deal to point your instruments to the press box, but as you could see, the stadium is so steep you have to point your instrument in a near 90 degree angle! It resulted in a lot of sore arms I can tell you.
My home/rehearsal stadium for all 3 years of college marching band, I’m a woodwind though and our director doesn’t like woodwinds to the box so we never had crooked necks!😂 i really do like how high the stands go, pretty imposing👀and I’ve been there for a lot for high school games in Arlington too, it’s one my personal favs due to memories and familiarity😂
McKinney ISD Stadium also hosts All-Region High School Marching Band Comps. Know from playing in one. Sad I didn't see my trash high school stadium, The Colony.
I'll never understand why the McKinney ISD stadium 1) Was built for 3 high schools that haven't played any notable football for ages and 2) Still doesn't have a satellite view since it was completed 4 years ago
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There’s nothing like driving around the truly rural parts of Texas on a Friday night, through the farm and ranch land, seeing almost nothing in the distance, but passing tiny towns with their football stadiums shining as bright as a diamond. You just know that in each place there’s a community coming together and small-town legends are being created.
Indeed! ... I remember well ... just driving around rural Texas is awesome, I covered the entire state over about a 40 year period, drove all over the state🟪
Every year Texas plays Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl. Half the stadium is burnt orange and the other half crimson. It's a truly a unique experience in college football.
And the longhorns suck.
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It's an experience I've been able to take part in multiple times that I wouldn't trade for the world!
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Yeah, why he used the pics he did is odd. Showing the split fans would made it more impressive.
This brought a tear to my eye. I've been to nearly all of these stadiums, but its the high school stadiums that got me welling up. My father was a High School Football coach and I played throughout high school as well, and I've been to all of these stadiums (except the ones built after 2015), either playing or watching my Dad coach. So many hot nights, listening to the bands playing their fight songs, seeing the teams come out and break their banners as they ran onto the field, and hugging my dad as he came off the field to meet me and my mom. On our way home from the games we'd turn on the radio to listen as scores came in from other high school games, maybe stopping by Whataburger to grab a celebratory burger along the way. Times were so much simpler then and I have left North Texas, but my heart remains on the turf and grass of those fields. Thank you for this video, it really took me down memory lane.
P.S. UT Arlington's football team was disbanded years before I was born, but I won a couple City Championships at Maverick Stadium during grade school. It is still dear to me.
Can't believe an aussie made a video about my home that made me cry.
Much Love
Same here, I'm from Grand Prairie & played football for South Grand Prairie, nothing beats Friday night football in north Texas.
@@dmdeester maybe you know my Uncle Ben Bailey who coached at SGP a while back
@@conoregan5363 Can't say that's a name I remember, I went there from 2010-2014, Brent Whitson was my head coach.
@@dmdeester before that lol
Love seeing my local stadiums featured! We really are spoiled with great venues in this area.
It's funny that you started with UT Arlington's "Football" stadium because UT Arlington hasn't had a football team since 1985
What do they use it for now?
@@jackinblack19 I think track and field and high school football
I know my mom went there and it was so surprising
Kind of sounds like what they did at Wichita State.
@@jackinblack19 also bed races every year lol
I went to Allen High School and was on the 2012 Varsity football team, the year the stadium opened. Opening night we had >22,000 people, many people buying standing-room-only tickets. It is still crazy to me how awesome of a stadium we had and the fact that we still fill it up most Friday nights. Cool to see it on this list :)
Was Kyler Murray on the team at that time? I know he graduated in 2015, but wasn't sure if he was at Allen all 4 years.
@@BoomerKeith1 He was. He transferred to Allen after his freshmen year. He was the starter from mid 2012 through 2014.
LMAO this is one of your best ones so far. Love how all the multimillion dollar high school football stadiums finally broke you down halfway through and you needed a "Texan" to come in haha
I grew up in Fort Worth and got to play in a few of these stadiums. There are a lot of really great smaller stadiums here as well. Amon G Carter is my favorite by far though!
These stadiums are so well known that you don't have to be from the Dallas area to know that a large part of football history is here. Legendary games, players and coaches have touched these fields. Great video. Thank you.
Choctaw Stadium will always be The Ballpark in Arlington to me.
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Fort Worth native, here... glad to see Dickies on the board.
And yes, I've been to (and even played in) a few of those high school stadiums, like most DFW residents.
Thank you just brought light to our Memorial stadium. The memorial stadium was a great place to relax. Their often the school had events and as month ago it hosted the National band Marching contest.
My hometown...I've been in half of these (and almost all of the college ones).
Stadium story (and yes, the tcu stadium is a bit steep in person) - They are a private college in Ft. Worth, while SMU (the last group profiled here) is similarly a private school in Dallas. They play home and away each year, and this instance takes place one year the game was in Ft. Worth. At the end of each performance, the SMU band form what is called the diamond M (band stands to form said letter) and one year as they stood there, the crowd might have noticed little baggies floating in the wind. Six months or so later, on the stadium's field, a pattern, shaped like a diamond M, of rye grass grew...
The tower beside Mesquite Memorial Stadium transmits the Mesquite ISD's own radio station, KEOM 88.5 FM, which broadcasts most of games played within and plays music of the 1970s. McKinney ISD Stadium hosts the NCAA Division II Football Championships, while Toyota Stadium hosts the FCS Championship as well as the Frisco Bowl. Frisco ISD plays football at both Ford Center and Toyota Stadium. The Conference USA basketball tournament has been played the last few years at Ford Center, using two courts. The entrance to Schollmeyer Arena reminds me of the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
I kind of like how Texas has a 10-20,000 seat stadium for their suburban towns (cities, in some cases) instead of scattering 4-8,000 seat Erector Set-stadiums around like other states do. It gives them a usefulness beyond just school events.
Texas is a big state with a lot of people
Been doing this for decades based on ISDs. It does make a lot of financial sense.
Football is a religion in Texas
2:12 UNT Coliseum resembles the old Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas, which was the main arena for the Dallas Mavericks until 2001. It shares a similar "pedestal" look that is not at all common in arena design. Interestingly enough though, UNT Coliseum opened in 1973 while Reunion opened in 1980 - so maybe the city took some inspiration from the college up the road?
11:28 Not only are these balconies, but some were actually originally offices that could be leased out by companies who wanted a unique address. Not sure there's any other stadium in the United States that has offices (other than the team's, that is) incorporated into the building - but tbh, it's an idea that really was ahead of its time. Other teams, especially those who can't get a sweetheart deal to develop and profit from the land around their stadium (like the Atlanta Braves or the New England Patriots), should consider this as a money-generating alternative in their new ballpark/arena. Ground-floor retail at new stadiums is pretty commonplace now, and leasable office space might be the next evolution of that idea, especially for facilities in the downtown area.
always like it when you include motorsport venues! neat!
I’ve been obsessed with stadiums and stadium design since a kid. I would draw fake stadium mock ups and diagrams in my school copy books lol. Wish i would’ve pursued it as a career. As a Pennsylvanian i humbly request a Philly or PA stadium video please 🙏🏻
As someone who is a born and raised Texan, I can tell yall that people take their highschool football games very seriously. It's a state past time to be honest. Doesn't matter what city you're in, homecoming games on Friday night basically shut the city down for about 4 hours. Also, the old Texas rangers stadium was amazing before they converted it. I spent many an afternoon roasting under the oppressive July sun watching my favorite baseball team lose to #4 in the league teams. But man, I gotta say, it's good to be out of the sun in the new stadium.
Great job, as usual. Good idea to do all city stadiums. You did miss a few, including a couple of arenas. The Credit Union of Texas Event Center is a 6,275 fixed-seat multi-purpose indoor arena located in Allen, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas. The arena opened in 2009 under the name Allen Event Center. Construction cost was $52.6 million. Home to the Allen Americans minor league hockey and Dallas Sidekicks indoor soccer. Comerica Center is a multi-purpose arena in Frisco, Texas. It is the home of the Texas Legends of the NBA G League and the Frisco Fighters of the Indoor Football League, as well as the executive offices and practice facility of the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars. It seats between 5,000 and 7,000 people. Construction cost $27 million + $39 million renovation (which expanded capacity to around 6,000). Keep up the good work!
I don't think you need to explain what Allen Texas was, considering he included their high school's football stadium in the video
Allen Event Center is a cool venue, I've seen soccer, hockey, football and a concert there!
Forgot the Fort Worth Convention center arena holds 13,500
There's another high school arena, the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland. The Fort Worth Convention Center arena, which resembles a flying saucer, is set to be demolished as it's been functionally replaced by Dickies Arena, but telescoping seating is planned for the ballroom which will replace it. The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas also boasts a domed arena, originally called Dallas Memorial Auditorium, with 9,000 seats. It once shared the Dallas Chaparrals of the ABA (now the San Antonio Spurs) with Moody Coliseum. There's also a 7,000 seat coliseum at Fair Park, next to the Cotton Bowl, formerly used for minor league hockey but built more for rodeos. Will Rogers Coliseum also had minor league hockey, with a rivalry in the '70s between the Fort Worth Wings and the Dallas Blackhawks.
Update: Dallas Memorial Auditorium will become the new home of the Dallas Wings in a couple of years after a renovation.
My Uncle worked with the company that designed the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington as well as the American Airlines center. It is quite amazing as to what goes into the design of these buildings.
I really laughed out loud with the coffee spitting sound at 2:36.
3:14 I just got back from a scrimmage at panther stadium. Very impressive in person
I grew up in the area and they just RENOVATED the stadium a few years ago!!! Very NICE STADIUM!!!
Old globe life and the rough riders stadiums are two of the best stadiums I’ve ever been to. Also the only stadium I can think of that you missed is the dirt track at Texas motor speedway, a much smaller dirt oval behind the main stadium
I've been to Will Rogers once for a rodeo. It was an amazing experience. I have a soft spot for older venues, since I'm a bit of a history buff.
When I moved to DFW 3 years ago, the notion of Texas football craze was plainly ridiculous to me. By now, other than the fact that high schools are blowing way too much money on it, the high school football culture may well be my favorite aspect of the Texan identity. Crazy to think how many of these stadiums Ive made memories at. Legendary video
This was a good video. The only other impressive high school stadiums that I’ve been too that I can remember pretty well and didn’t see on this list was Highlander Stadium in the park cities, Max Goldsmith Stadium in Lewisville and Ron Poe stadium in McKinney. Other than those good job!
That southern accent makes you sound like Hank Hill!
you should do one on Houston's stadiums they have Minute Maid Park, NRG Stadium, Toyota Center, Rice Stadium, TDECU Stadium, The Legendary Astrodome and The Summit (now Lakewood Church).
I mean, the astrodome is just a rotting husk at this point
@@rangersking6699 at least its still there
Arlington, TX have an amazing sports complex there.
The second stadium is actually a high school stadium
And it's "Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD"
Too bad UT Arlington doesn’t have football 😔
I’m sad you didn’t include my high school stadium: Pennington Field. Not the best looker, but it is an imposing place for visiting teams. We used to say “No one escapes the walls of the Penn.” and there’s a reason for that. In my three years playing at Euless Trinity, we went 15-1 at home.
What’s that smell
@@Greyson23.44 LD Bell! As we say around here, you can’t spell Bell without 24 L’s 😂
@@RushFanatic87 😂
@@Greyson23.44 make that 25 L’s!
@@RushFanatic87 yep
Thanks for highlighting my Metroplex!
As a student of UTA, the first stadium you showed, I should point out that despite us having a stadium, and a field with our logos on it, we don’t actually have a football team. The football program was discontinued in 1985. The stadium is only used for track and field. So yes, as you said in the College Park Center segment, we are a basketball heavy university because we don’t have football..
Hearing $70m+ for a DAMNED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM is WILD, but if multiple schools use it, the cost SEEMS to be slightly justified.......SLIGHTLY.
The stadiums, especially the newer ones are in school districts/cities where their populations have risen dramatically over the past few decades, newer schools in those districts, often being built in the last 10-15 years. The stadiums are definitely meant to be used for multiple schools and uses.
Houston stadiums could give Dallas a run.
Merrell center, Berry Center, Delmar Fieldhouse (Baby Toyota center), Legacy Stadium, Galena Park ISD stadium, Constellation Field so many more I can't name right now
Do a video on just the High School stadiums in Texas. Any amenities or architecture can eventually be seen if you look long enough. We have mild falls and winters all over the state, and most people live between 1 and 6 hours from a professional team. HS football is often a favorite sport in the state, and is much more community oriented.
Things could have been much different for Irving ISD. From what I recall, back in the 90s (I can't remember the exact year), there were two bond propositions regarding the schools, one of which was to build a new stadium to replace Joy and Ralph Ellis Stadium, which was then known as Irving Schools Stadium. That specific bond proposition was voted down. At least they eventually made some renovations that made it look acceptable. I don't see it being replaced anytime soon.
Texas Christian University's football and basketball stadiums are beautiful!
I live in Dallas and I can confirm that we take our stadiums very serious, I teach high school and our stadium is college level caliber…..to sound old: BACK IN MY DAY my high school had just a two bleachers and a scoreboard:D
I mean there are still stadiums like that in Dallas to this day.
Better than my high school stadium.
Located on a hill next to a two century old cemetery with concrete bleachers and a single scoreboard dating back to the 1980s as "modern"
For those of you outside of Texas, "ISD" such as "Carrolton ISD" stands for "Independent School District." The more you know... ;)
“Independent” indicates that the school district is separate from any municipality, county, or state-the school district has its own taxing authority outside the direct control of other governmental entities. Schools in a city or town are not controlled by the city or town government, the Mayor can't tell a school's Principal what to do. The district has a "CEO" in the form of a Superintendent. The Superintendent answers only to a School Board which is elected by the residents of the geographic district. Districts may encompass a single town/city or a larger area and usually takes the name of the town of origin of the school district. I live in a district that covers 3 cities/towns and is named for the larger city that students from the smaller towns were attending because these towns didn't have the resources to keep up with growth of the town. Garland ISD which serves the cities of Garland, Rowlett, and Sachse. Homer B. Johnson Stadium, featured in this video, is owned by the Garland ISD. Garland also has a smaller stadium, Williams Stadium. The 7 high schools of Garland ISD share in the use of both stadiums.
DFW always goes all out for the High School football stadiums
When I moved to Prosper Texas ( 8:45 ) the population was about 800. When I graduated the population was nearing 30K. and we had the same high school football stadium the entire time (and it was actually at the middle school.
The year after I graduated the new High School Football stadium was built. I remember seeing the previews for it nearly a decade before and thinking there was no way that would ever be built. but here we are.
I just left a game in Prosper. My oldest son was the 5,000 student enrolled in the district years ago and graduated 2020 with the last class of Prosper High before they opened the 2nd high school. I do remember the old stadium and I thank them for giving us a temple worthy for the community to put on a show every weekend.
Kudos from the Forth Worth side for saying Dallas-Fort Worth and not just Dallas.
*Fort Worth
I know, it’s nice to see some love for us.
I think you forgot pennington field in Bedford. It seats 12,500.
Played football there growing up!!! AWESOME STADIUM!!!
You missed several surprising high school football stadiums. Aledo, Lewisville (actually several in Lewisville ISD other than the Marcus stadium you covered), and Duncanville come to mind. Plus, one that I can’t remember the specific school but has a full indoor football practice field. And those are just off the top of my head…but performed AV installation work in DFW area schools for about 5 years so I saw many across many districts.
Besides soccer, Toyota Stadium also hosts NCAA football. It is where the FCS National Championship is played every year, with South Dakota State as the current reigning champions, as well as where the Frisco Bowl is played every year.
As somebody who grew up in the DFW metroplex & played high school football there, I have been to almost all of the stadiums in this video & even played football in some of them, but my home stadium wasn't mentioned in this video, that would be the Gopher-Warrior Bowl in Grand Prairie, TX.
Great video - inspired choice of a truly eclectic mix of stadia
Well done. Football is a huge thing in Dallas- FtWorth. I’ve been to a good amount of those stadiums and a lot of them are a little excessive on the price but actually being there you realize it was worth every penny
Kinda scary how many of those places I’ve covered games at. Part of spending more than 30 years as a sports writer, I guess.
Good video . There are actually even more ( close to )10000 seat high school stadiums than this. For instance Marcus stadium shown in this video has 3 more in their ISD (Lewisville, Hebron and Flower Mound all with more than 9500 seats). Pennington in Bedford has 12500 and probably several more.
You missed the Gopher Warrior bowl in Grand Prairie. It host many of the high school playoff games regardless if one of the Grand Prairie teams is involved. Its a Bowl built in the ground and has always been a cool venue!🏉🏈
Is it over the 10 000 capacity threshold? I did have it listed but I think it was cut due to being too small.
Don't forget that the Cotton Bowl was a host for the Dallas Stars for the Winter Classic in 2020 (before the Pandemic).
Nice shot of the Dallas Omni Hotel at the end. They have great umbrellas.
I’ve been to the Fort Worth stock show and rodeo many times, my family raises cattle and when I was in high school I was an exhibitor there and now my family sells cattle there. I saw the dickies arena being built and I’ve seen a rodeo or two inside will rogers coliseum
the expensive Texas high school stadiums are paid by private funds, the parents in rich Texas towns form corporations to better fund the schools. I've been to a couple of them in the Austin area and its not just stadiums, everything on campus is first class, and all the students benefit. The pressure on the students to succeed both in athletics and academics is intense. One former student I met who was now a senior pre med at University of Texas told me that her high school was much harder than pre med.
I graduated from McKinney back in the 90's. McKinney was the first high school in Texas to get an indoor practice arena. To be fair the School district didn't pay for it. Coca-Cola did. My father was on the school board for McKinney when the deal took place. It was a great move for the district. Up to that point the district had owned, and serviced all of it's own soda machines. Coke came in and offered to replace all the machines district wide, maintain and stock them and give the district a percentage of the sales. They also included the practice arena as part of the deal. It ended up saving the district money. It got the district out of being in the vending machine business which didn't really make the district any real money.
I'm really enjoying these metro area stadium reviews. Could you also do one for the Ruhr-Area in germany? It's not exactly a single city but it is a more or less continuus agglomeration of more than 5 million people with a very specific working class industrail identity and with clubs like schalke, dortmund, bochum, essen etc. there is a lot to cover. Would really appreciate it.
Thanks for the frequent videos and much love from south germany
The reason dragon stadium is so nice is it’s because it’s the super rich kid school
Yeah Southlake got money a lot of football players for Southlake got parents with deep pockets💰and some got fathers that played in the NFL.
You actually forgot a good one Grand prairie gopher warrior bowl . You should check it out! 💯🔥🔥🔥
I live down the street from McKinney ISD stadium. Impressive, for sure, for a high school stadium.
Wow very informative
texas hs football stadiums are insane no wonder everythings big in texas and thats no joke
We're probably a bit too south to be considered proper Dallas / Ft Worth (although we're really not as far away from Dallas as Denton and Prosper). There's a very interesting high school stadium in Cleburne, TX, Yellow Jacket Stadium. The limestone exterior is very unique, and it's the only high school stadium in the DFW area to be registered with the state as a historical site.
I went to Duncanville HS. Thank you for showing our stadium, while it is big it isn’t quite as big as I’d liked it to be.
5:19 fun fact, the Rocket League World Championship was JUST played at this arena last weekend😄
The Cotton Bowl hosts the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas... it is JAM PACKED with fans from both teams every single year at the same time of the Texas State Fair (literally outside of the stadium).
And, a couple of years ago, it hosted the New Year's Day "NHL Winter Classic" outdoor hockey game between the Nashville Predators and the Dallas Stars.
The Cotton Bowl was also a venue for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and I attended two matches there. The 2026 FIFA World Cup opted for Jerry World, as AT&T Stadium is nicknamed, as did the New Year's game that carries the Cotton Bowl name.
Yes UT Arlington has a football stadium, and before 1987 we had a football team. So I agree, more of a basketball school.
Those high school stadiums and gyms. Hoo boy.
I’ve been to 21 of the 43 stadiums you listed!
Memories of Texas Stadium. Miss !
You forgot Buddy Echols Field, and Coppell High School Arena. They both hold over your minimum threshold
Graduated HS in the UNT basketball arena, that place was a mess. I slept from the time it started til my buddy next to me tapped me for our row to stand up to make the walk 😂
Edit: played football against Kyler in the eagles stadium, that dude literally built that place on the back of three straight undefeated seasons and three state championships. If you want an idea of how much money their is in TX HS Football that place is it in spades.
Edit 2: played at Marcus, cool tidbit is that Deion sanders helped out a lot in the construction as his son played their at the time. Delivered pizza to him once. Nice fella.
Wow! That's a lot of sports venues in one city
Joe E. Ralph Stadium is the home of Irving FC, member of NPSL the same as Fort Worth Vaqueros
you missed Birdville ISD Stadium, Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD 3 Stadiums, N.W. ISD Stadiums, among other Stadiums. I did enjoy the video.
I’ve been looking for the Birdville shoutout
15:03 amon g carter stadium looks like a friggin beauty. seriously wow
Unfortunately, Mavericks Stadium is no longer used for American football as UTA hasn't fielded (pun intended) since 1985. It IS used for soccer and high school football. The Carrolton stadium is for high school, not college. Hence Carrolton ISD (independent school district).
I worked at Globe Life Field and its predecessor Globe Life Park (Now Choctaw). When we had day games in the summer, people would come to games at the former and spend a LOT of time on the concourse or trying to sneak into shaded seats. They also wanted to have more non baseball events. That is how the Rangers got the city to have a referendum to approve it-it was being designed with acoustics in mind. I just saw Elton John there and the sound was REALLY good! So that and NOT dying of the heat at baseball games is why it was built. Now I DO agree that it IS kinda ugly on the outside. Tried to meld retro (GLP) with modern and it just didn't work.
8:17 I live in and have had 3 children go to school in the Prosper I.S.D. We are one of if not the fastest growing school district in the state as well. I believe that Children's Health Stadium has the largest video board for a high school stadium in the state. Great venue to watch a game on a Thursday or a Friday night. And yes we do realize this isn't normal but it's our thing and we love to support the kids and the community.
Having been in the Navy & traveled the world & most of our country.. Perhaps it's not "normal" for the rest of the country!! BLESS THERE HEARTS!! However for us Texans Doing everything over the top is normal & in spite of criticism.. In my opinion,it's how we build community &support both our high school students!!& our universities teams!! I've lived in DFWsince 1984 & Frisco since 2003 & I love & support all we do for our university students & highschool students!! Football is a religion in Texas!!always has been & always will be!! sermons are Every Friday & Saturday Nights during Football season as opposed to Sunday mornings.. Regardless both venues have full capacity crowds!!
May God Bless Texas!!
@@E-dog696 just left a game in Prosper tonight and it was a great showing. I have lived in the DFW area since 1985, went to school and graduated from Plano East and remember the good old days when the whole city would shut down on Friday nights. TV & movies can't do it justice to see how we as Texans rally and support our local youth during a school week. The future appears to be in good hands as our traditions such as these are being passed on.
@@Cnote100 thank you for sharing CDBrooks 100!! It is excellent to hear traditions are passing since so much pure unadulterated fun of what we experienced in our youth has beenlost.. much to my chagrin.. either way..I enjoyed your share..
I was in the area two weeks ago. They are amazing
As a Texan (houston) I love seeing all the high schools I recognize
Who’s ready for the Houston edition?
4:15 I'm about a 35-40 minute walk from my house to Marcus High School's stadium in Flower Mound. Was really surprised to see that stadium featured in this video (Lewisville High's Max Goldsmith Stadium is pretty similar but with a newer facade).
Some quick corrections for your consideration:
@1:07 Standridge Stadium is a High School stadium for Carrollton ISD.
@2:56 Eagle Stadium is only used by one school. Allen High School.
Cool to see my stadium on one of your list played at a lot of the HS fields and a few of the bigger ones
Missed Pennington Field over in HEB (Bedford).. one of the original oversized HS football stadiums in the metroplex.
I knew Texas took high school football seriously, but some of those stadiums are crazy, you could put some college teams in those and be an upgrade!
Marcus and flower mound both have a indoor basketball arena as well
Yeah it is crazy, I'm from San Antonio and Friday Night Lights is alive and well. You can even be in the middle of nowhere in some town of 10,000 and they have a football stadium that would rival anything in the other 49 states. But 10,000 seat stadiums are the norm for Dallas, Houston and San Antonio high schools
The reason why Texas has 10,000+ seater high school stadiums is pretty obvious
Everything is bigger in Texas
Where is PENNINGTON FIELD in the Mid-Cities AREA? That stadium has been around for over 30 years and is STILL AWESOME!!!
This one city has more stadiums than lot of countries. Crazyyy
Also whenever a high school stadium has the city name with ISD that stadium is used by multiple schools
I was in marching band in high school in North Texas so I got to be on the fields for a good amount of the stadiums here. My least favorite stadium to play at by far was UT Arlington. In band the directors always made a big deal to point your instruments to the press box, but as you could see, the stadium is so steep you have to point your instrument in a near 90 degree angle! It resulted in a lot of sore arms I can tell you.
When UT Arlington dropped football, they kept their marching band. They perform exhibitions at high school competitions.
My home/rehearsal stadium for all 3 years of college marching band, I’m a woodwind though and our director doesn’t like woodwinds to the box so we never had crooked necks!😂 i really do like how high the stands go, pretty imposing👀and I’ve been there for a lot for high school games in Arlington too, it’s one my personal favs due to memories and familiarity😂
Great Vid!
However, you missed “The Gopher Hole” I mean Gopher Bowl located in Grand Prairie 😂
I was looking for the Gopher-Warrior bowl as well. They play a lot of the high school playoff games there.
McKinney ISD Stadium also hosts All-Region High School Marching Band Comps. Know from playing in one. Sad I didn't see my trash high school stadium, The Colony.
I'll never understand why the McKinney ISD stadium 1) Was built for 3 high schools that haven't played any notable football for ages and 2) Still doesn't have a satellite view since it was completed 4 years ago
Dallas Fort Worth could host the Olympics almost tomorrow. Just a minor upgrade to the Cotton Bowl to make it the Olympic Stadium and you are good.
Yeah, but in late July and early August it is TOO HOT!!!
@@rollingdudes8859 that is very true.
That was a thought back in the late 90s... but no way in hell we ever get the Summer Olympics.