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Proposed athletics facility is not just for football
Clear Creek Independent School District
Office of Communications
2425 East Main Street
League City, Texas 77573
Contact: Elaina Polsen, Director
(281) 284-0020 or epolsen@ccisd.net
February 27, 2013
Proposed athletics facility is not just for football
League City, Texas - One of the core beliefs in the Clear Creek Independent School District is that providing diverse learning opportunities promotes individual success. These opportunities occur every day in the classroom, in the community, and on the field or stage. It is part of the well-rounded experience of a CCISD student.
Visit a varsity football game on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening in Clear Creek ISD and you will see nearly 500 students who either participate in football, the dance team, the marching band, ROTC, or cheerleading while thousands of parents, fellow classmates and community members watch from the stands.
A committee of parents, community members, educators and senior citizens has recommended a second district facility to accommodate these and other extracurricular programs such as soccer which involves more than 500 students.
In 2004, voters approved the purchase of land on West NASA Parkway for a second stadium.
The total cost of a second athletic and student support facility has been reduced from $43 million to $39 million. The actual steel stadium structure with bleachers to seat 9,500, ticket booths, locker rooms, concession stands, storage, and the press box is $22.8 million. These are the nuts and bolts of a football stadium. An electronic scoreboard would be funded through sponsorships. A second location will eliminate any future Thursday home games to allow students to focus on academics.
The committee supported items to allow this facility to be more than a football stadium. An eight-lane track and field facility will support the District’s track and field program. It will also provide an adequate distance from the field to the fence for bands, soccer, cheer, and dance teams. A safe and UIL-recommended distance does not exist between the field and the bleachers at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The cost of an eight lane track and field facility is $1.2 million. A 9,000 square foot indoor area would be used for staging students during high school graduations, robotics competitions, science fairs, student art exhibitions, and other student-related events. The indoor area is $1.8 million.
Almost $9.1 million is required for parking, lighting and drainage. This is in accordance with current building codes. The proposed project increases parking by more than 600 spaces in comparison to Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The total project also includes $4.9 million in estimated inflation of seven percent for 2013 and 2014. The cost-per-seat for this proposed facility is $4,114 based on 2014 construction dollars. This is less than recent stadiums, which in some cases range from $5,012 per seat to $5,719 per seat. Per seat costs assume historical inflation rates from the Associated General Contractors of Houston through 2012, and estimates of seven percent inflation for 2013 and 2014.
For more information about the 2013 Clear Creek Schools Bond, visit www.ccisd.net/2013bond.