Texas town opens $72 million high school football stadium, most expensive in country

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Posted: 8/18/2017 6:58:09 AM EDT

"It's something that this community wanted," Katy ISD Superintendent Lance Hindt told KTRK. "I don't think the cost was anything that they really looked into."

But that title might not last long because in Texas, high school football is taken seriously -- and serious money is spent on stadiums.

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Posted: 8/18/2017 7:00:24 AM EDT

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How much are their property taxes?

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:03:50 AM EDT

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A lot.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:07:24 AM EDT

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pass

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:09:13 AM EDT

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It's not just the property taxes, which for most wealthy suburban counties is rarely raised (mine says 20 years and this year the tax rate is going down).

It's the assessment where they get us, which can be increased 10% per year.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:10:13 AM EDT

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Getting out of hand, isn't it?

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:13:30 AM EDT

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Friday night lights

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:13:38 AM EDT

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6k taxes on a 200k valued house? Did I read that correctly ? Lulz

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:17:18 AM EDT

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Rome, circa 400AD

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:17:51 AM EDT

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How much are their property taxes?

A lot.

The guy crying about it has a household income of 150-200k, on a "valued" 200k home, said it increased by 60k, so he has a lot of free equity, and purchased a 140k home.

Boo fucking hoo.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:19:10 AM EDT

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Yes, but no income taxes.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:20:29 AM EDT

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Everyone here cries about the skyrocketing property taxes every year, but they can't dream of little Johnny playing Pee Wee football in anything less than D1 accommodations. Only the best for my little Johnny!

It's insane.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:22:56 AM EDT

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Damn, what a bunch of tards.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:23:01 AM EDT

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They are about $3.30 per $100 evaluation; but there is no personal property tax or income tax. A lot of places in Texas are in the 2.50 to $3.00 range. Katy and Houston area for that matter have municipal utility districts MUD that pay for civil inter structure due to the rapid growth and flood control.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:23:45 AM EDT

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Texas doesnt fuck around when it comes to high school football. Friday Night Lights.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:25:35 AM EDT

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The guy crying about it has a household income of 150-200k, on a "valued" 200k home, said it increased by 60k, so he has a lot of free equity, and purchased a 140k home.

Boo fucking hoo.

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How much are their property taxes?

A lot.

The guy crying about it has a household income of 150-200k, on a "valued" 200k home, said it increased by 60k, so he has a lot of free equity, and purchased a 140k home.

Boo fucking hoo.

What the story didn't mention is home values in Houston took a nose dive when the Great One, Obama came into office. They are now rebounding.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:26:45 AM EDT

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I'd really don't see anything wrong with high property taxes as long as the residents get what they want.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:28:06 AM EDT

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Hard pass.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:28:43 AM EDT

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Yes, but no income taxes.

Income taxes wouldn't go towards the local government anyway.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:30:29 AM EDT

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dumb

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:30:50 AM EDT

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Don't forget that sweet 8.25% sales tax Texans have too, despite no income tax.

I don't live in that burg but if I did I would be trying to find a spot outside of that school district post haste. Property taxes are way too high. Oh and the equity thing? Whoopee do. All that means is even if you try to downsize the next house is going to have some inflated price and your money will be tied up there for the duration of ownership too....for which you get the privilege of being taxed on it.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:32:41 AM EDT

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LOL!

Pot, meet kettle.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:33:50 AM EDT

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I live in Katy. Football is king so by no means does it surprise me this was approved. And no I don't agree with it at all.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:35:25 AM EDT

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Don't forget that sweet 8.25% sales tax Texans have too, despite no income tax.

I don't live in that burg but if I did I would be trying to find a spot outside of that school district post haste. Property taxes are way too high. Oh and the equity thing? Whoopee do. All that means is even if you try to downsize the next house is going to have some inflated price and your money will be tied up there for the duration of ownership too....for which you get the privilege of being taxed on it.

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8.25%? Come to Birmingham AL where the combined sales tax is 10%.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:36:54 AM EDT

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There should be no high school sports.

You want to play games, get a monopoly board and do it after 3pm.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:38:10 AM EDT

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Lol, Texas.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:38:27 AM EDT

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This is utterly indefensible. Without reading the thread, I'm going to bet a bunch of Texans in the thread are defending it though, or just attacking people for where they live (ad hominem).

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:40:49 AM EDT

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This is utterly indefensible. Without reading the thread, I'm going to bet a bunch of Texans in the thread are defending it though, or just attacking people for where they live (ad hominem).

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Are you a wizard?

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:41:23 AM EDT

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If they are earning between $150,000-$200,000 a year they shouldn't need to look for a smaller home. They need to spend their money more wisely .

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:44:22 AM EDT

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The guy crying about it has a household income of 150-200k, on a "valued" 200k home, said it increased by 60k, so he has a lot of free equity, and purchased a 140k home.

Boo fucking hoo.

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You don't own a home or pay property taxes do you?

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:44:25 AM EDT

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And how much does a teacher make a year at that school? I'm sure it ain't shit

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:45:47 AM EDT

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It actually looks like I got in before the Texas nationalists.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:46:47 AM EDT

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This

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:46:49 AM EDT

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Believe me, they are not hurting for money in Katy, as well as many other nicer cities around Houston.

It's mind boggling how much money changes hands yearly around that area.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:50:48 AM EDT

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There should be no high school sports.

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I'm sure you have an awesome reason why.....

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:57:11 AM EDT

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Texas high school football is a religion.
I live in a 35k person town, and our facility is pretty nice. Home games are standing room only, regardless of the team's record or the weather.

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:03:12 AM EDT

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retarded.

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:05:11 AM EDT

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Us Texans really do love our children's games.

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:06:05 AM EDT

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here's how this shit happens. The school board and district hold a referendum vote on this. They make daaaaamned sure to hold that off season - never on the same day as an actual election. literally 2% of the population vote. It passes - it always passes - because all the teachers, contractors, and football morons all go and vote for it.

I watched a quarter BILLION dollar budget increase pass in my district using this exact model. 2% of the population voted - that was it.

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:06:58 AM EDT

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Everyone here cries about the skyrocketing property taxes every year, but they can't dream of little Johnny playing Pee Wee football in anything less than D1 accommodations. Only the best for my little Johnny!

It's insane.

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I grew up in South East PA in the 80's and football was huge, not on the level of Texas, but close and I couldn't imagine stadiums like this.

Is it a Texas thing, the snowflake generation or both?

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:10:25 AM EDT

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I live in Katy. Football is king so by no means does it surprise me this was approved. And no I don't agree with it at all.

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Did you vote against it?

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:14:20 AM EDT

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8 schools are gonna share it.

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:17:35 AM EDT

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It's not just the property taxes, which for most wealthy suburban counties is rarely raised (mine says 20 years and this year the tax rate is going down).

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And can be disputed every year with astonishing success. My assessment went up every year for 12 straight years. I think 2 of them stood after dispute.

Property taxes are not bad in Harris County, unless you roll over and take it.

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:18:29 AM EDT

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Not all of the school taxes go towards the local government either. Texas redistributes some of the school taxes to make it more "fair". I think these multi men ion dollar stadiums are a sad waste of education dollars that should have went for something like a chemistry lab or technical education programs. I remember one school district I used to live in had kept attempting to pass a million dollar bond for a stadium for a small town of 3,000 that I voted against. I think they finally succeeded on the third try when I left. I won't pretend to know football especially near a large city like Houston, who knows maybe they pack those stands and bring their cities money in from it. Voters get the government they deserve. You can guarantee though if I lived in that district, I would vote with my feet instead of paying out the ass for something stupid like that.

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:19:01 AM EDT

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If you're not making good grades, you may as well know how to catch a ball.

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:20:15 AM EDT

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a monument to the school superintendent and the board. A fucking waste of taxpayer dollars.

Glad I don't live in that school district and paying taxes for that monstrosity.

#propertytaxreform

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:21:42 AM EDT

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There should be no high school sports.

You want to play games, get a monopoly board and do it after 3pm.

I'm sure you have an awesome reason why.....

I do, they are a distraction from the stated goal and suck resources from education. If kids want to play sports, they should do it on their time and dime.

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:22:09 AM EDT

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3%-4% of house values per year.

rest assured the tax collectors increase the values every year.

#propertytaxreform

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:29:00 AM EDT

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This is utterly indefensible. Without reading the thread, I'm going to bet a bunch of Texans in the thread are defending it though, or just attacking people for where they live (ad hominem).

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I am from Texas, born and raised. I played high school football in a pretty badass stadium with lots of booster support for nice stuff and 20k people on Friday nights...

This is utterly ridiculous.

The older I get the more I think we should remove sports from school and turn them over to the private sector for club leagues. At the NCAA level you can have schools sponsor club teams so they still can have COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!! but the kids are actually paid professionals hired by the school and it can be the farm league for the NFL. Hey, hopefully, they can actually use this stadium unlike the $60 million abortion in Allen.

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:31:37 AM EDT

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I grew up in South East PA in the 80's and football was huge, not on the level of Texas, but close and I couldn't imagine stadiums like this.

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corruption on the part of school boards and school district superintendent.

Throw in a couple of big contractor golf buddies and bam......$70 million stadium

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:31:58 AM EDT

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Amen

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