the board of ed in Dekalb county approved (shocking) Dunwoody adding 2,000 seats and a press box to their stadium for a total capacity of 3,000 - the minimum to host a playoff game.  This is shocking for many reasons…1) that Dekalb would do anything to benefit the residents, 2) we will be the ONLY hs in Dekalb county that has their own stadium, 3) a MAJOR donor, and alumnus that you all know that hasn’t yet been publicly announced, is footing an overwhelming majority of the bill.  This will be 100% privately funded.

A little background - dekalb county has a few stadiums scattered around the county that every hs shares for football games.  Why?  Because each hs isn’t allowed to keep the gate proceeds - they are sent to the county for equal distribution (yeah communism).  Not sure how it is going to work with our new stadium, but I would assume we will send a portion of the gate to the county.  We’ve long had a nice, turf field with a track and lights that is used for everything but football.  We will now have what should have been all along.  Nothing like buford, I’m sure, but something for the kids and residents to be proud of.

It is a good week for the wildcats.  On to the dome for the Corky Kell tomorrow at 10am.  Team meal at 6:30am.  Woof!  Long day.

This is an old picture before the lights, fake turf, and track resurface.  Newer picture below.


Current set-up…post turf installation and the existing 1,000 seat (big stretch imo) bleachers.  I would assume they will stay as the visitors side and the home side will be built/installed on the school side of the field (in top photo).

I like the idea of having stadiums scattered about the county that all schools share if those stadiums are nice. It makes very little sense for a school to spend the money to build and maintain its own stadium when you think about how little the stadiums are actually used. 5 or 6 football games, another 6 or 7 soccer matches and maybe a handful of other events is all a HS stadium is used for in a year.

I hated coaching and my kid playing on that turf. Hot as seven hells.

(Yesterday, 10:49 AM)Replying to Creed I hated coaching and my kid playing on that turf.    Hot as seven hells.

Pretty damn sure I saw 7 Hells open for Megadeath

(Yesterday, 10:23 AM)Replying to JC-DAWG83 I like the idea of having stadiums scattered about the county that all schools share if those stadiums are nice.  It makes very little sense for a school to spend the money to build and maintain  its own stadium when you think about how little the stadiums are actually used.  5 or 6 football games, another 6 or 7 soccer matches and maybe a handful of other events is all a HS stadium is used for in a year.

I would bet the fields are used in some capacity 80% of the days throughout the school year.  I can’t speak for others, but this field gets a workout.

(Yesterday, 12:58 PM)Replying to GriffWoody

(Yesterday, 10:23 AM)Replying to JC-DAWG83 I like the idea of having stadiums scattered about the county that all schools share if those stadiums are nice.  It makes very little sense for a school to spend the money to build and maintain  its own stadium when you think about how little the stadiums are actually used.  5 or 6 football games, another 6 or 7 soccer matches and maybe a handful of other events is all a HS stadium is used for in a year.

I would bet the fields are used in some capacity 80% of the days throughout the school year.  I can’t speak for others, but this field gets a workout.

That is good.  Most HS stadiums sit empty 90% of the days of the year.

3 ms football teams (6,7,8) practice and games
2 hs football teams (jv, v) both practice, jv games
1 flag football team - practice and games
Track and field
2 ms lacrosse teams (6,7-8) weekend games
3 hs lacrosse teams (g, jv, v) practice and games
3 soccer teams (g, jv, v) practice and games
Band practice
Outside lacrosse teams on weekends - clinics and practice
Etc.

You see where I’m going. A lot of activity.

That’s great for Dunwoody, my small HS, Harlem, got the turf field 4 years ago..it gets used a lot. The county paid for it with some nudging..I still sit on the booster club at my old HS. We told them either get it done or we’ll pay for it. They don’t want to be seen as partial. When we wanted to expand our dugouts for private locker rooms for the baseball and softball teams they denied the funding ten years ago. We raised the private funds (105k) in two weeks, so fuck them.

(7 hours ago)Replying to Punkin14 That’s great for Dunwoody, my small HS, Harlem, got the turf field 4 years ago..it gets used a lot.  The county paid for it with some nudging..I still sit on the booster club at my old HS.  We told them either get it done or we’ll pay for it.  They don’t want to be seen as partial.  When we wanted to expand our dugouts for private locker rooms for the baseball and softball teams they denied the funding ten years ago.  We raised the private funds (105k) in two weeks, so fuck them.

My comment to my wife, why don’t some of the football and basketball players in south dekalb give back to their schools?  Why should my money go to fund someone else's schools?  Our alumni are paying in Dunwoody, let their alumna in Lithonia pay.  We know the answer.