It might help the public to realize the excess of this stadium venture if they look at the current construction of the University of Houston’s new football stadium which began last spring (2013) and which will be ready next summer (2014).

That stadium, which will include lots of ancillary facilities associated with it (but then so will the proposed new KISD stadium), will cost $105,000,000. There will be 40,000 seats, and the stadium is being designed to accommodate 20,000 more seats if they are needed in the future

KISD’s new proposed stadium, will cost $69,500,000. There will be 14,000 seats.

Looking at the difference, the KISD stadium will cost, $4,964 per seat while the University of Houston stadium will cost $2,625 per seat.

Seating is the critical measurement of the value of a stadium. No one can deny that fact. The number of seats is the crux of the argument by KISD for “needing” a new and bigger stadium than Rhodes.

What’s incredible to me is that the KISD stadium is costing it’s taxpayers 89% MORE per seat than the U of H stadium will cost.

When it is suggested that the KISD stadium cost is excessive, they aren’t kidding.

No wonder PBK architects like KISD’s business!

I think I want a recliner to sit in at KISD football games for that price!