Proposal For Country's Most-Expensive High School Football Stadium Rejected

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Proposition C, which was aimed funding a new $94 million football stadium, was at 5,533 votes against and 4,767 votes for, a percentage split of 54-46, with 100% of precincts reporting Wednesday morning.

Proposition C was one of four bond items on the ballot for Prosper voters. Propositions A, B and D appeared to pass by comfortable margins. Proposition A was for building new schools and facilities, B was for technology upgrades and D was for construction a new performance arts center.

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Final results of the election have not been certified yet, but election officials confirmed that all precincts in the Prosper election have reported their results. Here were the latest tallies for each proposition:

The $94 million tag on the proposed stadium was a projection of the price to build the stadium, accounting for inflation and construction costs at the time the project would start, which a district spokeswoman estimated to be 15% and 30% increases relative to the price in 2023, respectively. The stadium, if it was approved, wouldn't have started construction for another three to five years and was planned to be located at the district's fourth high school, which is set to open in 2025.

Prosper ISD is the fastest growing school district in North Texas.

The district opened its previous high school stadium, 12,000-seat Children's Health Stadium, in 2019 after it was passed with 85% bond approval, Trotter said.

With a second high school stadium, all of the district's high schools would have rotated playing at both, rather than having a designated "home field" for certain schools, according to district officials.

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