2-year-old, $60 million Texas HS football stadium falling apart

The Allen, Texas, schools are planning a news conference at 4 p.m. local time to discuss what they're going to about their new football stadium, an 18,000-seat colossus that apparently is cracking up like Wrigley Field.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/allen/headlines/20140227-allen-isd-schedules-news-conference-on-issues-at-eagle-stadium.ece?nclick_check=1

Livestream, for those interested: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/live-video/

I'm going to guess there will schadenfreude all over Texas about this.

 

I predict they move to San Antonio.

 

I know nothing about this, but interesting to me looking at the picture that the school district had no interest in putting a track there. Football only, dadgumit.

 

And if you're wondering, there will be a press conference from Allen ISD regarding the $60 million shanty. Only in Texas.

 

The snottiest, uppityest stadium crew in Texas is out of work. Cue the violins.

 

The engineers will be executed, of course. It's Texas.

 

Stadium closed until at least June.

 

Sounds to me like one mother of a lawsuit against the construction company is coming soon. "Extensive cracking" ain't supposed to happen after only two years, especially when the bill to build it was that large.

 

I guess they don't make stadiums like they used to.

 

I am not trying to play 'one up', but at least for $60 million, a football stadium in Dallas is going to get a lot of use.

A new pool at Cabrillo High School in Long Beach, CA was recently dedicated. It cost $12 million(!) for the pool and scoreboard. Cabrillo has no swim nor water polo team (the high school is in a working class, immigrant area).

Do new pools cost $12 million these days? I guess when you have bond funds, price is no object.

https://lbschools.net/District/measurek/cabrillohspool.cfm

 

But enough about Jerry Jones' face.

 

I'm guessing this isn't a crack from natural settling?