$60M Allen football stadium deemed 'not safe,' will close this season

[TexasTowelie]

ALLEN — Allen ISD officials said Monday that design flaws appear to have contributed to problems with cracking of concrete at the district’s new $60 million stadium, prompting them to close the stadium for the next football season.

Previously, PBK Architects, which designed the stadium, said the problems in the concourse level were probably caused by shrinkage in the concrete.

But an analysis commissioned by the district shows engineers have found design deficiencies at the concourse level, according to documents released to The Dallas Morning News.

Partial findings by Nelson Forensics indicate that some support structures were not designed in a way that would hold the weight anticipated on that level of the stadium.

More at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140519-60m-allen-football-stadium-deemed-not-safe-will-close-this-season.ece .

[font color=green]Allen will play three "home" football games in Plano.[/font]

[Ilsa]

1. If they had just spent the money on

Classrooms, labs, teachers, other learning technologies, they wouldn't be moping about bad construction!

[pa28]

2. Hope it was worth it for them to build the stadium instead of investing in education.

Because it was funded with a bond issue they'll be paying for decades.

[They_Live]

3. 60 million? for that?

suckers.