Repairs to Allen’s $60 Million Stadium Remain on Track

Repairs to Allen Independent School District's Eagle Stadium remain on track after the $60 million high school athletics facility closed earlier this year due to structural problems.

The Allen school board heard Monday night that phase one of the repairs, which includes reinforcing the score board with steel beams and concrete columns, is now complete.

The stadium was built just two years ago and seats 18,000 people, but Allen school officials closed the stadium this year after structural cracks and other problems were found. Forensic engineers reported finding extensive design flaws, which Allen ISD Superintendent Lance Hindt called "engineering failures."

The next phase of repairs will focus on fixing the concourse, adding steel beams at the four corners of the stadium.

"I think they're being extra careful," Allen ISD parent Joni Carquitella said. "Probably so they want to make sure that when they do open it, it's open and not going to have to be any setbacks."

The district also announced that it has received an initial payment off $500,000 from PBK Architects to help cover the costs incurred by the district when the stadium closed in February.

Those costs include moving the 2014 Allen High School graduation exercises to the American Airlines Center, along with legal and engineering fees, and lost stadium sponsorship revenue.