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Insane $62 million 'bargain' HS stadium has NFL amenities not costing billions

Buford High School in Georgia has opened a new state-of-the-art high school stadium that looks nicer than many college and NFL stadiums.
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Mover over Buffalo Bills and Northwestern Wildcats, here comes Buford High School.

Wait, what?

In the arms race of having the newest and best state-of-art stadium in football, high schools are competing at the highest level, and somehow the costs of their new venues are only a fraction of the billions spent for the new NFL versions.

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Buford High School has officially opened their $62 million stadium that has 10,000 seats, 15 luxury suites, a 3,500 square foot scoreboard, and a two-story fieldhouse.

Compare that to Northwestern's most expensive college football stadium of all time at $862 million (as of now, but could climb over $1 billion) with only $35,000, and every new NFL stadium costing over $2 billion to the $5.5 billion price-tag for the Los Angeles Rams' (and rented out by the Los Angeles Chargers) SoFi Stadium, and it sure feels like a bargain, as one observant user put it.

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Yes, there is no heated roof and plenty of other necessary features for NFL stadiums, but it sure does look nice.

Whoever negotiated the Buford costs should probably look to find a gig with the next college football powerhouse or NFL team about to build a new state-of-the-art venue.

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Matthew Graham has over 20 years of media experience and oversees The Athlete Lifestyle On SI. He has had previous leadership roles at NBC Sports, Yahoo, and USA TODAY, where he co-founded For The Win (named Best Mobile Site by Digiday). He has also written for ESPN, Cosmopolitan, US Weekly, People, E! Online, and FHM, covering major sports and entertainment events like the Oscars, the Golden Globes, NBA Finals, Super Bowl, and winning the Yahoo Superstar Award for coverage of the Olympics.

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