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Contract shows UIL's move to Houston's NRG Stadium for football title games was costly one
By Corbett Smith , Staff Writer
The mistake that forced the University Interscholastic League's 2015 state football championships to find a
new home turned out to be a costly one.
Records obtained by the Dallas Morning News show that the UIL was charged nearly a half-million dollars for use of Houston's NRG Stadium for the three-day event. The contract shows that SMG, the manager of NRG Park (which is owned and leased by Harris County), charged the UIL a usage fee of $495,000.
For perspective, in the league's 2014 agreement with Cowboys Stadium L.P., the UIL was charged $150,000 for four days at AT&T Stadium; the 2015 six-man state championships were moved from the central site location back to Abilene's Shotwell Stadium, after a conflict with the Houston Texans' schedule.
Even when factoring in a "ticket sales bonus" in the AT&T Stadium agreement, charging 10 percent of gross revenues if ticket sales hit certain benchmarks, the change in venue was net loss for the league.
Further compounding the UIL's loss was poor attendance in Houston. Final attendance figures showed that crowds were down 94,509 over the three-day event, from 250,652 in 2014 to 156,413 in 2015.
The league was ready to exercise a one-year option in its agreement with AT&T Stadium, until a conflict with the Cowboys' schedule forced the UIL look for a new venue in April. Only two other venues in the state meet the league's requirements for state championships: NRG Stadium or San Antonio's Alamodome.
Plans for next year's state title games are underway, according to UIL deputy director Jamey Harrison. The league has expressed interest in securing a long-term deal, perhaps involving all three sites in some fashion.
(End of article)
A couple of notes: Didn't the six man games draw about 8-10,000; so that means a drop of 85,000 for the UIL 11-man games. Also, say what you want about Jerry Jones (and there is a lot to say), but the Cowboys organization has been pretty gracious about the use of AT&T Stadium for high school games and I doubt most of those are "profitable" events to the stadium (UIL title games perhaps being the exception).
Contract shows UIL's move to Houston's NRG Stadium for football title games was costly one
By Corbett Smith , Staff Writer
The mistake that forced the University Interscholastic League's 2015 state football championships to find a
new home turned out to be a costly one.
Records obtained by the Dallas Morning News show that the UIL was charged nearly a half-million dollars for use of Houston's NRG Stadium for the three-day event. The contract shows that SMG, the manager of NRG Park (which is owned and leased by Harris County), charged the UIL a usage fee of $495,000.
For perspective, in the league's 2014 agreement with Cowboys Stadium L.P., the UIL was charged $150,000 for four days at AT&T Stadium; the 2015 six-man state championships were moved from the central site location back to Abilene's Shotwell Stadium, after a conflict with the Houston Texans' schedule.
Even when factoring in a "ticket sales bonus" in the AT&T Stadium agreement, charging 10 percent of gross revenues if ticket sales hit certain benchmarks, the change in venue was net loss for the league.
Further compounding the UIL's loss was poor attendance in Houston. Final attendance figures showed that crowds were down 94,509 over the three-day event, from 250,652 in 2014 to 156,413 in 2015.
The league was ready to exercise a one-year option in its agreement with AT&T Stadium, until a conflict with the Cowboys' schedule forced the UIL look for a new venue in April. Only two other venues in the state meet the league's requirements for state championships: NRG Stadium or San Antonio's Alamodome.
Plans for next year's state title games are underway, according to UIL deputy director Jamey Harrison. The league has expressed interest in securing a long-term deal, perhaps involving all three sites in some fashion.
(End of article)
A couple of notes: Didn't the six man games draw about 8-10,000; so that means a drop of 85,000 for the UIL 11-man games. Also, say what you want about Jerry Jones (and there is a lot to say), but the Cowboys organization has been pretty gracious about the use of AT&T Stadium for high school games and I doubt most of those are "profitable" events to the stadium (UIL title games perhaps being the exception).
