Melissa High School football stadium
A screen grab from WFAA drone footage of Melissa High School's new football stadium.
  • Another Texas high school has opened a swanky new football stadium that many colleges would envy.
  • Coach Kenny Deel Stadium in Melissa, Texas, cost $35 million to build.
  • The money came from a $400 million bond that local voters overwhelmingly approved.

Everything is bigger in Texas, especially high-school football.

Melissa, a small town north of Dallas, is the latest city in Texas to show how passionate it is about sports by unveiling a jaw-dropping new high-school football stadium.

The swanky digs came with a $35 million price tag.

The stadium would make a lot of colleges envious, with its luxury indoor suites and a training facility reminiscent of those at major universities.