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Built in 1970, the stadium can seat 14,500 fans with room for 2,500 more and is one of the largest high school football stadiums in the state of Texas. Some of the stadium's attractions include parking for up to 3,600 cars, a two-story press box for visiting coaches, dignitaries, and the media, as
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playing surface and a state of the art scoreboard, most of which were added several years after the stadium's initial opening. Every summer, Memorial
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