High School Football Stadium Disasters

I'm going to tell you about the "old" field at King and Queen Central in Virginia. Smallest classification for public schools and it still graduates only around 30 annually. Before I start let me say the current facility is located on the same property but runs north to south, while the "old" field ran east to west. Central is scheduled to upgrade its lighting system to college level quality in time for the 2023 home opener.
Now, Central didn't have a home field the first 2 or 3 years they played football (staring in 1971), so their "home" games were at West Point, a town about 15 or so miles away in King William County. When they finally got a stadium, it was a combo/field with the lighting system supporting the baseball field which had no outfield fence. The football field continuously had mole problems resulting in twisted ankles and turf-monster tackles. One time a running back was en route to a long-distance TD run when he tripped over the pitching rubber that had been left on the field!
Seating at the stadium was sparse. I'd say it could accommodate no more than 250 so there was a whole lot of standing going on. The scoreboard was just large enough to display the score, the time and had 4 dots below the time to indicate what quarter the game was in. The clock operator sat in a school desk just below the clock. The console was on the desk and had a cord running to the scoreboard. The stadium lighting was equipped with incandescent bulbs which meant the field was dimly lit. I recall a game played there in the rain and you could hear the light bulbs exploding from contact with the rain!
Hope to get some interesting replies to this topic.

 

In the town I grew up in, there is some drive to install lights at the football field. There are yard signs with "Let Them Play."

The town isn't known for its football team in an area where high school football isn't a big deal. It is a small stadium, probably well less than a thousand seats.

I have no idea why people care.

 

My high school didn’t have a stadium. Still doesn’t. Our football team played home games at the high school down the street.

Pretty pathetic for a school in a major city. And it’s not like our team sucked — we were consistently one of the best teams in our league.

 

Same with the schools in Atlanta proper, and neighboring DeKalb County. There are two stadiums in Atlanta for six or so schools, and five stadiums in DeKalb shared among 10-12 schools.

 

Birdville ISD Stadium in Texas hosts 6A schools and has room for maybe 4 reporters including radio crews. So no room.

Most medium-size schools with a larger-than-normal press box basically turn their press box into a luxury box for school admin and VIPs and crowd the press out. Paris ISD has the biggest football stadium in a 100-mile radius and they're proud of it.