mp-stadium-header2The current stadium was built in the 1930s. The track hasn’t been resurfaced since the mid-1980s, and the field hasn’t been recrowned in over 25 years. The following are issues with the current field at the old high school:

  • No locker rooms and showers
  • Field is not regulation (too short)
  • Distance from the high school – both teams currently have to be bussed
  • No restrooms
  • Can’t hold playoff games
  • Track is unsafe
  • Limited seating for home and visitor
  • Field grade is inadequate
  • Concrete walls deteriorating
  • Goal posts need to be replaced
  • Visitor bleachers not up to code (unsafe)
  • Not ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessible
  • Lack of parking
  • Band travels with instruments to home competition
  • Fencing inadequate for field control and posts lift out (unsafe)
  • Field maintenance equipment has to be transported to field
  • Kicks retrieved by climbing a fence into neighbors yard
  • Lights require upgrading
  • Teams/officials have no shelter
  • Powerlines should be buried
  • No ticket booths to control cash flow
  • Streets have to be closed
  • No water in concessions for clean up