<p>The stadium also has a wrestling area, weightroom, and indoor golf simulator underneath so that has to be factored into the cost as well. They also have 5,000 students including a 700 member band so I don’t doubt they will get a lot of use out of it though. So far this year (as of August 24th) they’ve sold 8,200 season tickets and I don’t think filling up the stadium will really be a problem. Apparently, before this they had to rent temporary seating and add portable toilets which cost them $250,000 per year. That said, it is an incredibly expensive stadium that probably isn’t necessary.</p>
<p>“Our intention is not to recoup the money it cost to build the stadium,” Carroll said. “It’s not practical to say we’ll get that money back. (But) the revenue we receive from the stadium will far exceed the cost of operating it.”</p>