PROSPER (WBAP/KLIF News ) – It was a mixed bag for voters when it came to Prosper Independent School District’s $2.8 billion bond proposal.
Voters gave the green light to Propositions A, B and D which dealt with building new schools and facilities, technology upgrades and a new performing arts center respectively.
However, voters said no to funding a $94 million new football stadium. After 100% of precincts reported Wednesday morning, the percentage split was 54-46.
Final results of the election have not been certified yet.
The cost of the proposed stadium, which would have boasted 8,000 seats, was a projection which included the price of construction costs at the start date of the project as well as inflation.
If voters had given the $94 million project the green light, construction would have started in three to five years and would have been located at the district’s fourth high school. That campus is set to open in 2025.
The proposal was due in part to the district’s rapid growth. Prosper ISD is home to the 12,000-seat Children’s Health Stadium which opened in 2019 after voters approved the funding to build it.
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