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Board approves final design for new Alice Memorial Stadium; architects outline features, schedule
Summary
Trustees approved the final design development phase for a new Alice Memorial Stadium funded by the 2024 bond. Architects and consultants presented seating, concessions, locker-room and press-box plans, a proposed international-style track, parking analysis and a construction schedule tied to a bond-funded budget.
The Alice ISD Board of Trustees approved the final design development phase for the Alice Memorial Stadium project funded by the 2024 bond following a presentation by the district’s design team and consultants. Presenters from the design team outlined seating, circulation, concessions, locker rooms and press-box layouts, site plans for an international-style track, turf and field events accommodations, and an operational “game-day” field house with home and visitor team spaces.
Designers said the plan includes an upper and lower seating bowl with ADA-accessible seating and student sections, visitor seating, a video scoreboard location, multiple concession points, restrooms sized to meet code discussions with the city and a team “game-day” field house with separate home and visitor locker rooms, trainer spaces and a neutral officials’ room. The team also proposed a “wall of honor” display area and other finishes intended to showcase school tradition.
The architects reviewed site circulation and a parking strategy developed in coordination with city officials. They described a planning assumption of 4,000 spectators for higher-attendance events and a 5-to-1 parking ratio target (800 parking spaces) and identified on-site and nearby areas (existing district land, future transportation-relocation area and adjacent property with potential shared parking) that would meet or exceed that parking target when combined.
On sanitary fixtures the design team said it has discussed a hybrid approach with city officials that reduces plumbing-fixture counts compared with existing stadium fixtures while meeting code and operational needs; the team showed proposed fixture counts for home and visitor sides in design materials.
Budget and schedule: presenters listed a bond-allocated construction budget for the project (presented in materials as approximately $30.39 million) and a milestone schedule: issue 75% construction documents for review (target Jan. 21), issue full drawings for contractor pricing (target Feb. 7), GMP review with the district (target March 18) and seek GMP approval and notice to proceed in April.
Board action: Trustee Ramon moved to approve the final design-development phase; Trustee Veil seconded. Chair recorded a voice vote: “All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries.” The board approved proceeding with the next phase of design and pricing work under the bond allocation.
What the district said about amenities and community use: designers said synthetic turf and an international-style track were proposed to allow high usage for school and community athletics, that concessions and circulation were designed to reduce queueing, and that the press-box/production stack would include video and production space, media, visitor and home coach spaces and a community room for events. Designers also said they sought to limit external light spill with focused LED lighting and distributed sound to reduce neighborhood impact.
Next steps: the district will work with the construction manager and design team to complete construction documents, obtain contractor pricing, review the guaranteed maximum price (GMP) and return to the board with a GMP for approval before a construction notice to proceed.
