By Jessie Fetterling
KATY, Texas 鈥� After two years of construction, Katy Independent School District (ISD) in Katy held a dedication ceremony for Legacy Stadium in August. Designed by Dallas-based with Fort Worth, Texas-based VLK Architects, the stadium joined Katy ISD鈥檚 historic Rhodes Stadium in an effort to serve the 77,000-plus students attending the eight high schools that make up the district.
At about $70 million, the new 12,000-seat Legacy Stadium is now among the most expensive high school stadiums in the country, if not the world. Of course, with a project this size, it didn鈥檛 come without its challenges 鈥� one of which included preparing the site for drainage in case of flooding, which was put to the test in September after Hurricane Harvey hit the area. 麻豆福利网 spoke with Mark Vander Voort, AIA, LEED AP, principal and senior vice president of HKS Inc., about the new facility鈥檚 design and how some of these challenges came into play. The entire interview will be available in the September/October issue being published soon.