McLane stadium was nothing short of a beautiful facility. The location of the building is right on the water. The fans have been known to “sailgate’ before games, which is like tailgating but on a boat. The view from the water (shown in the picture above) shows the magnificence of the stadium. The stadium is located in Wacko, Texas and is a Football stadium. The very first game at the stadium the bears won a massive game 45-0. The building of this stadium was not hard to find reason. Football is a huge sport at Baylor University and since it is in Texas where football is well known many were persuaded easily. It also helps that recognition of Robert Griffin III went there and received a Heisman during one of the peaks of Baylor’s football…show more content… The Floyd Casey stadium was made about 75 years ago and cost $1.5 million to make. Yes the costs of materials has gone up over time, but the McLane stadium cost $250 million. This amount is not even comparable. The McLane stadium does not even seat as many as the Floyd Casey stadium. The Floyd seats 50,000 and the McLane seats 45,000. Both an incredible amount of seats but one would clearly think that the McLane would seat plenty more. A stat that was not mentioned in this chart was the cost of the shade canopy. It cost nearly $20 million, but it does block over half of the seats during the day. Over the Baylor end zone is a 47’ by 107’ HD scoreboard. As you can see this building was not slacked on financially. Baylor takes their sports seriously and wanted to promote their teams with these incredible…show more content… After doing research on who financed the stadium it was found that it was financed by many donors. The reason it is called the McLane Stadium is because of the lead donor in process whose name is, Drayton McLane Jr. There was no specific amount said that he donated, but he did say ““My family, we’ve been in business and have tried to be responsible in opportunities that we have to help other people We saw the development of this stadium as something that would not only help Baylor, but really, really help the development for the city of Waco and Central Texas.” The name of the original stadium was going to be Baylor Stadium, but the school had other plans that they discussed with McLain and he had to say this, ““Our family style has been to be very conservative, to be very modest about something like this, but after a period of time of talking to the top leadership of Baylor, we agreed to do it,”. Ever since McClain gave his gift of a mysterious amount the school has received $125 million worth of various gifts from other donors and $35 million in public funds from the city. There is still an amount that has not been covered of up to $100 million, but this will be made up over time by the athletic program of Baylor
