Huge HS BB arenas

[laker]

Someone could do the same thing for HS football stadiums, which would most likely be centered in Texas. Just think of how many college arenas are smaller than this, including the Taj Mahal of D2 basketball, the Taylor Center, which holds about 4800.

[SW_Mustang]

Chinle AZ... I'll see if I can find a link, but I believe someone did a documentary on that basketball program. They had shots of the arena and it was mind blowing. Very fascinating situation.

[SW_Mustang]

Here's some information about Chinle. It looks like Netflix has added a full-length documentary back in August, so I know what I'll be watching tonight.

This is the video I was referencing, from MaxPreps. It does go into some detail about the arena.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWF8Ndgz9zE

Here's another video from YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiNRP8oQGbw

The trailer for the documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFneLEv2lNk

Chinle proper has 4,500 residents, and the high school enrollment is 1,250. They sit on the edge of a massive Navajo reservation, which is probably why their arena is so large, granted not many people have easy access to it.

Here's a photo of their arena:



EDIT: I did some more reading. They sit near the Navajo Nation reservation - it's the largest in terms of land in the United States. The reservation does house something like 350,000 people, but given how big the area is, that translates to about 13 people per square mile. To put that into perspective, metro Phoenix occupies slightly larger than half of the total square miles, but has a population density of ~4,900 per square mile.

[SW_Mustang]

The only other one on that list not in Indiana is the Alfred J Loos Fieldhouse, located in the Dallas, TX area.

[SW_Mustang]

An interesting footnote - the largest facility used for HS basketball seats 9,000 but is not included in the list because it's a domed football stadium.

The Round Valley Ensphere in Eagar, Arizona.

[SW_Mustang]

Sorry for the spam - I love looking at these types of things, especially for non-pro/D1 facilities.

Here's the largest, Lloyd E Scott Gymnasium in Seymour, Indiana



Here's an article from Stadium Journey - they typically don't cover high schools if I am correct:

https://stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/...ymnasium-s3084

[Stanger86]

Why is this on the football forum though? A little help, Brandon or JR?

[laker]

Why is this on the football forum though? A little help, Brandon or JR?

It should be on Basketball General Discussion. My error. It should be moved to there.