The Grande Communications Stadium is a 15,000-seat (18,000 capacity) stadium located in Midland, Texas

Midland, Texas

Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County. As of 2010, the population of Midland was 111,147. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas...

. The stadium plays host to the American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 and soccer teams for both Robert E. Lee High School and Midland High School

Midland High School (Midland, Texas)

Midland High School is a public high school located in Midland, Texas and is part of Midland Independent School District. The original Midland High School was built in 1926 and was moved twenty-three years later to a new building in 1949 where it currently sits today...

, the West Texas United Sockers

West Texas United Sockers

West Texas United Sockers is an American soccer team based in Midland, Texas, United States. Founded in 2008, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid South Division of the Southern Conference.The team plays its home games at...

 franchise in the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...

, and the West Texas Drillers adult tackle football team in the Minor Professional Football League(MPFL)

The stadium is part of the Scharbauer Sports Complex, together with the 5,000-seat CitiBank Ballpark

Citibank Ballpark

Citibank Ballpark is a stadium in Midland, Texas. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Midland RockHounds minor league baseball team. The first game at Citbank Ballpark was played in 2002, the stadium seats 6,669 people...

.

The reason behind the stadium's rather large size for a high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 venue is the incredible passion for high school football and soccer in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. Ratliff Stadium

Ratliff Stadium

Ratliff Stadium is a stadium in Odessa, Texas. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field for the city's two public high schools, Odessa and Permian High Schools.The stadium opened in 1982 and holds 19,302 people...

 in neighboring Odessa

Odessa, Texas

Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

is another large high school stadium, seating nearly 20,000.

External links

• Stadium Info at Midland Lee athletics (includes photos)
• Scharbauer Sports Complex at Google Maps