Upon Further Review: Stadium could use a facelift
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Now for some of you this might be a touchy subject — especially with all the talk about building a new stadium at the high school. One thing I do know, it is going to be a few years before a new stadium will ever be built. I’m not saying let’s forget about building a new stadium at the high school, I’m just saying let’s put a little work in what we have.
So while looking around at the grand old lady, an idea crossed the minds of Mr. Nunley and myself. The stadium is not in that bad of shape and with a little paint, a pressure washer and a few people to pull weeds, the bowl could once again be the pride of the high school football team.
All that would have to happen is to pull together a group of people who care about the old stadium and spend one or maybe two Saturdays doing a little work in giving it a facelift.
There are many people out there that would be more than happy to donate some materials and time to spruce the old stadium back up. Maybe you don’t want to become a sponsor with the football booster club, or maybe you don’t buy season tickets, but you still would like to help out in some way. If so, then I say let’s get together and show the football team we support them and want to give them a pleasant place to play.
Visiting teams have entered Nunley Stadium over the years and for the most part the coaches are in awe of the grand old stadium. Most high school stadiums you go into now are a prefab piece of aluminum and grass, they all look the same.
I understand we still are in need of bathrooms and to upgrade the press box area. But that is still no reason we can’t pull together and do a little work ourselves and spruce up the old stadium. A couple dozen people, a couple of Saturdays and a few coats of paint — and she could be good as new.
There are teams that would love to have this facility to play in, and we should be one of them. We have a very unique stadium filled with history and pride, so let’s pull together and show the football team and the high school we truly support their efforts. All it takes is a little elbow grease and the desire to do something for your community.
In a few years down the road we’ll have a new stadium at the high school, hopefully one that doesn’t look like all the rest. Once again I’m not against a new stadium, I know the coaches would love to be able to walk out of their locker rooms and onto their on-campus facility. But until that day comes we are going to have to use Nunley Stadium.
We all know the school board doesn’t want to put to much money into the old stadium but with this approach very little money would have to be spent. We can make this a community project and, like I said before, with a couple gallons of paint, some soap and water and a few volunteers, we could make her shine.
I’m sure I will receive a few phone calls one way or another and for the most part the few people I’ve talked to already like the idea. Who knows? Maybe a miracle will take place and by the time Lincoln County rolls in here on September 6 not only will the stadium be shining, but the Pioneers will be, too.