Anyone know what is going on with Venice's field?

[PinellasFB]

I was at Venice HS this past weekend for a wrestling tournament and there was major construction going on with their football field.  Looks like $$$ being pumped into that stadium.  Anyone know what exactly they are doing and at what budget?  Where do teams get this kind of money for such projects?  My poor little school can't even repair a stupid hole in the turf and had to play all 10 games on the road this year.

[MarkECannon]

They are probably getting field turf.  They have always had natural grass.

[Perspective]

Is it a brand new field?  Or did they come up to Hillsborough County, find a field they liked, and convince that field to move down to Venice for a season or two?   

[Mike E]

On 1/21/2025 at 10:07 PM, PinellasFB said:

I was at Venice HS this past weekend for a wrestling tournament and there was major construction going on with their football field.  Looks like $$$ being pumped into that stadium.  Anyone know what exactly they are doing and at what budget?  Where do teams get this kind of money for such projects?  My poor little school can't even repair a stupid hole in the turf and had to play all 10 games on the road this year.

Venice is the last of the Sarasota School District fields to get the make over.  New bathrooms, new snack shacks, new new turf, new pressbox, some new seating, new scoreboard, new track. I have no idea what the budget is. The plan is for it to be completed about a week before graduation.

[Mike E]

On 1/22/2025 at 9:39 AM, Perspective said:

Is it a brand new field?  Or did they come up to Hillsborough County, find a field they liked, and convince that field to move down to Venice for a season or two?   

If you build it, they will come, just sayin'