{"id":311722,"date":"2026-05-28T01:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/311722\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T01:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:43:09","slug":"fact-brief-has-a-school-district-serving-fort-worth-built-a-high-school-football-stadium-since-the-1970s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/311722\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact brief: Has a school district serving Fort Worth built a high school football stadium since the 1970s?"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Ismael M. Belkoura, Fort Worth Report
May 27, 2026<\/p>\n

Yes.
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Several stadiums in Fort Worth ISD and surrounding school districts serving the city have been built since the 1970s.<\/p>\n

The newest high school facilities in Fort Worth include Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD\u2019s Knight Stadium, built in 2024, and Crowley ISD Multi-Purpose Stadium, built in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Fort Worth ISD, Herman Clark Stadium opened in 1970.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fort Worth ISD touts the two oldest stadiums being used by Fort Worth-area school districts. Farrington Field, one of the oldest stadiums in the county, has been in use since 1939. Scarborough-Handley Field, also used by the school district, opened in 1946.<\/p>\n

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