[Patriot]

It will be.
And it's only 21 years old. I believe it was built in 91.

The field Whitley used before that was the practice field you see behind the visitors stands. I think all they had then was 4 or 5 little metal bleachers that seat around 20 or 30 people a piece...

Around 5 years ago, work started to build a new stadium for Whitley that would have costed over a million, with help from Teco Coal. It was going to be up where the soccer fields are now. However, a lot of people didnt want to move the stadium away from the school there and wanted to keep it where it was at. I'm not positive why we didnt use some of the money to expand and renovate our stadium we currently have, but it was most likely because of room.
IDK how they would have made the stadium they were going to up there at the soccer fields and have a huge parking lot without building up a lot of the land up there.

Long story short, the land was already bought, and we decided against the new stadium, and since the land was there, Whitley decided to start a soccer program, and its the only reason we have soccer teams.

I would say one day a new stadium will be built, i just dont know when. Im surprised we havent upgraded a lot of the things we have, but i know they had just added a freshmen wing to the high school, and with the growth of the school, it might have to expand more.

I think within the next 5-10 years youll either see major upgrades to the current stadium, or land being bought for the building of a new one...

I think it's fine the way it is maybe more visitor bleachers, better restrooms, turf field, and I'm not sure about locker rooms. But the field, home stands, and atmosphere are good. I'm a fan of natural grass but the turf is the way things are going. Sports raise a lot of money for schools the kids should reap those benefits!