House Park is a 6,000-6,500 seat

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stadium in

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, owned and operated by the

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. Unlike many school districts in Texas, AISD uses multiple shared stadiums including House Park for use in athletic events rather than building a stadium for each high school.

History

On October 31, 1938, the Public Works Administration (PWA) offered the City of Austin a grant not to exceed $613,127 to cover 45% of the costs of school buildings, a stadium and field house, and additions and alterations to existing school buildings, including necessary equipment and acquisition of necessary land under PWA Docket No. Texas-2134-F. House Park was built using a portion of this funding package. Giesecke & Harris designed the project and J. R. Blackmore & Sons built it. House Park opened in fall 1939 along Shoal Creek, just down the hill from the old campus of Austin High School near downtown. The stadium was built on land donated by Edward M. House, a former diplomat and adviser to

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. House Park was later dedicated to the memory of the Austin High students that lost their lives serving in

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and

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High school sports

, the stadium still serves as the home stadium for Austin High, as well as

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, LASA, McCallum and Lanier High Schools. The absence of a

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sets it apart from most other high school stadiums in large cities, but it does also host

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games and has in the past been the site of the Texas High School

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Championships.

Professional sports

House Park is the home of Austin Sol, Austin's professional ultimate frisbee team. Their inaugural season home opener was April 9, 2016. In 2008, the natural grass playing surface was replaced with

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. Fans were able to take patches of the grass turf as souvenirs. On May 25, 2015, historic flooding along Shoal Creek damaged the stadium and turf forcing the Aztex to search for a temporary home.Austin ISD assessing House Park after floods
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References

External links

Texas Bob - House Park Stadium
{{Austin Aztex High school football venues in Texas Sports venues in Austin, Texas Ultimate (sport) venues Soccer venues in Texas Lacrosse venues in the United States Sports venues completed in 1939 Public Works Administration in Texas 1939 establishments in Texas