No one associated with Buford High School says the football team needed a 10,000-seat, $62 million stadium. That's not a case that can be made by anyone in any place.

The shiny new structure is what city leaders wanted.

They wanted a stadium that seats 10,000 people in a city of 17,000, for a school with 2,000 students. City officials wanted a stadium with two levels of 15 luxury suites towering above the stands. They wanted a video board with a 3,600-square-foot display that rivals many of those in stadiums for major college football teams.

Buford football certainly didn't need any of those things for success.

The Wolves have won 14 state championships, including three in a row from 2019-21. They are 330-29 since 2000. Buford would win a lot more games over the next 25 years even if

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