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. The stadium plays host to the

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and

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teams for both Legacy High School and Midland High School, plus the Midland-Odessa FC franchise in soccer's

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, the West Texas Drillers adult tackle football team in the Minor Professional Football League (MPFL) as well as the West Texas Pride Minor League Football team of the Rio Grande Football League (RGFL) The stadium is part of the Scharbauer Sports Complex, together with the 5,000-seat Security Bank Ballpark. The reason behind the stadium's rather large size for a

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venue is the incredible passion for high school football in

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in neighboring

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is another large high school stadium, which seated nearly 20,000 before renovations to comply with the

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reduced capacity to 17,500.

External links

Stadium Info at Midland Lee athletics (includes photos)

Scharbauer Sports Complex at Google Maps
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