How Much Does It Cost To Rent A High School Football Field?

Renting a football field is cheap in many places, but somewhat expensive in others. What does it cost to rent a high school football field? 

At my old high school, you can rent the football field for only $30 per hour. Many schools offer similar prices.

Cost in Different Locations

The average cost to rent a football facility in the United States is not easy to find and might not be known. However, there is information about prices in many locations.

Prices are often low. You can rent a field for $60 per hour, $30 per hour, or even less in many towns.

Stadiums for professional football are vastly more expensive. There is also no clear average cost for NFL stadiums. You might have to spend hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars depending on which facility you rent.

Prices in Allen, Texas

Allen residents can rent a turf field for $30 per hour, a grass field for $20 per hour, and lights for $10 per hour. For non-residents, all prices are doubled. Facilities are just as cheap in many places. 

Houston, Texas

In Houston, you can rent a high school football field for $30 per hour, with a minimum cost of $60.

Richmond, Texas

You can also rent a high school football field for $30 per hour in Richmond. The minimum price is also $60, as it is in Houston. Many people rent a football field to play football or host events in places where it is cheap.

Saratoga Springs, New York

In Saratoga Springs it costs at least $65 per hour to rent a high school football field. You can use the field for soccer, lacrosse, and other sports. 

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

In Brooklyn Park, you can rent a football/lacrosse/soccer/cricket field for $35 per game or $160 per day. Those prices apply to youth games. For adults and non-residents, the prices increase to $50 per game or $240 per day. 

There are also artificial turf fields at the center of the park, which are more expensive. They cost $50 per game / $300 per day for youths/residents and $65 per game / $375 per day for adults and non-residents. 

San Diego, California

Renting a high school football field in San Diego costs $172 per hour, plus utilities and services. It is not always cheap to rent a football field with bleachers. 

Roseville, California

You can rent the Mahanay park football field for $130 per hour. For non-residents or commercial use, it costs $140. Field lights cost another $35 per hour.

San Jose, California

High school football fields are also relatively expensive to rent in San Jose. You can rent the Piedmont Hills high school football field for $206 per hour, with a minimum price of $618 to rent the space. 

Orlando, Florida

In Orlando, Florida a high school football field costs the user $55 per hour. There may be additional fees on top of that.

Tampa, Florida

In Tampa, Florida you can rent a high school football field for $100 per hour. The minimum cost to rent the space is $400.

Renting a High School Soccer Field

You can rent a field in Austin, Texas for $80 per hour or $25 per hour in Richmond, California. Fields for lacrosse, cricket, ext also don’t cost much money to rent. 

Renting a Professional Football Stadium

It might cost about $150,000 to rent an NFL stadium for four hours. All of the staff, security, field conversion first aid, and cleaning are included. Anyone hosting events at an NFL stadium needs to make a lot of money. 

Stadiums Are Expensive

Even for that price, you won’t be able to rent the biggest stadium. Sometimes a stadium can cost a million or even three million per day. 

Stadiums are built for tens of millions or more dollars, so you need to set up a highly profitable event and hope for the best. A lot of stadiums would never have been built if the companies were not awarded public money. 

The easier it is to make a lot of money from an event at a stadium, the more expensive it is. A popular facility in a major city can easily cost more than a million per day. It is not easy to get information about what the average cost is, especially since the prices vary so much. 

What Does it Cost to Build a Turf Field?

It can cost more than half a million or more than a million to build a turf football field. The quality of the materials affects the price. Anywhere from $550,000 to $1,350,000 is a common cost. 

Fields for professional sports are more expensive because they require better materials. The total cost of labor and materials will be higher in a more expensive area. 

Cost of Building a Grass Sport Field

Grass fields are cheaper but still cost $400,000 to $820,000. It is not cheap to build a football or lacrosse field. 

Maintenance Costs

Maintaining a turf field for ten years costs $60,000 to $100,000, much less than the cost of building it. A grass field costs $18,000 to $44,000 to maintain. Public money is sometimes awarded to people building football fields. 

Key Takeaways

• You can often rent a high school football field for only around $30 per hour. 
• In other places, it is more expensive, so you might have to pay $100, $200, or more per hour. 
• Renting a high school football field is vastly cheaper than renting an NFL stadium, which might cost more than a million a day.
• It is also fairly cheap to rent fields for lacrosse, baseball, or any other popular sport. 
• It isn’t easy to find information about the average cost in the United States, but it seems to range from under $30 to over $200 per hour.