Last week the Austin City Council voted 6-0 to grant a floodplain variance and allow the construction of a new Field House at AISD’s House Park location to move forward. This means that the existing Field House will be demolished and construction of a new 3,120 square foot locker room facility started on the north side of the property. Although the new artificial pitch was laid down months ago the rest of the project was at a standstill until the variance was in place.

Although many new flood controls are in place now, Shoal Creek and the area around House Park have historically been the scene of several tragic flash floods. One of the very worst happened in 1981 and has become known as the Memorial Day Flood.

Construction should be complete in plenty of time for the Aztex to complete their move to House Park for the 2010 USL-1 season.