SPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Hanover Day

Youth Football Babe Ruth Baseball

Hanover residents wanted to ensure space was retained on site for these three main uses. For reference, the spatial dimensions of basketball, pickleball, and bocce courts are provided.

Basketball Court

To many residents, B. Everett Hall Field is the only location suitable for hosting Hanover Day because of its central location, available off-premises parking nearby, electricity, and open field space that can accommodate the breadth of vendors, fireworks, and the tall carnival structures.

Hanover Day has typically used approximately 3.5 acres of field space and other smaller portions of the park for a basketball tournament, emergency service stations, and a car show. The Hanover Fire Department confirmed that trees do not pose a barrier to fireworks. The proposed design can still host Hanover Day.

In the second community engagement meeting on June 6, 2023, several residents expressed that B. Everett Hall Field should have space to accommodate four football teams practicing at one time, as there are no other multi-purpose fields with lights in town. There are around 150 to 200 youth enrolled in the football program each year. Based on estimates provided by the Hanover Youth Athletics Association, four practice-sized field areas require approximately 2.2 acres. The design proposal retains ample turf field for youth sports practice.

B. Everett Hall Field has one of three fullsized baseball fields available in town for use by a league with 4 to 5 teams (50 to 65 players) each year, with occasional use by the Vocational High School team. A full-size baseball field is required for youth teams 13 years old and older. Several Hanover residents expressed that the full-sized baseball field needed to stay at B. Everett Hall Field.

A Babe-Ruth sized field is kept in the final design proposal, and remains oriented north to south.