Lebanon board previews multi-year athletic facilities master plan with stadium, pool and track upgrades
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Summary
Administrators presented a conceptual athletic facilities master plan proposing expanded locker rooms, an eight‑lane track, upgraded natatorium and new weight room; the plan is phased and will require community engagement and multi-year financing.
Administrators presented a multi-year athletic facilities master plan that would consolidate outdoor athletics support functions, add locker rooms and spectator amenities, expand the track to eight lanes, and modernize the natatorium and weight room.
Doctor Milliman introduced the informational presentation and Mister Dennis provided design concepts. The plan envisions a centralized entry with ticketing, concessions and locker rooms near the middle‑school north parcel; varsity baseball and softball fields could be converted to turf while the JV fields remain grass. The presentation includes an 8‑lane track, a 1,000‑seat main grandstand for track, and new parking and circulation to support events.
For the football stadium the plan proposes removing the existing track to add seating — increasing home capacity to about 3,500 and visitor seating to about 1,000 — and a two‑story press box with elevator (required where press‑box footprint exceeds code thresholds). For indoor athletics the concept includes converting the auxiliary gym to a dedicated wrestling room with movable bleachers, a roughly 9,000‑sq‑ft addition to expand the natatorium to eight lanes with diving well and 450 elevated seats, and an approximately 8,000‑sq‑ft weight room.
Designers and staff noted multiple trade-offs: the master plan would be implemented in phases (a “nose‑to‑tail” approach), site constraints affect parking and bus staging, and some projects depend on earlier phases. Dennis told the board that no cost estimates are finalized and that financing would likely proceed by taking one year of cash at a time. He said the district will engage neighbors and community members in future hearings and Q&A sessions before any financing decision.
Board members raised questions about setbacks to adjacent properties, light and noise mitigation, ingress/egress points and the potential for simultaneous events (e.g., baseball and track on the same night). Staff committed to additional outreach and to refine site and traffic details in the next design phases. No funding or bond request was approved at the meeting.
