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Developers present concept for 35,000 sq ft Sportsplex expansion and entertainment venue on South River Road

Town of Bedford Planning Board · March 9, 2026
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A development team proposed a 35,000 sq ft indoor athletics and entertainment complex at 409 South River Road that would expand the New Hampshire Sportsplex with a 7,300 sq ft entertainment front and multi‑court athletic space behind. The board welcomed the concept and asked for traffic studies, PFAS soils sampling, architectural renderings and refined circulation plans.

Developers and the New Hampshire Sportsplex team presented a conceptual plan March 9 to build a 35,000‑square‑foot combined indoor athletics and entertainment facility at 409 South River Road, a 3.65‑acre parcel adjacent to the existing Sportsplex.

Project civil engineer Brian Pratt and ownership representative Justin Benton said the concept includes a roughly 7,300‑square‑foot front entertainment component (restaurant/bar, games and patio) overlooking a larger multi‑court athletic hall set into the site’s grade. The design uses the 30‑foot…

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