Chapter 7
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Outdoor Playing Courts
and Fields
TM 5-803-10
These facilities provide for the outdoor sports and games
Table 7 - 78 Space Allocation for Outdoor Playing
most commonly played for competition and for recreation
Courts and Fields
by military and civilian personnel. Numbers of facilities
Size (Gross SF)
authorized are summarized in Table 7 - 77. They should
be designed to accept national standards for the sport,
Tennis Court
1,300
and level of play or competition involved, as indicated in
Track
187,310
Table 7 - 78.
Regulation Baseball
Field
130,680-167,710
The location of these outdoor playing courts and fields
Junior Baseball
adjacent to Community Activity Centers, or Physical Fit-
Field
52,270
ness Centers, is recommended for convenience and use
Regulation Softball
of support spaces (lockers, equipment storage, and
Field
62,500-90,000
showers) as well as complementary activities (snack bar,
Volleyball Court
4,000
lounge, and youth activity center). While the large space
Handball Court
(four-wall)
800
requirements of these outdoor facilities may preclude
Badminton
1,620
complete integration in CAC site planning, the adjacency
of at least some courts and fields will be of mutual attrac-
Size of one facility of each type is given. For number of
tion and exposure benefit.
facilities to be provided per military population, see Table
7 - 77.
Military population is defined as active duty plus 35 percent of their dependents and 10 percent of retired military personnel
supported.
2
For a dependent population, ages 6 - 19, of up to 500, and for each increment of 500 thereafter up to 2,500, one youth baseball
field may be provided. An additional youth baseball field may be provided for each additional increment of 750 dependent
population ages 6 - 19.
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