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Arena Sports
Category: Active Life Fitness & Instruction Fitness & Instruction [Edit]
7727 63rd Ave NESte 101
Seattle, WA 98115
Neighborhood: Sand Point
(206) 985-8990
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
18 reviews for Arena Sports
18 reviews in English
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Review from Angela B.
3/11/2012 3 Check-ins Here
The Facility: There is a HUGE improvement from Arena's old facility! The space is an old airplane hanger that has been fully renovated to include 3 turf fields, a kids bouncy room (if only I was a kid again!), valley ball courts, and the Magnuson Athletic Club. The place is kept pretty clean with the exception of some popcorn kernels every once in a while. Bathrooms are clean a well stocked. There is plenty of parking once you find the facility. Finding the facility can be difficult at first so make sure you follow their directional signs.
The Staff: Always cordial, friendly, and upbeat! The manager is on his game! He makes his presence known by stopping by the tables and greeting people while he cleans away empty popcorn bowls and beer pitchers. The staff has been the same with a few new faces every once in a while and overall a good helpful team.
The People: I do not play but my boyfriend does so I am giving you a review solely on the people and players I have encountered or witnessed. There is a tons of families which means alot of kids. This doesn't usually bother me but when they are kicking balls every which direction and running around and screaming I feel like I am in a daycare facility instead of enjoying my brew and the match in front of me. I can live with it though. Now every sports facility will attract some douches; thankfully they are few and far in between here. Now on to the players.....like I said before I am not a player so this is coming from a spectator. The players overall seem pretty cool, however there are the few that talk a little too much shit and play a little too dirty but that is expected. The refs are not always my favorite. Sometimes there are BS calls, and sometimes there are no calls when there should be. Overall decent.
Food & Drink: I have not tried there food as I am usually there on a late Friday night when the kitchen is closed. Their free popcorn is served with a small cup of Tapatio which is pretty damn good. There is a slurpee type machine and a coffee/cocoa machine as well. They have a decent beer selection. Beers are around $2.50 to $3.75 for each keg sized cup and around $10.00 for a pitcher. Cheap I know! Why do you think I go to my boyfriends games every Friday??!! The have beers by the bottle and on tap. Taps are usually Budlight, Shock Top, Modelo, and sometimes a random IPA.
Only 2 major Con's.....
1. A $3.00 spectator fee is charged on Friday night. Upside is you a get a ticket for a soda and popcorn. It's a con for me cause I go for the beer.
2. Old hanger equals no insulation and it is sometimes bone chilling cold in the winter unless you are sitting under the heaters.
Overall Arena Sports is a good time and a even better time if your team wins! -
Review from Krista J.
1/22/2012 4 Check-ins Here
Had my son's 8th birthday party here as he wanted a soccer party.
We wanted field time so we had to be a bit flexible in our dates to get that which was fine.
As I drove up there was someone (the coach and party dude) waiting for me with a cart with our name on it. I parked and he wheeled it over and help load my stuff on it (cake, ice cream, party favors, etc..). We followed him inside and into our party room waiting for us. He unloaded the stuff and when kids came he showed them where the presents went.
Once all arrived he split them up into two teams and took them out to the indoor turf fields for a full field scrimmage. The kids loved that and got a good workout.
They scrimmage for about 50 minutes. Then the coach gathered them all up and back into the party room and started passing out the pizza and pouring drinks. We had decent enough time in the room for pizza and cake and opening presents.
After it was over the coach party dude cleaned up and loaded up my stuff and the presents back on the cart and wheeled them out to my car for me.
Also the birthday kid gets an Arena sport jersey with his age as his number on the back.
Well played Arena Sports!Listed in: Fun for Kids
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Review from Angie B.
Updated - 12/19/2011 18 Check-ins Here
Now that we've been frequenting this place for a year, I have to update my review.
My (now) 5 year old has come for a couple of 1/2 day camps (end of summer, school holidays, winter break), we had his 5th bday party here & sometimes we just drop in on the weekend for the inflatables.
The place is large & generally quite clean. Unfortunately the fact that the average age of the employee is probably 21 affects the organization & my feeling of confidence...it seems the more we have gone there in the past year, the less organized it has become. I feel as though the young people working here aren't very helpful (though they are great with the kids).
In particular, our birthday party experience was less than desireable. I guess for nearly $300 we spent, I was expecting a bit less of a crowd & a little more attention to detail. I doubt we would do a party here again, unless we could actually get field time. It wasn't worth it to have to share the inflatables with several other parties/public & wait for our party room (more than 1/2 hour past our scheduled time).
Everything is great when you can register on-line, but when you arrive for check-in or check-out, things seem pretty hectic & the communication skills of the employees leave something to be desired.
Ultimately we (or guests) find the way, kiddo has a good time & all is well.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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9/14/2011
What can I say? This place has the newest/cleanest jumpy house area of any place I've visited. Not… Read more »
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Review from Mary H.
Seattle, WA
12/18/2011
The new location is great! Nice new turf fields and easier on the feet and knees, and the game is slower so better for playing a passing game. I play in the over-30 women's D league and it's lots of fun and everyone is a good sport. Referees are good and keep the play non-physical (it's D league!). Also fun to watch the different games while there---like watch people who actually play, unlike myself.
My kids also play indoor there, and for that I'd give 3 stars. The reason it that they don't always have enough teams to field a good league at your kids age and skill level, so don't expect like-versus-like competition. My kids still like it, but Arena Sports doesn't have enough teams to make A, B, and C leagues so if you are a C-level youth team....well. I wish they would institute handicaps by allowing the bottom teams in the standings to add a player from the start. The top teams (btw, my son's team is A-level and my daughter's is C-level) really pound the bottom teams and it overly discourages the bottom teams. -
Review from Jonathan M.
Kirkland, WA
11/4/2011
This is just for the bouce houses - they can be way too crowded and with bigger kids, the little ones simply get run over. The staff really is friendly, but doesn't know how to handle this so as a parent you can't just sit back unless you want to see your little one just get run over.
Sure they sell beer and that is cool, but a little structure to the bouce houses when crowded could go a long way. -
Review from Gina K.
11/12/2011
Played drop-in soccer here for the first time last night. Here is what I learned:
1. The people who play drop in soccer are, for the most part, really good.
2. I am not really good. Or in shape. But they humored me anyway.
3. You can sign up online 48 hours in advance by clicking "register" on the Arena Sports website. It's $10 for drop-in.
4. You drive to the facility by going through the Magnuson Park entrance, not the NOAA entrance, which Google Maps told me to do and got me stuck at a dead end.
5. They'll give you a penny, so you don't need to worry about wearing the color of your team.
6. Bring lots of water.
7. There's turf, and a lot of the players have special turf shoes, but I just wore sneakers and was fine.
8. Shin guards are encouraged but not required for drop-in.
9. There are refs. It's real official-like.
10. There are bouncy houses and gym equipment (for members, I think) and they serve beer!
11. The Friday night drop-in games start at 7:45, not 8:30 as the website says.
12. Everyone is lumped together at one level, not divided into A, B, and C, as the website says.
I had a great time but as someone who hadn't played in 6 years (and even then wasn't very good), I was shamefully out of my league! Still, my teammates were very supportive, so I had a fun time anyway! -
Review from Ben D.
Seattle, WA
1/6/2011
This new venue is incredible. The soccer fields are a bit small, but the turf is soft and easy on the legs, without dragging you down. The facility is clean and the staff friendly and helpful. If you're looking for an indoor soccer league, I highly recommend you look here rather than the Arena Sports location down in SoDo. This one blows the old one out of the water.
I can't speak to the new gym from personal experience, but it looks well equipped (cardio equipment, weights, basketball courts, etc) and clean.
The only downfalls of ArenaSports? Even if you sign up to play at one facility and on one night, you will almost certainly be scheduled for a few games at a different facility and often on a different night. It causes big problems when you're trying to coordinate a team. In addition, the refs are nice guys, but they tend to be inconsistent. That all said, if you love soccer, well worth the money! -
Review from Katie S.
San Francisco, CA
11/26/2008
Oh man.. I really miss playing Indoor this winter.
For the last 4 years, I've played with the same indoor team. This year, the company sponsoring the team had to cut funds from somewhere and guess what got chopped?
Yep, the extracurricular.
I've played several games in this facility over the years. There's a couple of things I really like about it. The shorter fields, the decent refs, and the location. It's closer to home for me than the other field and that was always nice when we had a late LATE game (sometimes starting at 10:50pm).
While Arena Sports on Marginal is pretty beat up itself, I still appreciate the old crappy loungey couches with the big old tv, the thug music past 9pm, and the warm and always helpful staff that loves shootin' the sh*t with you. This place doesn't have these things... but it's still a sports facility. And it's important that we have these in the city.
I do like that they host volleyball games and have batting cages here. Definitely a solid 3. -
Review from D.J. Y.
11/26/2008
Rumors have it they'll install better turf and get some freak'n heat for the fans, crosses fingers. Now that they have agreed to a long term lease.
Starch-boy, our 13yo son, and some of his soccer teammates play in-door soccer, aka Futsal, at this location.
While it isn't as nice as their Redmond location, I give them props for doing the soccer community a great service, for getting the Futsal movement going in the Seattle area.
I'll bump them up stars once they get some upgrades done to this place. 5 stars for running this program, but -2 stars for the facility needing some repairs/upgrades, and that brillo-pad turf is killer.
Two fields and leagues for both adults and kids. A volleyball program is available as well. -
Review from Margaret L.
Seattle, WA
9/15/2007
I play indoor soccer here. It's tough, it's rough, and I'm really not that great. But it's a great way to get back into shape and also to bond with a group of people.
Fees here are much lower than at the Sodo facility. -
Review from bonne b.
Seattle, WA
8/30/2005
Soccer, roller hockey, batting cages, inflatables!
Soccer classes, flexible summer camps and birthday parties!
Fun, young, enthusiastic, kid-magnet teachers.
We love Arena Sports. -
Review from Edan E.
San Francisco, CA
2/16/2007
Indoor Beach Volleyball!!! Winter shouldn't have to stop you from enjoying the sand and having fun! They have games seven days a week and are open to the public for drop-ins and league plays as well.
Sometimes it gets too cold, that's they only thing they need to work on but everything else is great. -
Review from Sonya L.
2/24/2010 4 Check-ins Here
I've played a few indoor soccer games here. First off let me say, I am not super great at this sport! I used to play both indoor and outdoor soccer, way back when I was in middle school and high school, but that was years and years ago. I figured I'd join a team to try and get back into shape. And it's definitely been a while - I suck! But it is pretty fun anyway, I must say.
I honestly quite prefer the SODO location to this place - the fields here aren't quite as nice and there isn't netting around the entire field, so someone often has to chase after the ball when it gets kicked out.
The major downside to this location is playing soccer during the winter months. The hangars are NOT heated and are typically colder inside than it actually is outside. This is difficult for someone who has Raynaud's disease - at the last game I played I had to wear gloves and my hands were still frozen! Once you get running around, you warm up, but it's not easy for someone like me to keep my fingers and toes from going crazy numb. It'd be great if they could pump some heat into this place.
Overall, playing soccer here is fun, but I'd really prefer to play at the SODO location if given the choice. -
Review from franka h.
Seattle, WA
10/9/2008
it is really fantastic!
Seattle has Indoor Beach Volleyball and Soccer!
The only one in Seattle!
Better play hard because the sand gets a little cold on your feet, all the more reason to get in shape during these cold months! -
Review from Arthur K.
Seattle, WA
11/28/2010
The new venue looks really good but wasn't quite finished yet when we were there. The new fields felt good and it had a much better surface than the old venue. Since we were there during their test week, they didn't have their cafe and everythhing quite set up so it felt a bit cold and empty. I'm sure when it's full of people and all the things are running it'll be much better.
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Review from Sarah F.
Seattle, WA
5/30/2010
Totally awesome 10-year-old laser tag birthday party!
Wanted to have a great birthday party for our oldest who was turning 10. Had seen Arena Sports' birthday packages described on the web at http://www.arenasports... and was leaning towards a flag football + capture the flag setup.
Jon Mears, the party coordinator and "coach" asked us if we were interested in laser tag. What 10 year old boy isn't?? So we were priviledged to have the first laser tag party at Arena Sports at Magnusson and was it ever a blast!!!
Arena Sports worked with an outside company who came in and set up inflatable obstacles and home bases on one of the indoor soccer fields. Fourteen boys played various games of laser tag for an hour and had the best time ever. Never seen so many sweaty, smiling faces. They talked about the details for days after the party....
Highly recommend Arena Sports for birthday parties. The staff is excellent, great with kids and aim to please. Ask for laser tag if your young ones are old enough to enjoy. -
Review from L.J. M.
Seattle, WA
5/6/2007
My kids are still about a year away from Soccer playing but this place has another cool option for the young folk- HUGE bouncey inflatables. It is seriously worth the $7 to take a kid here on a rainy day. When you have had enough of them bouncing off of your walls, take them to bounce for real in the HUGE (I am talking 3 story high inflatable slide HUGE) inflatables at arena sports. It will wear them out and you can sit back with your coffee and a magazine (bring them with you- they don't provide anything but a few rickety lawn chairs- come prepared) and relax while the kids have a great time. There are some bigger kids here at times so you have to watch it if you bring a kid under the age of 5, but they can still have a great time. You have to police the place yourself as well since (at least when I was there) there was no supervision other than parents. That said, the older kids were very into helping my 2.5 yr old make her way up the slide and down without geting in her way. I even went down the slide with my daughter- this is a blast even for adults!
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Review from MM R.
Seattle, WA
8/25/2005
Great for you and your kids. Mostly indoor soccer but they've expanded to roller hockey and some other stuff. Some drop-in availability for younger than school-age children. Amazingly enthusiastic staff. Kids love it and so will you.
