Davis Paintball Center

Have been here once with my co-​workers and it was a lot of fun! The staff was very informative and patient with the newbies. I don’t have anywhere else to compare it to, but I thought the field was well kept and had good places to hide behind. When my work was having a banquet and we needed prizes I thought this place would be perfect… It’d be a fun outing and something different to do. The owner was quick to respond back and donated 4 rental packages! Would definitely recommend this place to anyone wanting to play paintball!

Came here with friends, we made it fun, but feel like me and my friends got ripped off. Charged us for things that should’ve came with the equipment rentals like the pods and belt. Fields were okay rather go to capital edge, never coming here again.

We had a blast here and the staff is super nice! We had a big group with different levels of paintball experience and everyone enjoyed it. There were no complaints. Everyone went home tired but happy.

Davis Paintball is great facility and an awesome place to spend the day. Plus the owner is very supportive of local non profits. Our organization loves including the paintball package in our auction as it is always a very popular item!

Great place. Kids loved it. Super friendly staff.

We came last year for my son’s 9^th birthday party and all the kids had a great time. The dads played too and there was some damage, LOL. The staff is great! Micah’s communication in setting up the party was exceptional and the safety orientation and guidance on the field was all very professional.
So when it came time for a 10^th birthday party this year, this was my son’s repeat request. Another party and more excellent service. I love that they provide SplatBall, so my son and his friends can get a fun and safe introduction to the sport.
We will definitely be back.

Friends claim this is probably one of the biggest paintball establishments in the area (i.e. Sacramento, Roseville, and Bay area), and as first time paint «balla», i cant gauge what is considered «big» but I can personally say this place is HUGE #TWSS.
Came here on a Saturday around 10am and amped with breakfast burritos, gatorades, rum, and a few cold ones. Was it smart? Oh yeah we were running, sprinting, jumping, screaming, and shooting like there was no tomorrow! We did not drink at the paintball center since it is prohibited, and as mature adults we drank before and had someone sober drive us. (lol)
I would like to note, that we did get a GROUPON deal and just paid for paintballs and CO2 refills. Why didn’t my parents introduce me to paintballing? Oh that’s right, piano, tennis, and school were the ONLY things considered fun. (kidding it was fun except piano)
Personally, i can’t say if this place is expensive or decently priced, so here are the rates:
One more thing, if you are a rental you will compete with rentals only; also, you will have the option to compete in six different fields (e.g. Center Castle, Argyle, Berlin, Stalingad, and Four Corners) and engage in touch down or team death match objectives. I do want to point out that the staff will appropriately select the «right» field depending how many people participate.
Overall Thoughts:
Fun Factor = ⁵⁄₅
Staff, professionalism, and customer service = ⁵⁄₅
Would i recommend bringing a GO PRO? YES!
Safe = 4.5÷5 (there were times i had to take off my mask due to the heat and sweat, but at the same time i could of gotten kicked out. Remember, bring a bandanna!)
Birthday Parties = OH HELL yah!
Coworker team building parties = YES!
Bruises = Yes, and if you want to reduce the overall impact wear thick and breathable clothes. In other words, long sleeve (mesh/​breathable/​anti-​wicking) shirts, pants, and cross training shoes.

I’m a regular here and I really love Davis Paintball but I’ve got some feedback: The new field configuration is terrible now that they’ve removed half the field.
It isn’t that they’re down to a smaller playing area — that may even be an improvement. The problem is that the field that remains is WAY TOO sparse of obstacles/​cover. There’s a hundred feet or more between many obstacles. No one can move forward in any attack/​defend gametype. Stalemates are typical everyone is (rightfully) complaining about it. Yawn.
Even on the ‘Big Game’ no one can advance. 4 – 5 people are behind every forward bunker. Nothing interesting happens because no one wants to run into a wide open no-man’s land with people shooting 20bps at them. WWI Trench warfare mentality.
But I’m not here to gripe, I’m here to offer solutions. All the spools and barriers from the old fields are stacked on the North Side of the field. Use them to create a more interesting playing area, particularly around the huge gaps in the middle. Recreate some close-​quarters combat areas reminiscent of Stalingrad (which everyone loved). Maybe even create some ‘snakes’ on the side to enable teams to fight for the flanks and move forward.
Think speedball mentality but on a much larger scale; the same principles apply.
Davis could easily be the best field out there to play at. The simple problem is that their field configuration is AWFUL. Trust me that I’m communicating what many people are saying out there.
Please fix the field and make it awesome again!

Brought my buddies out to experience paintball.
Large and numerous fields, decent grass, however they didn’t have any inflatables up.
Decent rates for rentals and air but they don’t supply rentals with a pod pack which is kinda annoying.
Surprised by the number of people who showed up on such a cold Sunday. I suppose one could look at it as validation of its popularity.
Chill atmosphere and relatively mature in their refereeing, team balancing, etc.
Downsides come in a dirt road leading in having numerous pot holes. Also mud and puddles on the walk through the netting into the field are smelly and reduces the professionalism of the place.

Today was our second time there and again we had a great time. We were celebrating our sons 13^th birthday. Games go on at perfect intervals with short breaks in between. Staff are very helpful and friendly and are great at enforcing safety and the rules. I did get called out of a game for shooting some guys that were out, in my defense I didn’t know they were out! Their guns weren’t up!!! But overall a great time! We will be back!

I used to like this place. Been here about 4 or 5 times now. I actually just left. So when we got there it wasn’t very busy, it was a Sunday so I should have expected a slow day. I came self equipped so $ 25 for all day air and admission is okay with me. That’s not so bad.
There was a small group of about 5 guys that were renting guns, so me and the 2 people I came with played with them, I got to use my own gear so the day was going well.
A little while later, there were a lot more rental players that came in. So one of the referees came up to me and my group and said we had to trade in our personal guns, and use a rental, or not play at all. I paid to play, with my own gear, so now I can’t use it? Not cool.
Other than the fact I couldn’t use my own stuff it was a good day, refs are nice, big fields, and the main thing is that the refs are really fair.
No problem with this place, I will probably just go back on a Saturday.

Pros:
Close to civilization, north side of Davis behind the Go-​Kart track. pretty easy to find.
Prices are reasonable (including field paint)-a huge plus.
Staff at the shed is well manned and service was prompt.
Monthly big games are fun– free lunch (hot dog, chips, and a drink) in additional to a raffle.
Shaded rest area
They take pizza orders for lunch
Cons:
There are only two portable bathrooms and it does get ‘well-​used’ during the later parts of the day.
My two cents– Great place to go play paintball. I have been playing here for years and my experience has been enjoyable.
My recommendation regarding big games: I participated in the big game which is fun, although I believe that the games could be shorter and so games can be play. A little more variety would make big games more interesting too.
Regarding Rentals: I am a self-​equiped player so I cannot review that part of the Davis PB.

Davis Paintball is improving every week. The first major improvement is the pace of play. No more long wait between games. They give you ten minutes to load up, and it is right back out there. They even start promptly in the morning, even if it is 3 on 3.
The conditions on the field are also changing. They are working on filling in all the infamous holes, and it is becoming much safer.
The refs are only as good as you comment on them. If you feel you are not getting enough pain checks, yell at them. They will go. Other fields around this are are MUCH worse. If you are not verbal, they will not know what you want. don’t be shy.
These fields are awesome, and the staff is trying their best to get more people out there. If you are a self equipped player, give it another shot, it has improved dramatically. You have any gripes, let the staff know. The more the merrier.
As far as rentals or beginners, this is the place for you! They have the cheapest rental package available and their fields are awesome for beginners. Get a Groupon for the best bang for your buck, or just ask the guy at the front desk for the groupon special.
For self equipped, do not even buy paint before you go. Do their self equipped package. They mid grade paint, PWI Bombz, is a very good paint for the price. You will be impressed.
Hopefully, I will see you out there.

–owner is VERY nice, he will remember you if you go once in a while, he will make you feel like you’re at home and make sure you’re having a good time.
–the ‘regular’ players aren’t very kind. I have been playing paintball for 2 years at that point, I wasn’t the best but I could compete with the tournament players. If they don’t know you, they treat you like crap. They aren’t nice at all to others. Give you dirty looks, yell at you if you do something wrong. What happened to having fun?
–if you have the chance to go on a pump day or big game, go. i will only go to davis on big game days. those are very fun. yes, they mix up everyone. but it’s a 200+ people game.
–the refs aren’t super friendly either, don’t know names, but sometimes it’s just like ‘URDOINGITWRONG’

A group of friends and I came here for our first experience with paintballing and it was fun! Staff was friendly and helpful. We stuck with playing in the rentals/​beginners’ game even though there was the Big Game going on because I mean it was our first time plus even playing with all the beginners was a challenge.
Cons: Gopher holes everywhere and the drive towards the entrance was horrid.
We had a LivingSocial deal and used it with no problem.

Dude! Get a few more kills and you can call in a Nuke!
I only need one more on my KillStreaks to get a chopper gunner!
Whoa! I think I got hit! But it bounced off my shirt!
Dude, if we die blame it on lag… blame it on the lag!
Oh Shit, AWWW! I got shot in the ass!
These conversations were rampant when the geek in me partook in a game of Paintball. Definitely a fun game in the summer if you can handle the heat. The best way to win these games is to have a strategy with your team. The map is laid out in such a way where you can conjure some insane military strategy, like feigning a strike on one side but flanking them on the rear.
Careful, do wear some thick clothing! A direct hit up close on any part of exposed skin can be send you off crying or smiling if you have any masochistic tendencies… heck, I was smiling the whole time :)

Pricing: Excellent. Free admission for self-​equipped girls.
Quality: Good. A tad too many gopher holes.
Turnaround: Excellent. When there are enough referees.
Service: Excellent. Learned how to clean a gun!
My friend lent me a gun and mask so I was given free admission (girls get free admission if self-​equipped ;D). All I had to do was buy gas and paintballs, which I split with my friend. Came out to about $ 25 for 20 oz. CO2 and 1000 paintballs.
The facility has three distinctive styles of fields to play on. My favorite is the airball (red and blue blow-​up one), which you can slip and slide around on because lack of weeds and gopher holes. My least favorite is hyperball (black tubes), because hiding behind round tubes and finding openings to shoot out from is super difficult here. Most of the fields are what I call «castle» (not sure what the actual name is) which is full of walls, wheels, and bunkers. This field is super fun when playing for the first time. Now the cons: lots of nettles and gopher holes. Wear long thick pants to combat against nettles and just watch your step as you run around.
Games are played often, roughly three games each time you go in, a break, then another round of 3 games, and so forth. If enough referees are around (not a lot of private parties taking referees away), you can actually continually play all day without a break (assuming you never need water or refill on ammo). Safety requires a referee to be present when playing.
The referees are super nice. They will put you in recreational or rental groups depending on your skill level and they always keep an eye out for you during the game. My friend shot another player almost point blank and the referee forced my friend out of the game because that was dangerous. At one point, my gun started malfunctioning and one of the referees taught me how to take the gun apart to clean. I overheard another one explaining to a kid why his gun broke and recommending him to go to a local paintball facility for parts.

What this newbie has learned about paintball:
1. No matter what they say, IT HURTS. Not an unbearable pain, but definitely one that makes me curse a little every time I got hit.
2. Try to cover as much skin as possible. Yes, it gets really hot while playing, especially in Davis, but it softens the blow just a bit. In conjunction to that, wear sunblock wherever your skin may be showing.
3. Sweat in your eyes hurts. The helmets, as awesome as they are at protecting your moneymakers, really make you sweat when wearing them, which causes them to fog up a bit as well as retain your sweat inside the mask area. Quite a few of us had to yell out «blind man» in the middle of the game due to the stinging of sweat dripping into our eyes.
4. Beware of holes in the ground. As if getting bruised from the rain of paintballs isn’t enough, you might also get bruised from stepping in a gopher hole and falling to the ground.
5. Listen to the ref, because he is awesome.
So I came here with a bunch of friends and we decided to do a private party since we were all newbies and didn’t want to get completely owned out on the field. Getting there was a bit confusing at first because I did not expect to be driving down a dirt road, but they have little signs pointing you in the right direction so you know you’re not on some random road. Once there we got quickly situated — we signed the waivers, they gave us a safety talk, and then handed out our rental equipment. After 4 hours of shooting and getting shot at, I learned the above few things.
Overall pretty fun adventure, although painful. I love the staff there — they were very informative and entertaining. I think I’ve had enough of being pelted by paintballs, but if I were to ever go again I’d definitely come back here (maybe on a cooler day, though)

Played here about 3 Times now.
The entrance road is horrible!
After raining makes everything worst!
Rocky, bumpy, potholes, you name it, it has it.
Staff worker are nice, and very good at keeping every safe from shooting each others eyeballs out.
Paintball sold here isn’t best price,
if you bring your own gear it be cheaper since you can use your own paint, since they charge about 2x the price bought at local paintball shop.
HUGE PAINTBALL FIELD! down side, watch out for the potholes in the ground, my friend tripped into a pot hole during his first game.
Best time to go is spring/​fall. Morning time before it gets hot.
Wear Long Pants/​Sweaters if your worry about getting shot.
Bring knee pads .
They only open Sat/​Sunday.
Every month 1^st Saturday they have a thing call «Big Game»
Where they combine all the fields together and about 200 people attend.

Came here with a bunch of friends. We bought a Groupon for $ 20 that included All Day Play, Equipment, and $ 200 Paintballs. It was a pretty sweet deal. As soon as we got there, we saw a lot of cars. The place was packed but the parking lot was spacious. However, as we were just standing in the area outside the fields, hella paintballs kept flying towards the parking lot and some cars got hit. They need to fix that.
We also bought an extra 2000 Paintballs. The sign says it cost $ 60, but the guy hooked us up and only charged us $ 45! The place itself is huge. They have a lot of fields. There are a lot of potholes though so you gotta watch out for those. They close for about an hour for lunch time. It is cool that the workers ask around if you want to order pizza.
Overall, it was really fun. It would’ve been better with a better ref but whatever.