CQB City

We took our grandson to CQB City on Saturday for the first time. He enjoyed his time there immensely. It’s just too bad that it was ruined for the adults in his life that were paying for him to experience a great time.
I would give them 5 stars except that they have a real problem with anyone that uses their ATM/​Visa for payment. They ran our card several times and said that it was not processing the transaction. They said that they consistently have problems when customers attempt to use their ATM/​Visa cards. We attempted to use several cards to no avail.
That’s okay. I ran to the nearest ATM, got the cash and returned to pay in cash. At this point my wife told me that one of the charges had gone through and had shown it to the girl (red head) at the cash register. My wife was told that the charge was pending and that they would not honor the transaction. That it would be no problem getting a refund once we could show them proof that the bank had paid the transaction.
My wife called on Tuesday the 24^th of November and spoke with Joey. She told him that CQB had received payment on Monday the 23^rd from our bank. She sent him screen copies of our bank statement proving that the transaction had gone through and that we were due a refund.
Joey said that until it showed on their side, there was no way to issue a refund. He was supposed to investigate and get back to my wife as of 9 am today. We were told when we paid the cash that it would be simple to get our money back when the transaction processed.
Apparently this in not true. My wife had to contact our bank today and file dispute for the charge. Our bank is refunding us the money. I am just very disappointed that this company does not honor their word. It just does not seem to be a very honest way to run a business.
We still have not heard back from Joey.
I recommend that you do not go unless you have cash.

My friend brought me here for the first time and the results, I was not disappointed. This place got me interested in airsoft more than ever. I hope to come back here some time again.
Entrance fee was $ 30 for an all day event ($ 35 if you want pizza lunch and soda). Recommend going in early for parking and table spot of where to place your stuff.
Expect to get shot at, so cover up any part of your body that shows skin. That way your skin is protected from pellets (at least it won’t sting as bad).
You can’t leave this place without having a lot fun and some minor bruises in the end.

$ 30($ 35 including lunch), yes may be expensive, but on the other hand best CQB atcion you’ll find in the north especially when you dont have to «bang» somebody if youre up close. May not look big but thats cause they keep changing up the field and adding more building. etc but thats always good, makes you better watch your corners and always your 6. Have a good pro shop there as well, its really a hit and miss if you want to buy helmet, that was my fault, they have rental especially good ones now that the last time i been there they have the Elite Force M4 CQB Next Gen for rent which i think its pretty good cause c’mon that gun just came out and now they have that for rent! Well I’ll be heading there on January 4 2015, see yall out there if yall going!

The first time that I visited CQB City was Sept. 2013. I did it, as I thought, a one time gift for my son’s 11^th birthday. He went in alone while my husband and I waited in the waiting area. Chief, his staff, and the other players made him feel so comfortable and me a very nervous mother very safe. Since then my son has frequented CQB. I plan to throw his 12^th birthday party there with some of his closest friends. I can’t wait, we are going to have a blast! I would definitely recommend CQB City to anyone.

Best air soft field in northern cal not to big or small alot of friendly players went with my son and had a grew time father son bonding and sponging son plastic… only negative thing I experienced was one adult acting like a toddler over getting hit and saying he hit the guy who shot him first instead of just taking it and respawning glad my son didn’t see it because it looked like it was about to get physical I guess there’s always a bad apple other then that its been a great place to go every other time felt very welcomed each time we have been they have done agreat job with the field and making it feel like a city A

My team and I have been coming to CQB city for about the past year in a half and it’s the place where we fell in love with airsoft. If I was writing this review about a year ago I would have easily given it 4 stars, but since then CQB City has gotten worse and worse. So let’s get started with my honest review of CQB City.
First off the entrance fee is $ 30 dollars and an extra $ 5 for lunch which is definitely overpriced. The overall experience isn’t worth $ 30. CQB City is run by a man called Chief and a group of lazy volunteers. Chief is a good man, but tends to leave events early and put control of the city within the hands of the poor volunteer staff. When it’s time to chrono guns usually only 1 worker actually chronos the guns while the other 7 or 8 staff members are too busy playing grab ass with each other or their friends. This results in long lines and waste of game time. The games are supposed to start at 10 on the weekends and at 7 on Friday nights, but there are too many delays whether it be before the games start or between games. Just yesterday we started at about 35 or 45 minutes late. My worst experience starting late was one friday night when my team and I literally waited over an 1 hour in a half to begin playing. The lazy volunteers run the games not Chief and there are many inconsistencies with their «schedule.» They claim that down time between games is 10 minutes but don’t be surprised when it takes 20 to 25 minutes to start to game. Whether or not the staff can tell time isn’t confirmed, just expect A LOT of sitting during games. A few weeks ago Chief claimed we would receive about 8 games during the day but we were lucky to get about 6 games in. They make it sound like it’s our fault we don’t get ready fast enough, but there are plenty of times where everyone is ready to go and waiting on the staff. Recently they switched to 6 games a day to accommodate their lazy staff. There used to be a volunteer named Chris (I believe) who used to run the games and we would get 8 games in easy and on one occasion 10 games! But I haven’t seen him around lately. How the games are run here are a joke and most of the time feels like a waste of money. I feel cheated at the end of the day. The game types are horrible and not well thought out. Expect all team deathmatch games with the occasional king of the kill house or find the Intel. The refs do decent job sometimes, but their enforcement of rules is poor at times. Sadly CQB City is full of cheaters who roam and lurk it’s alleys. Sometimes they’re days where there are good honest players, but occasionally cheating can get out of hand and the refs don’t do a great job at enforcing any rules. Also some days the staff members play and team up with local teams like NLT and doomcrew or just their friends to create a super team that destroys the opposing team full of normal airsofters not in the CQB City inner circle. This super team at times decides to ignore the rules entirely and in fact apparently absorb bbs and refuse to go out when hit. Whenever NLT (Next Level Tactical in Modesto don’t check out their store) comes to play on a day when my team and I go, we all sigh knowing the NLT guys are just going to cheat all day. These guys are in fact the worst cheaters I’ve ever encountered and what’s worse they are all grown men. Now we as a team we never usually complain about cheaters but when we got sick of NLTs cheating and complained to the CQB City staff they shrugged and refused to discipline them only because they are in their inner circle. One more thing that ruins my experience at CQB City is the huge amounts of little kids that attend the games. Now I’m talking about really young kids that aren’t mature enough to play airsoft who just yell and fuss about everything. I just think maybe there should be separate games for younger kids maybe once or twice a month. Just an idea that would benefit all types of airsofters.
Now don’t get me wrong I do like things about CQB City like the map layout and the epic firefights. I’m truly grateful for the fields central location here in NorCal. This was the place where I fell in love with airsoft. I wrote this review to help warn people about this place and so that maybe the guys at CQB city read this and decide to change the way things have been going. I hope this place fixes up their act and become to old CQB City I used to know. Well until CQB City straightens things up they will receive no business from my team and I. There is always fields like Gamepod and Fort Ord instead to play both of which I highly encourage to check out.

CQB City is a great airsoft park and the reason we went from 2 people going once a month, to 15 and buying all the gear to play. I play with my (2) boys and we have the best time playing, and the day before is as exciting as going on a vacation. Entrance fee is $ 30, bring lots of water and a towel because sweating is a must. BB shots are not anything to worry about, never been an issue with any of my guys. Get a comfortable googles, facemask and a helmet an you’ll be just fine. Guns have to be less than 400 fps, pistols are recommended because of the close quarter areas and its really fun. Check out the videos of CQB on youtube, lots of user post their games.

I recommend this place! My family and I celebrated one of my cousins bachelor party here and it was so fun!!! The workers were friendly and accommodating to our party.
The entrance fee was $ 30 which was an all day event (10−330pm). And you can add an extra $ 5 for pizza and soda if you like.
I suggest arriving early, for parking and also to reserve tables for your group if you’re planning on attending with a lot of people. There’s limited chairs and tables to place your belongings but if you arrive early, you’ll be fine. Weekends are more busy so plan accordingly.
Lastly, they do raffles and by the end of the day, you have a chance to win prizes!!!
Overall, we had a great time! Pretty cool set up of the course!

overall the experience was good. I enjoyed the field and scenarios. My one issue, and to me this is where a company makes or breaks is the customer service: There was an issue with my rented equipment. Because of the gun failure I missed several games while they attempted to fix my gun. Being unable to fix my gun I had to wait until someone returned one.

Just wanted to thank Joey and his staff (especially Wes). You guys made my son’s 17^th birthday one to remember!

Edit/​/​: October 2013 — 5^th time back since my first review below and they made some great changes to accommodate and pursue a professional and unique-​to-​their-​style of customer service.
Upon entering you have a work area for airsoft guns that are being repaired. On the left a pro shop to buy all the goodies to play like green gas, bb’s (.25g max indoor weight limit at CQB city), tactical gear, and GUNS! While you get distracted looking at everything follow the see thru, glass cabinets of merchandise to the registration/​cash registers. Get signed up fast because it gets crowded! Lunch is $ 5 and comes with a soda/​water and 2 slices of pizza.
The staging area is seen directly to the right after registering. Pick a nice sturdy table or workbench and that’s going to be your spot until 4pm. BRING A CHAIR WITH YOU. Seating is limited so haul a little more weight and rest your feet after every game by sitting. A warrior requires rest so he or she is focused on the game. Bring water and snacks.
CQB City is unique in their gameplay. From the very start you are shoved into close quarters with your team in an armored infantry vehicle (use your imagination) and deployed into a hostile city to rescue and extract VIPs, disarm the nuke, fight zombies, or eliminate. Expect high intensity gameplay at all times. Expect to get shot a lot! Even the regulars aren’t perfect.
Over the last few weeks CQB city turned their whole look around to accommodate a better space for families and «operators» (the players) to have fun, be comfortable, and even experience real life scenarios that our soldiers go thru everyday. It brings an understanding to the community on how difficult it can be to fight in close combat. Good job CQB City!
The staff is friendly. Read my review below, but it’s getting better every time I go there.
As a regular player I want to point out the the referees need to be more active in actual refereeing. Helping call players out that were shot or not calling their hits. The owner, Chief, deems the grounds an honorable player zone, and it sucks to see him disrespected when there are a lot of people that cheat by not calling their hits every game. At other fields I’ve played at they are more aggressive and active in keeping the game fair letting people know to not break rules, cheat, and overall respect the rules. I hope this gets fixed soon because last time I played, I left at the end of the day mad, and as a business enthusiast; I hate to see that kind of thing be the reason why I wouldn’t want to play here.
Earning the 5^th star in my review is close but it’s not worthy of it yet! Keep at it Chief you’re doing a great job at keeping airsoft fun and interesting!
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For my first time there it was a great experience.
The staff there are volunteers so don’t expect much of outstanding service. They have guys behind the desk that look like they are 16 or 17 and they are useless to talk to if you want anything. Go straight the the man named «Chief» because it his his place and you’ll get what you want answered, answered. For example I asked for Gatorade, directly to a volunteer with a CQB city shirt on, and he looked at me and then looked at one of the kids next to him and made him get it when the man I asked was RIGHT NEXT TO IT. Poor display if work ethic man.
Their hours are 845 to 1600. First game starts at 1000. Registration is 845 to 945 and if you are late you wait until after the briefing at 945. Briefing is professional as you sit sides with your team or line up and listen to the Chief brief you on safety.
Power outlets are provided. Tables, chairs, and workbenches are provided. I’d recommend a lawn chair if you are a germ-​a-​phobe.
Field gameplay. Intense and not for the faint of heart. Expect loud grenade like explosions, some painful hits, and real life situations involving room clearing, firefights, simulated scenarios, and tactics.
Full face protection is highly recommended. Being that it is close quarters getting shot in the face by a hi-​power airsoft gun will break skin and make you look either badass or ugly.
Play for fun and play fair. Call your hits and get out. Some players like to cheat so it takes a little more than 1 hit to make them get out. Ref said saw the hits and said to go full auto to punish him. Some righteous justice was served, 180 rounds later.
Follow the veterans of the field. They’ll lead you to victory. Cover them when you can and they will pave the way to the objective. If you sit around expect to get blown up by a simulation grenade from the opposing team.
Overall a ⁴⁄₅ for cleanliness, owner appreciation by the Chief, and fast game transitions. –1 star for lazy staff at Check-​In
As stated above. Move those who aren’t doing anything and don’t look the part to the couch to watch television and stay out of the way instead of wasting mine and another customer’s time.

Younger crowd has issues calling there hits otherwise with some game tweaking it could be epic.

Wrote a review for this place last year, and boy have things changed in a short amount of time.
First, as of July of last year, the city has been completely redone. It feels more like a city, with strings of buildings instead of them being scattered randomly. The killhouse hasn’t changed, still fast paced and hectic as ever! The sniper tower actually now has slots cut out in the wood, which makes concealed shooting much easier.
The renovation also extends to the staging area and lobby. A new store has been added, selling tactical gear and vests, training knives and much more. Gamepod stocks even more products, and provides support on products they sell. The staging area is much larger, and more organized. The chronograph actually works properly now, which the old one would show guns shooting 100 fps less than they actually did.
New game scenarios keep the battlefield fresh. From bomb games, to capture the flag, to a full out D-​Day assault, the field is constantly changing depending on a previous victory of defeat.
Lunch is handled much differently now. Instead of hamburgers, a taco truck comes to CQB. In my opinion, it is a much better deal. A burrito the size of a MP5k, soda and chips is just $ 5. Pro tip: get to the truck early, line gets long after about 5 minutes.
All in all, CQB City is a great airsoft field turned better. I continue to go there on a regular basis, and the only problems I’ve ever had there were equipment malfunctions. If you want high paced, frantic close quarters action, CQB City is the best place to go.

Chief is a great businessman and understands/​listens to his customers.
Much has changed since my last review. The re spawn entry points have been reconfigured to allow protected entry. Very nice!
While there isn’t a dedicated spectator perch, from time to time, non players with proper eye protection, have been allowed to view from the center watch tower.
Doors to various buildings have been reconstructed to withstand the rough handling they receive.
As far as splinters… well, that is just par for the course. Make sure you wear proper gear such as knee pads, and LEATHER gloves!
Happy hunting! Thank you Chief!

If I could give a negative star review I would because this place is a effin joke and doesn’t even deserve 1 star.
If you want to go play airsoft with a bunch of cheaters then this is the place for you! You can shoot a whole pistol mag directly at someone and they will not call it. happened 3 times to me today.3 different people. And even shooting people at longer distances they still don’t call it. If I can shoot the other end of the building I know for sure I can hit you. but nope the players there just take the shot and find cover after. then pop out and shoot back. Really frustrating.
And refs there are lazy. they just stand there doing nothing. holding there lil red flags. I don’t even think they know what’s going on half the time. One of the refs there yelled at my fiancée today while she was at spawn for not going back in to play. Spawn rules were 5 person respawns and 3 were there including my girl waiting for 2 more to go back in. the idiot ref starts yelling at my girl. she tells him its 5 and he radioed in to another ref to confirm. what a dumbass.
Now onto the entrance fee.$ 30 for the whole day to play. Really expensive when you only play a few short games and the staff calls it a day. Luckily registration was short cause not a lot of people showed up today. But on days when a lot do come it takes forever. Fort ord handles things much better and more people show up theree. And to play a few short games and the time in between is so long most of the day is jus wasted on sitting around waiting to play.
Chief wasn’t there today but that guy is a joke too. I see all the people who have said negative things about him had there review filtered. on other occasions there chief has told people to stop whining or they can just leave. Who tells their customers that? Cheif jus hides behind his staff and has them do all the dirty work. He’s not man enough to deal with issues when they arrise. He will talk s*** behind peoples backs and when confronted to or say nothing. You run a sloppy business and you cater to all the damn cheaters that play there cause they are to stupid to realize they are waisting there money.
I’m never going to this place ever again. The worst airsoft experience ever and worst staff and facility. And to all you cheaters that make airsoft crappy stay home and play your cod.
Boobie-​M4H

I had my first air-​softing experience here late last year so I apologize in advance if anything in my review is outdated. Overall I had an awesome experience with my brother, who let me know about this place.
Pros:
Great layout with buildings and plenty of places to take cover.
For the most part everyone was friendly and really focused on having fun.
They have a place to rent/​repair your guns, and the hamburger/​soda/​chips (I see this has now changed) were devoured within minutes after all the physical exertion.
I appreciate the focus on safety as an employee is posted at the field entrance making sure mags are out.
I’m sure the parents of some of the younger kids appreciated going up in the tower and having a birds-​eye view, as I can imagine sitting in the staging area all day can be pretty mind numbing.
The raffles at the end of the day are great, with some seriously nice prizes being offered up. As others have said, check out MilsimJunkie1 on Youtube to see for yourself.
Although I have not been myself, the videos of the Halloween/​zombie games look amazing!
Suggestions/​Gripes not necessarily to do with CQB City:
The plywood buildings could definitely use some paint, as the wood is the same color of the hay bales. I’m sure some dedicated fans of this place with some artistic ability would be happy to «urbanize» the look and really provide some nice atmosphere. I don’t mean bad 80s movie graffiti, more-​so making the plywood look like a brick/​cinderblock wall. This would also allow for better tracking of your shots, as I often had to shoot something dark to test my hop-​up and trajectory (I was having mag issues — «is my gun even firing?»)
Better attention to when teams are mismatched due to size/​skill. My team for instance was spawn camped for a good 15 minutes towards the end of one game. Just pull everyone off the field and reset (it was not an objective game)! No one is going to be able to overcome superior positioning by an entire team when they can barely leave the spawn area.
One suggestion that I had would be to better enforce the attire of the participants. There are two teams divided into camo vs. insurgents. Camo is just that, wearing any combination of OD/​Tan/​Brown, etc. Insurgents primarily wear black (this is the team for metalheads). While I don’t expect the 10 year olds who showed up with mom to be geared up, I DO expect more from the men wearing bright orange my little pony shirts (I exaggerate of course). One guy who looked like a Jonas brother was in a lime green shirt, and my brother shot him due to not knowing what team he was on (I’d like to think it was because of his Jonasness). I don’t expect everyone to spend top dollar on a full get up, but perhaps CQB city can have some OD and Black t shirts/​baseball caps available for someone to toss on quickly when it is decided they have no other identifying colors.
Some jerkwad picked up my brothers green gas 1911 mag, and did not return it after it was announced missing to everyone. It leaks anyway, ya asshat.
Location: In the CUTS! Wish it was closer as I’d go all the time

Oh man. I remember when CQB City was a decent place to play, way back when the China clone guns hadn’t unlocked airsoft for everyone and his mom, and all the immature COD kids had never heard of the sport.
Teams I looked up to would roll to CQB City in numbers, and regularly… Games were MilSim oriented and about AIRSOFT. I didn’t mind shelling out the $ 30ish for a fun event.
Now it’s just little kids and no-​life adults looking to play a real-​life version of COD, attitudes included. The fact that the field plays the soundtrack from the game only serves to encourage the children to be as 1337 as they can be… and it has happened at EVERY single game I went to in 2010. It was kinda funny at first but now it’s just annoying.
I think one of the major factors contributing to the «OMG CQB CITY IS SO 1337» attitude is the fact that they film their games and, yes, you get your chance to show Youtube just how good you are at sliding across the floor and generally making a fool of yourself. The camera guy is a great dude and does great work, but I think the prospect of getting face time in one of his videos inspires players to new heights of idiocy.
The field layout has pretty much remained the same since 2007. Don’t believe the claim that they make «changes», it usually means that they stack a few more pallets somewhere in the field. The games they run have also pretty much been the same since 2007 … deathmatch, domination, bomb, etc. Mix, rinse and repeat. It might just be me but I think it’s stupid to repeatedly pay $ 30 for the same thing every weekend or so.
I will admit, CQB City is GREAT for private games if you can afford it. I would also recommend going just for the opportunity to teamkill the people on your team; it’s one of the most rewarding experiences possible in life. If you can somehow play for free, that’s great too.
Other than that definitely NOT worth the admission of $ 30 and the trip from anywhere outside of the Central Valley area, unless you wanna show the world how awesome your team is on Youtube.
Sad thing is, this overpriced, small, enclosed BB-​fest is one of the few viable fields in Northern California. CQB City has pushed me away from airsoft, but then again, I’m one guy; the loss of my $ 30 is nothing compared to the droves of kids who mindlessly throw down their money every weekend.

First, ignore the negative reviews about being uneven and bad refs. I met the owner Joey today and he is an honest fair guy and cares about teams being even and the game being fun. Even if all the players want to do is Team Death Match
Second this place is a blast. Fun game modes and friendly players. Third, get knee pads.

Its a good place to play. Everyone is chill and goes out to have fun. I didn’t see any hotheads or people taking it too seriously. The staff is pretty chill and laid back. The field limit is 400fps and semi only. Entering buildings requires a sidearm. They will use their bbs and mags to chrono.
What I didn’t like is that it took a while to get started. There are tons of people and they don’t start games until everyone is registered in. They started at 10:30ish. Get there early though because space in the staging area gets crowded. Bring your own seats and tables if you have them.

This was the first official site that popped my Air-​soft Cherry Womb.
It amazes me the amount of makeshift houses/​complexes can fit inside a small indoor location the size of an average Costco.
It’s been a while since i went (6 months to be exact) and so much has changed, with an added outdoors field and extra game types (on top of an already amazing selections)
I hope to get back on the field and play a night game soon.