Sprinker Recreation Center

Fun place to come to use for the day! Racquet ball courts, tennis courts, fields, skate park, playground & etc. I specifically come for the ice skating rink! A lot of fun & pretty well kept rink! Pretty cheap to do & friendly people. My favorite ice skating spot!

This was an awesome place… for people who know how to actually play tennis or ice skate; in which I don’t do either. I got 2 free tix so me and hubby decided to give ice skating a try. Well, more like me wanting to give it a try and dragging hubby to come along because I don’t wanna look like an idiot by myself.
So we get there and there’s not much to look at as far as outward appearance. It’s a huge parking lot, abundance of parking spots and when you get inside, you are facing the back of stairs where you have to slightly walk around to the right in order to see the ticket counter. You get your ticket and enter the double doors where you see the skates rental counter to the right and the actual rink to the left. There are benches around the skate rental counter where you can change shoes and then there are small lockers behind you to put belongings in there, (lockers are $ 0.25) otherwise you can leave your things under any open bench.
Now I can only speak on MY OWN personal experience with ice skating, and my opinion is… I’m never going ice skating again. The rink itself is fine, but ice skating is just not for me. I could walk around in my skates perfectly fine on pavement outside the rink, but when I got on the actual ice… I think I saw my life flash before my eyes. It is just too ridiculously slippery. Hubby felt the same way as far as calling it quits at the rink!
Like I said, the place is awesome if you know what you’re doing. Otherwise you will just be wasting your money. Fortunately for me, my tix were free! I’m glad I could say that at least I tried it, but I can also say… I’m not trying it again lol!

Sprinker Recreation Center is one of those places you always pass by but never really know what it is until you check it out.
In it they have ice skating and tennis right when you walk in. In addition, there are classes for everyone to enjoy such as Zumba, gymnastics, ballet, karate, and yoga. The outdoor tennis courts had some work done earlier this year and look really good! Other things to enjoy outside are the baseball diamonds, outdoor [full] basketball courts, playground area for the kids, SPIRE Rock, and the walking trails.
I brought my little cousins ice skating a couple of evenings, and we all had a good time! The people working at the desk are always friendly and helped us with any questions we had. The skate attendants were also very courteous and informed us of proper boot size when it came to using their rental skates. Just a little note about ice skating: You will fall. Or rather, be PREPARED to fall. I fell and one of the skate attendants came to my side just to make sure I was ok. So that was nice. :) During the winter, their concession stand is open which is awesome! Hot coffee + ice skating = Winter Wonderland!
They recently had a Food Truck Fest which was the bomb[dot]com! Their first event of its kind — AND HOPEFULLY NOT THE LAST (probably not the last because the turnout was awesome). Other events they hold are:
Junk In Your Trunk
— Basically a garage sale but instead of a garage, you sell things from the back of your car.
Touch-​A-​Truck
— .Guess what you get to do? Haha, it’s a pretty cute event. I think my niece and nephew went one year and loved it. Plus, who doesn’t want to go and touch a firetruck?! (Look, I’m 25 and I STILL get excited about bounce houses so don’t judge me about touch big trucks).
Car Show
— If you’re into classic cars, THIS is the event to be at! The parking lot AND part of the little mall area between the building and ball fields showcase AT LEAST 100 classic cars. Some are timeless and some are unique. Honestly, you don’t even have to be a car fanatic to admire some of these hot rods.
My advice is to not only stop in to check the place out, but you should call ahead, too. Especially if you’re not sure about their skate times, location, etc.

Great ice skating rink. My kids had so much fun. Nice and big. This place is a large rec center. We have yet to explore what else is at this place. But as far as the ice skating rink goes, we are going to be here more often.

I’m in love with my new tennis facility! Coming from Seattle, I bounced around to any tennis center that would take me. This lead me to playing at Amy Yee, Seattle Tennis Club, Robins Wood, AV Tennis Center, and Sand Point. While all I enjoyed (primarily because of the activity I was partaking in, really), Sprinker has the best, most committed staff and players around! Let me explain: 3 days a week they have top of the line tennis drills for players of all levels by pros that are amazing. The pros are very accomodating and helpful, and the drills are fun and great exercise. Furthermore, within Sprinker, they have an ice skating rink, racquetball, ping pong, a pro shop, and seating for viewers. You’d think the latter would be the norm but so many facilities don’t have anywhere for viewers to sit and watch comfortably or at all to actually see the court.
I am so blessed to have Sprinker in my neighborhood, and will keep being a vocal advocate about how amazing it is!

I love the hockey and skating instructions they give to the children. The price is perfect at $ 72.00 per child. With that price you have plenty of coaches and staff on hand to advise the children on techniques and skating skills. I would give this facility a five stars for this but i can’t bring my children to the rink for extra ice skating lessons due to the limited availability of the free skates. The free skates, or public skates are only a few hours long and are at terrible times during the week. However, if you want to learn to skate, play hockey or have your children play this is the place to come. it is worth the price.

Came here to ice skate with my gf and her brother. We did not know what to expect when we came here and possibly prepared for the worst. Since that it was located in Tacoma, we thought it would be ghetto or something.
Anyways, our experience here at sprinker was great! The lady at the counter was really nice and didn’t mind us not paying for the extra cents we did not carry in our pockets and let us through.
The experience we had was smooth, we didn’t encounter any problems throughout. We had a lot of fun and the staff was really helpful when you fell (I know because I did twice).
Admission was only $ 6.02 per person! Which, btw is really cheap to go ice skating, with rental.

Sprinker is huge multipurpose indoor/​outdoor recreation facility in Spanaway. There’s an ice rink and various ball courts inside the facility’s buildings, plus several sports fields, forested walking trails, and the SPIRE Rock man-​made rock climbing formation.
I don’t recall ever actually using the indoor facilities here (if I did, it would have been years ago during a childhood excursion)– but as an adult I’ve enjoyed the use of the forest trails and climbing rock. Plus, it’s just nice to know that the area’s kids have such an awesome resource for learning, playing, exercising, etc. Hopefully Sprinker will remain a community asset for generations to come!

I came to Sprinker as a kid when I was young and always went ice skating for fun here.
(I am horrible at it still). I also used to take tennis lessons for over a year too!
Everyone is quite friendly and everything is just peachy here.

My daughter goes here all the time for ice skating. It is a lot of fun. The concession stand has a lot to choose from. The tennis courts are nice. There is also a baseball field.

Great place for fun… especially the ice rink… facility is a little worn or would have 5 stars…

This place is great, basketball, tennis, baseball, ice rink, rock climbing, walking trails, and lots more — take your family and spend the day.

Every town needs more of these! This place is great with tennis courts, a track, a climbing rock, and an ice rink. There’s so much to do here and they keep the prices low for families and college students like myself. A+ for Sprinker!