Citizens Park — Attraction in Aiken County

We have two sons, 6&8 who we decided to sign up for soccer. We paid the “out of city” fees, 30$ more the in city fees, only for it to be COMPLETELY UNORGANIZED. We had both boys signed up for soccer by the registration date and they told us they’d call us when they had a start date for practices. We were notified the DAY OF (Monday) that practice would be that evening. Then it was later canceled because of weather. Then Thursday my youngest got to practice, but not my oldest because they didn’t have coaches. And upon arrival at practice it wasn’t clear where our youngest should even be due to lack of organization. We then had to attend a mandatory parent meeating for our oldest. It was basically a shake down for coaches. We then were informed that unlike my youngest whose practices where scheduled for Monday/Thursday’s, that our oldest practices would be Tuesday/Thursday’s. We will now be out there three nights a week. AND WE STILL DONT HAVE A GAME SCHEDULE AT ALL. Our oldests team has three coaches because they couldn’t find anyone to handle it all. We will not be returning next year and will be finding other leagues to play through. This isn’t their first rodeo but it sure seems like it with this level...

The splash park is still open, though lots of others have closed for covid. We went on a weekday morning, and it was very easy to distance ourselves, it was only one or two families per hour. They have 3 tables, and a separate bench, all under shade. If you leave the center table empty, it leaves 10 feet or more between the seating. The water is chlorinated somehow (could tell by smell) and chilly, very nice in the heat! Bathrooms are right there by the tables, accessible inside the gated area. A nice, flat grassy area is inside the gate too, good for kicking a ball or playing catch. I appreciated that the grass was treated, didn't see any ant hills, so the kids could run barefoot on it...

Fake park! Don’t bother. Visiting from out of town and google led me to citizens park. Looked great, packed up & headed out but was very disappointed. I brought my 2 eager kids here on a weekend - the playground was fenced off & locked. Odd..Headed to the splashpad area where apparently a birthday party had commandeered the entire area. Not just the shelter...the whole park! I guess only some some citizens allowed. What self-respecting park with 2 playground areas has nothing for kids to do at 11am on a Sunday? Total bait & switch- had to literally dry...