Momentous Sports Center — Attraction in Irvine

What an amazing basketball gym. They have bleachers, but not comfortable. Card is the only form of payment accepted no cash, no ins or outs for parking. Parking and entrance cost $20 each. They have a great food selection with a big dinning area that is air conditioned. I wish they had fans or some way to air out the gym. It can get very hot and stinky. Overall great place, it can get expensive with parking, tickets to get in and food!!!

Momentous Sports Center in Irvine, California, is a massive, multi-sport complex that has become a hub for athletic training, tournaments, and recreational play since its opening in late 2014. Featuring over $1 million in low‑impact Haro hardwood flooring, it boasts 22 indoor volleyball courts, along with 21 basketball and 21 futsal courts, allowing it to host large-scale events year-round .

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✔ Highlights • State-of-the-art facilities: The center’s expansive layout caters to athletes of all ages, making it ideal for volleyball clubs, basketball leagues, or futsal teams (). • Club & training amenities: Home to the Momentous Volleyball Club, it provides consistent weekly court time and professional coaching, plus a pro-shop and full-service restaurant with seating for up to 400 . • Community & programming: Offers open gyms, age-group sessions (like “Starfish Volleyball School”), camps, and tournaments—great for skill development and social interaction .

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⚠ Challenges & Criticism • Venue discomfort: Numerous reviews mention inconsistent climate control—some days it’s freezing, other times stiflingly hot due to lack of proper AC or fans . • Parking and fees: Parking is often expensive (~$15–20/car) and enforced strictly during events, with additional per‑person admission charges causing surprise and frustration . • Customer experience issues: Some patrons describe poor event organization—long restroom lines, overpriced concessions, and aggressive upselling of private training sessions .

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🏀 Final Take

Momentous Sports Center stands as a well-equipped, versatile facility ideal for serious athletes, youth clubs, and large-scale sporting events. Its scale and offerings—like dedicated training zones and quality courts—are impressive. That said, comfort and cost management need improvement to match the premium experience its facilities promise. If you’re focused on elite training or tournament play, it delivers. But if you value climate comfort, affordable access, and smoother logistics, be prepared to navigate some bumps.

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Overall rating estimate: ~3.6–3.7⭐ from almost 1,000...

Could have tons of potential with this place( but alas, not so much. As a club volleyball dad who had been coming here for years, I can attest to the accuracy of the reviews from SCVBA's summer soirée event. Typical Momentous ripoff, 40 bucks for parking and to get in, and god forbid you buy yourself or your daughter a snack or some water. While I can appreciate the great upsides of this facility such as ample court space and a great cafe, coupled with the amount of overhead a facility must have from rent/mortgage to insurance, utilities, and staffing costs, the return on investment for spending a minimum of 60 bucks per day (including parking, enterance fees, and a water or two and a snack), just simply misses the mark! You will freeze in the winter months and sit in a sauna in the summer, the only acceptable somewhat decent times at this facility seem to be in the fall or spring on "moderate temperature days", if you have a morning session on these days a light sweater or jacket may be needed but typically is fairly comfortable by the afternoon. SCVBA really dropped the ball in this years soirée event, with the confusion on two facilities to the all session pass (apparently only available at Long Beach Convention Center, apparently to appease Momentous with their desire to snatch 20 bucks for parking and 20 bucks a head). Overall assessment: The return on investment to freeze in the winter time and have heat stroke in the summer just isn't there. If you're going to force a captive audience to pay your prices, fine, make the environmental HVAC and restroom concerns safe and comfortable for everyone, fore-mostly for the players, but also for the parents or other spectators. Did anyone else play A LOT of tournaments this year at Momentous as opposed to previous years? Last club season we went to 5 or 6 different facilities for tournaments. This season? All Momentous except for one tournament. SCVBA and Momentous in cahoots? Or is Momentous shaking down SCVBA like they do to the kids playing in this oppressive heat...

Sent my kids to a week long sports camp and it was a complete waste of money.  The staff did the same things every day and when I observed they where more concerned with socializing with other staff than working with kids.  I wasn't at the camp all day but in my observations I didn't see any coaching or teaching and very little monitoring of the kids. The only redeeming camp quality according to both of my kids was that the food was good.

On the last day of camp my kids forgot water bottles and my daughters hat.  So I stopped in the following Monday to look for it and they told me I wasn't allowed but to leave a note with my information and the missing items description and they would call me back.  They didn't call back so I stopped in to ask (the annoyed and very rude front desk attendant) to look through the lost and found and was given the run around again and told only someone named Jamie can do that.  They refused to give me direct contact information for this person so I left another note for Jamie to call me.  He doesn't return the call so I am leaving messages on the phone for them to call me and finally after about three weeks of trying to get ahold of someone I get a call (not from Jamie) saying they donated all the lost and found items.  So they donated lost and found items over the weekend and one day after they had been left.  Not even being allowed to look for my kids items is just idiotic.

This place is a joke and I can't speak for Jamie other than he doesn't return calls, but the girl working the front desk is about as bad a receptionist as I have every come across.

The camp was a waste of time and money and the staff is a joke!  I am sure it isn't all staff but it certainly applies to the individuals I had...