Salt Lake City Sports Complex — Attraction in Salt Lake City

This would be--should be--a fantastic community resource--were it not so expensive for the taxpayers to use. As of this review (11/2018) a day pass for the SLC Sports Complex is $7. Really? $7? To use a facility that was bought and paid for by our tax money to begin with? Really? When I first started going to this facility the cost was MUCH lower... like $1... or $2. Clearly the junta that runs this complex never took Econ 101 or they'd understand price elasticity. The whole point of these community centers is to encourage and promote the heath and fitness of the citizens. And the more you charge, the less likely--and less often they are to use it. These community centers--ALL of them--should be absolutely free. And this could easily be achieved with just a few changes to how they are conceived from the beginning--and how they are managed over time. This particular facility is lousy with staff--most of them superfluous. Every staff member = not just more wages--but more benefits--both short and long term; health insurance, vacation, sick pay--retirement. Cut back on staff and you dramatically cut back on the cost to operate. Next, allow 3rd party vendors to use the facilities--for a fee. (For example, allow personal trainers to train their clients @ the facility--at certain times--for a monthly fee; swim coaches; massage therapists; ice skating coaches; etc.) Next, design in and lease out cafe / coffee shop spaces @ each facility--either inside or outside--or both. These could be required to be health-oriented... juice / smoothie / vegan / etc--or at least have a certain percentage of these options on the menu. These space should be up for bid every few years and would provide millions in revenue over the life of the facility--not to mention increasing overall user satisfaction. Another idea to reduce staff (and thus costs) is to develop a system / network of VOLUNTEERS from the communities they serve; there are PLENTY of bodies available for a few hrs a day per week to handle many of the more mundane tasks. Also, out-sourcing most or all of the staff (maintenance, cleaning, etc) could also cut long term costs...

Normally this place is spot on. We have had some recent experience that make me question the management of the ice surface. On a recent trip to the rink, a young woman fell and injured her face. She lost a lot of blood on the ice that was the left there for almost an hour. There has been three occurrences recently where the ice has been double booked. On these nights the ice is cut in half with no notice to the public, yet we are expected to still pay full price. The most recent experience came on 02/14/2018. The ice was double booked, my son takes lessons that due to the ice being cut in half were canceled without any notice to the coaches or the public. The public skate is on the same night every week, how could the ice be double booked when it has the same event on the same night every week? I understand that sometimes things need to change. Knowing that other events are going to be booked on top of the Wednesday public skate is information that could be added to the website so people can make an informed decision. I feel as though the ice is double booked and then nobody says anything in an effort to bring in more money. On the 02/14/2018 date my son was In the center of the ice practicing his hockey skating and was told “the center ice is for figure skating only”. We pay full price for half the ice and then are expected to not use the ice for anything other than skating in circles? We also had our bottles of water taken from us. I understand no food or drink (soda, juice) but I do not believe water is a problem. People were also being told “no holding hands”. It’s Valentine’s Day. I am fine with following rules that are in place to protect people. This recent experience showed me that after attempting to get more money by double booking, they then attempted to make sure nobody had any fun on the ice. I am very disappointed with the recent experiences at the Steiner ice rink. I feel like management may need to re-evaluate the rules and the way they...

Giant, clean, well lit parking area. The front of the building is modern and clean. The inside is modern and clean. There is a nice information desk as soon as you walk in the door. There are men and women locker rooms with showers. There is a giant olympic size swimming pool with swimming Lanes and for seniors there is a large and wide Walking In The Water Lane. If you feel unsure about your swimming talent there are floatables that you can wear. There are lifeguards. Upstairs there is a world class gymnasium with all sorts of machines to get in shape including dead weights. Anybody like playing on the ice? They have their own ice rink Stadium. I forgot to mention something about the swimming pool, there is another one and it is outdoors but open only during the right season. This place is vast upstairs and downstairs but if you're handicapped there is a modern elevator. I am a senior citizen with Medicare and my medicare pays my gym fee to use this place it costs me nothing. If you have Medicare check your policy to see if they offer free gymnasium if they do this is the...