I grew up here in Seward. My family, friends and I have rented the pavilion for family events for years. It serves well for large parties and can be reserved for your needs, alcohol permits can be obtained as well. As far as the camping spots, yes it's in city limits and are limited at best to cover the THOUSANDS of tourists that flow into town for the salmon fishing as it comes. Sure some spots are not as set up as others and not much for fire sites, as long as I've lived here it's first come first serve, so if you want to complain or nitpick what you settled for, please stop and think, the city of Seward could close off the beach to camping and make room for more commerce for tourists and businesses. I've seen allot of negative reviews about amenities, remember, your only one person who did not get what you wanted because a thousand other "yous"beat you to the punch. AND moat importantly, the city of Seward manages it, so call the Seward police for unruly campers being loud after queit hours.