Madeira Beach Recreation Department — Local services in Madeira Beach

I would give this place 0 stars if possible. This place is an absolute joke. My niece plays in there soccer league, $75. They didn’t get enough people to sign up so instead of just cancelling the league and refunding the money they decide to try and salvage the league. So they have to play with smaller teams, 5 on 5. Not only that no refs, the coaches ref the game, yea there is no bias on the calls there. $75 and they don’t even have whistles to stop the play. My niece unfortunately landed on the director and I guess co-director team. It’s a complete joke. The director disappeared for half of the game which left the co-director in charge. He barely communicated with the kids. Twice was on his phone on the field during the game, while play is going not coaching. This league should have been cancelled and everybody refunded. It’s an absolute travesty. Needless to say this will be her last season playing in this league ever. We will be going to Tampa Bay Club Sports. If your thinking about joining this league I recommend you just got play in traffic, it will be...

For our recent wedding, my bride and I were absolutely blown-away by this beautiful, brand-new facility. Sitting right on the Boca Ciega Bay, it was an excellent venue for our reception, and show-cased the natural beauty of the area to our out-of-state visitors. For a facility that was never intentionally designed to host weddings & such, it couldn't have been better. Word to the wise: for those (like us) who have planned beach weddings, in case of inclement weather, the large outside overhang on the water could serve as a "Plan B" as it can easily accommodate a fair amount of guests in addition to hosting the reception. Thankfully this option wasn't necessary as the weather cooperated down at Archibald Park! The only downgrade worth mentioning is that there were some hiccups with pre-wedding coordination, but they were minor and in the end, no one noticed the small stuff and everyone had a great and memorable time. We're sure that this will be an increasingly popular place for special events, and wish them continued success. Jeremy...

In regards to their youth basketball league. They have several great refs, but one in particular is the worst. It’s one thing to make bad calls or to make the right call and have a coach think you were wrong. That’s normal in sports. But for a ref at a youth rec league to talk bad about kids is a disgrace. Saying they can’t pass, can’t shoot, can’t play defense. Saying they are horrible. Disgusting. What makes it worse is the league kicked the coach out and banned him from the gym because he stood up for the kids. The coach didn’t cuss, didn’t do or say anything physical. Literally just asked the ref to stop and when the ref laughed the coach went and told all the parents what was happening. The league director Colin didn’t address anything about the ref with the coach. All he did was ban the...