RecPlex — Local services in Ponca City

This place was alot of fun and really pretty, lots of stuff to do! Took my son and sister here today to give it a try. They really enjoyed the pool other than the life guards picking and choosing what kids get to have water stuff on or not. Its a great place and exercise is fun. They have a strict rule about floaties,thats not posted until u are inside the pool area so keep that in mind. I wish if they requred that you used the provided life jackets, that they are not broken with sharp edges on the buckles. Only one other thing very much so bothered me and this is only because this situation felt very out of place and just a personal issue, We had to leave early because a mother brought her infant in the pool area for what i believed to be swimming lessons. However this was a infant child who could not speak, only cry and did just that the whole time and i watched a instructor repeatedly put this infant under the water while it screamed. After the 3rd time i rounded my family up and said lets go, i was holding back tears. Im not one to judge what age children learn to swim. However in my personal opinion, if its not okay for me to put a 3 year old under the water, when they are screaming not to, then why is it okay for an infant? It was just disturbing and i was surprised there was not a more private area or classes for that. Besides that situation, i really appreciated the front staff being so informative and the place was very clean, locker rooms...

Formerly operated by the YMCA, the city of Ponca City took over operations on December of 2018. Upon doing so, they eliminated some of costly programs operated by the YMCA and we’re effectivey able to lower membership costs and simultaneously make much needed improvements on the facility.

The future is bright for this recreational facility under the capable hands of the Ponca City’s administration. As a citizen of Ponca City, I am very pleased with the investment our city leaders make in our community. This is not to say there aren’t serious improvements that still need to take place at the RecPlex, but what I have seen them do in a very short time gives me hope and confidence that this facility will be a premier excercise and family recreational facility in no time.

They have 2.5 basketball courts, 3 racquetball courts, dozens of excercise class opportunities, an Olympic sized lap pool, a recreational pool with a water slide, a sauna, a hot tub, rock climbing wall, and several cardio and weight machines. They also have 7-8 baseball/softball fields outside, however most are used for children’s league ball. And for those with children, they do provide child care in the morning and evening...

This place has great amenities and features, the pool is beautiful and the gym is awesome but the staff at the front desk other than Alonzo are terrible. I have a sibling who has been coming there for over 2 years and today she was denied access because of .15 cents! Me and my mother were made to turn around and drive all the way back to the facility just for another coworker to tell us they decided to tell let her in. Now I’m late to my appointment, there was just an incident yesterday with the guy at the front desk and my sister decided to just leave instead of dealing with his poor antics. I’m so glad we’re moving tomorrow so we no longer have to deal with this anymore. Shoutout to Alonzo though! We need more people like him willing to work with the people who live in the same city as him and share...