Steel Shop Athletics & Events — Local services in Saint Charles

Terrible experience at a volleyball tournament! No A/C and hotter than you-know-where inside that place! Completely unacceptable conditions. This place has been turning over ownership, or at least the name of the facility has changed 3 or 4 times over the past few years. Fix the a/c or at least open the garage doors! The even turned off the water fountains! They sure didn't mind charging for the bottled water though! Or selling drinks in multiple locations throughout the venue. Never going back. This place is a disaster. I'm going to have discussions with our athletic director about keeping our teams out of future tournaments here until repairs are made and the conditions improve for...

Gun show this weekend and we went today always a treat if one is in the market for a new, used, antique guns, large collection of everything from WWI TO WWII Collection and uniforms to rashens to largest collection of knives, dangers WWI, WWII SWORDS. Also coin collection, old jewelry collections, also there are some tables that have everything you need to to carry your firearms holsters, belts, gun purses for lady's. Plenty of brass for any caliber guns. Gun cleaning kit's and so much more. A treat and a great time for gun lovers and other things of interest. There is also a snack bar with beverages and food. Large parking area but hurry fills up and then one has to...

I've been a volleyball dad for many years and I believe this might be the most overcrowded, uncomfortable, and expensive venue I've been to for a tournament. There is very little room for walking, sitting, or even standing. Also, $10 a day to watch a tournament where our clubs are already paying to play there seems silly. And as has been mentioned by others, there's little in the way of climate control in the building.

I appreciate that it's an old steel mill and it isn't going to be perfect, but I think someone needs to rethink the number of courts/teams that they try to...