Henderson Sport & Social Was Built for Tournament Weekends. Here's What It Offers the Neighbors.

A volleyball player has games at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on the same Saturday. Where does she spend the hours in between? Henderson's new $70 million complex on St. Rose Parkway was designed to answer that question. Most of what a neighbor can walk in and use today follows from that answer.

Henderson Sport & Social held its ribbon-cutting on October 15 and opened to the public October 16 and 17, News 3 reported. It has now been open for about five weeks. The 180,000-square-foot building at 3375 St. Rose Parkway is a public-private partnership between the City of Henderson and Chicago-based KemperSports, which operates it. KTNV reported that city officials call it the largest sports complex in the valley. On its first weekend it hosted a taekwondo tournament.

The athlete between games is the first customer

General manager Jeff Swanlund laid out the plan to the Las Vegas Review-Journal in October, using the tournament schedule as his example:

"When we host a volleyball tournament, for example, the girls will play a game at 9 a.m., at 1 p.m. and at 5 p.m. Between those games, they're going to be hanging out in the facility anyway, so let's feed them, and let's put an arcade there, let's put bowling, mini-golf, laser tag, the whole nine yards, just to try and keep that athlete in the building while they're here for the tournament."

That explains a layout that can look random on a first visit: hardwood courts, a bowling alley and a full bar all under one roof. The city and the operator describe it as a venue meant to draw local, regional and national tournaments. Henderson Mayor Michelle Romero described the benefit for families when she spoke at the opening, as KTNV reported: "Oftentimes you're here for one of your children, but you have other children. This will give them something to do as well."

Swanlund also told the Review-Journal that the building is meant to work as a stand-alone family entertainment center for people who have no game on the schedule. "You can walk right in and bowl, play mini-golf, laser tag, have a children's birthday party," he said. "That's another part of the business that we really are hoping that the community embraces."

So two kinds of customers share the same building. The rest of this guide is about the second kind: the people who live nearby.

What fills the hours between games

Everything that keeps an athlete busy for four hours also works for a neighbor with one free evening. According to the venue's attractions page and the City of Henderson's project page, the entertainment side includes:

• Bowling: 14 traditional lanes plus 6 luxury VIP lanes with LED lighting and lane-side food and drink service. The Review-Journal noted that the 20 lanes are lit in purple and blue.
• Arcade: 6,000 square feet with 60 games and prize redemption.
• Laser tag: a two-level, 6,000-square-foot arena recommended for ages 5 and up. Players need to be able to work the equipment on their own.
• Krazy Darts and an 18-hole outdoor mini-golf course.
• Food and drink: the venue calls its menu "globally inspired dining" from a "from-scratch kitchen," with sharing boards, handhelds and a full bar. The bar and dining area sits in the middle of the ground floor.

You can buy each activity on its own or bundle several into a multi-attraction pass. Note that the bar sits at the center of the building and not off to one side. Parents waiting through a tournament end up there, and so does anyone who comes just to bowl.

The weeknight price gap

The pricing points neighbors toward the days when the building is not full of visiting teams. Bowling is charged per lane per hour, with up to six people on a lane, according to the venue's posted rates:

The VIP lanes show the biggest gap. On a Tuesday a VIP lane costs the same $55 that a standard lane costs on Saturday. For a full group of six, a weeknight standard hour works out to $7.50 a person before shoes, or $12.50 with shoes. A Saturday hour is about $14.17 a person once shoes are included.

Henderson residents can cut that further. The City says residents get 20% off recreational programming and activities, and the venue's attraction pricing is marked "20% OFF FOR HENDERSON RESIDENTS." At 20% off, a $45 weeknight lane comes to $36. Ask how the resident discount is applied when you reserve a lane, so the price you see matches your bill.

The upstairs half is the part a neighbor visits weekly

The entertainment floor is the draw for an occasional night out. The sports and fitness side is where Swanlund expects local regulars. "The gym is great, because a lot of our locals will be here several times a week for practice and game night," he told the Review-Journal. He added that a parent "can go up to the fitness center and work out, even overlook the courts while on the treadmill and watch their child play sports."

The same design that holds a tournament family for a whole Saturday works on a practice night too. Here is what the sports and fitness side includes:

1. A full gym upstairs with a child care center, so parents can work out while younger kids are supervised.
2. Hardwood courts set up for basketball, volleyball and pickleball, according to the Review-Journal's opening-day photos.
3. Two indoor turf fields totaling 40,000 square feet, used for soccer and flag football.
4. Open gym, which the venue's courts page describes as flexible access with "No reservations, no structured programs." Court and turf rentals are booked through the same page.
5. Leagues for youth and adults in basketball, soccer, volleyball, bowling and flag football, plus youth development programs, listed on the league page.

The first league season is already running. The youth basketball page lists a fall season from October 26 to December 18, with practices on Mondays and games on Wednesdays over eight weeks. Standard individual registration is $174, and Henderson residents get 20% off, which brings it to $139.20. Those games are on weeknights. On a Wednesday evening the hardwood belongs to local kids, not visiting tournament teams.

Hours, and what's coming before New Year's

The Visit Las Vegas listing gives general hours of 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. These are hours for the whole building, so check the venue directly for the hours of a specific attraction or for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The venue's Happenings page lists a Turkey Bowl for this season and a New Year's Eve event at Henderson Sport & Social. Remember the price table when you plan. Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday, and the venue charges its higher holiday rate on holidays.

In early December, Henderson's holiday events move to the other side of town. The city's WinterFest schedule puts the free tree lighting and drone show at Water Street Plaza on Thursday, December 3, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The free Electric Light Parade runs along Water Street on Friday, December 4, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. A weeknight bowling hour on St. Rose Parkway on Tuesday, December 1 or Wednesday, December 2 fits before both.

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