Grand Slam Family Fun Center

Since Extra Innings closed in Brooklyn Park, this is the only batting cages/​baseball tunnels left in the Northwest area. We use this place in the winter and the tunnels are super cheap price wise — which is great. The batting cages themselves are fine, but on the pricey side. We would have it a five stars, but sometimes the tunnels are unkept from softballers and it takes a good 10 – 15 minutes re-​setting the mounds and nets which eats into our tunnel time. Good cheap replacement since Extra Innings closed, not a serious baseball facility though.

I love this place! It is a great price and lots of fun. It has really improved over the years and I’ve never been treated poorly. Tons of fun.

First I would like to say, I have read the reviews and either they are competitors trying to make this place look bad or they are those people that no matter what you do they are never happy. We went there today for my 2 boys birthday (10 and 6) we had a group of 20+ we reserved a birthday package. All I can say is we will be celebrating all my kids birthdays there. We usually go to chuck e cheese but this year we heard about grand slam and thought it sounded like fun. I called and talked to a very nice lady and told her that I wasn’t sure what we wanted she asked me some questions and advised me to one of the cheaper packages (in another review they said they try to rip you off, that is not the case) they asked what size the kids are and they had shirts for them when they came. I thought this was an added bonus to the usual chuck e cheese. We had a large group that varied from the age of 5 to the age of 67. Everyone there said that they had a blast and would do it again and again and again. The food was great! My boys said they had so much fun and want to come back soon. We did end up changing to a package that included everything and we did it all. At least I don’t think we missed any. Please disregard some of the other reviews and go see for yourself you will either find you are one of the people I talked about in the beginning or you will see what you have been missing out on.

We had so much fun. The owner is first class, pizza was delicious and service great. A great family fun day! Thanks Mike.

Came in from Nebraska and found a groupon for this place. It’s certainly an older place, but I found everything to work. We got the unlimited laser tag, mini golf and bumper cars, plus some tokens and batting. My batting cages at home don’t have the really slow one (20mph) which is nice for the smallest. There other cages all seem to be in good shape. I took a round at bat and found the pitching very consistent. The bumper cars were fun and the laser tag was great. We were in on our spring break Ina Wednesday. This is a kids place. If your work brought you here I would say shame on them and find a new job. Mini golf a little beat up and a little cramped. We had a great time.

«Meh. I’ve experience better» is exactly how I would describe my experience here.
I came here on a Thursday night with my boyfriend. We tried out mini golf and the batting cages. The mini golf course was very below average — not challenging and there was not much variety or amusement. One part of it was broken; there was like a piece of metal hanging down where the ball should be able to pass underneath. You could tell that it has been broken for a while and people have since hacked away at the wood trying to fix it themselves. The batting cages were pretty standard. Passing through the arcade, I noticed the toys in the claw machine were dusty (I think it would feel like losing if you won), and a lot of games had an «Out of order» sign on them.
The things keeping me from rating this so low is that it is close, cheap, and convenient if you’re looking to get out of the house and do ANYTHING on a winter weekday. Also, the employees were extremely nice.

You people that write negative nit pick reviews are hurting a decent business because you have nothing better to do. Get a life.
A small business owner (not in anyway affiliated with Grandslam)

It’s a cool spot for those who are tired of the same chuck e cheese scene, but it needs some improvement. The website lead me to believe this was an updated fun place not just for kids, but for all ages. I had fun playing lazer tag but the arcade was small, the bouncy play area was also small, bowling was for individuals only umm they stopped serving food at 10pm which we weren’t given proper notification of… we walked up to the counter and seen the «little» sign that told us so. Kids 10 and under will have a blast of course because they don’t consider how much money is being spent and how important quality is. It’s not expenisive but I believe in getting my moneys worth, so don’t throw out unlimited bumper cars and there are only 7 cars that holds 1 person or unlimited play area and you only have 3 bouncy castles lol my kids didn’t even bother with the bouncy play area. I was super surprise to see adults here without children. They just need to expand and update some equipment. I will probably go again just to get out the house on a very boring day, but definitly not on a frequent basis.

In my preteen days, I fondly remember hanging out with my buddies on hot summer afternoons, living it up with our allowances at the local arcade, mini-​golf course, and laser tag arena. This nostalgia was the reason I didn’t immediately scoff at the fact that my wife’s employer was holding a company outing at Grand Slam. I actually looked forward to it, but after only a couple of hours I made the following observations:
1. Grand Slam Sports is located in what has to be the most depressing mall in America — there is one business left, and this is it.
2. «Bowling» doesn’t actually mean bowling per se — rather, they offer bowling’s much less attractive cousin using miniature balls and pins.
3. There are batting cages, yes. But having to wear sweaty, «one-​size-​fits-​all» helmets really didn’t enhance the enjoyment. I thought long and hard about going in sans protection, but reconsidered when I witnessed the inaccuracy of most pitches. Note also that each token only gets roughly 10 – 15 pitches.
4. Much of the (already dismal) arcade is out-​of-​order. The one game that appealed to me — basketball shootout — ate most of our tokens before we realized there were no basketballs.
5. The bathrooms smell like piss masked by urinal cakes, and that was the smell from well outside. Luckily I never had to use them.
6. The bumper cars also have a smell — a burning smell.
7. The ice cream is not ice cream. Perhaps the best way to describe it would be cold sugar?
8. The dunk tank that her employer rented looked like something that was built in someones garage, and seemed wildly dangerous. Errant throws could ricochet in any direction. However, when the target actually was hit, the person usually stayed nice and dry.
9. The food really leaves something to be desired.
10. Even the children seemed to not enjoy the mini-​golf course. It lacked any hint of creativity.
In summary, there was very little to enjoy about Grand Slam and I worry for my wife’s job if this is what her employer can afford. Wow!