Our Trip to Aviator Sports and Events Center

This weekend Z.E.N and I had the opportunity to visit Aviator Sports and Events Center in Southeast Brooklyn. It is located at Floyd Bennett Field.

First a little history about Floyd Bennet Field. Floyd Bennett Field was New York City?s first municipal airport. It was built sometime between 1928 and 1931 and quickly became the preferred launching site for record-setting flights by Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart, Wiley Post and other aviation pioneers. The airport was decommissioned in 1972. Most of the structure has remained intact and Aviator Sports is actually housed in 4 of the airport?s original hangars.

Upon arriving at Aviator, we were given a tour. The place is huge. This 170,000 square foot facility is comprised of an 18,000 square foot indoor area that houses two hardwood basketball courts; two indoor turf fields; two NHL regulation size ice rinks; a 15,000 square foot gymnastics and dance training center; a 4,500 square foot fitness center; two outdoor turf fields, a 35 foot tall rock climbing wall; and a food court.

During our tour, we were also informed about their summer camp programs. They have many different camp options available for children of all ages. they are holding open houses every Saturday until June 17th, 2011 so make sure to visit if you are interested.

We then got to see Silly Dilly Band perform. The Silly Dilly Band is a children?s musical band that performs live high energy, interactive music shows for the entire family. It was a very cute show. Z.E.N. though, got bored towards the end of it.

After the show we had lunch. Lunch was served in one of their smaller party rooms. Yes, they also offer fully customizable parties for all ages, with sports activities led by certified instructors.

Next up, the kids got to played for a little while in the child drop off center and then they had an hour-long gymnastics lesson. Z.E.N. really enjoyed gymnastics.

Afterwards, we had the opportunity to do rock climbing or to go ice skating. Z.E.N. didn?t want to do either so we left at that point.

I must say that our visit to Aviator Sports was great. Everyone there was super friendly and we had a great time.

The only negative point that I wanted to mention is that it?s not that easy to get there. You can take the Q35 bus there, but I?ve been told that service on that line is pretty spotty and not very reliable.

Aviator Sports and Events Center Giveaway

Aviator Sports has generously offered to give one Oh Diane reader 4 Gift Certificates for a 2 climb session of rock climbing.

Follow the instructions below for your chance to win.

How To Enter

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Things You Should Know:

• One winner will receive 4 Gift Certificates for a 2 climb session of rock climbing at the Aviator Sports & Events Session located at Hangar 5 Floyd Bennet Field Brooklyn, NY 11234
• Entry open to anyone 18 years of age and over.
• Open to those in the US only.
• Giveaway ends on Monday, May 23rd at 11:59 p.m. EST.
• Winner will be chosen via random.org
• Because, emails can get lost, I will email the winner twice. If I don?t hear from you within 24 hours of the first email, I?ll try again. If, after 48 hours, I still haven?t heard from you, another winner will be chosen.
• Winner will be announced in a separate post on my blog.
• Disclosure: I received complimentary tickets to Aviator Sports and Events Center to facilitate this review, but all opinions are my own. No monetary compensation has been received.

Source: http://www.ohdiane.com/trip-aviator-sports-events-center/

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