The Penthouse at Chukchansi Park

The club is located within the Chuckchansi baseball stadium. Unlike the reviewer before, we were charged $ 20 cover, per person. This is ridiculous for a club in fresno. The club was half empty, the drinks were overpriced, the DJ was terrible, and the small crowd wasnt the best. This was all on Saturday night mind you.
There is only one good thing i can say for this club. The patio of this club is the entire baseball stadium. So you can grab a drink, step out into the patio and see the moonlight gleaming off the green field. But this one good thing didn’t make up for all the missing attributes.
I wouldnt recommend this club to anyone.

During this review this is the newest «hot spot» in Fresno and with my sister’s birthday this week we just had to check it out. Earlier in the week we tried to get bottle service which sounded like a great deal but they had sold out and instead we were put on the waitlist. I just felt bad for the girls because I know that if you don’t have bottle service they won’t have a place to sit when their feet hurt. We thought maybe this is a good thing since it means it will be popping. We were on the guest list but you had to be there before 1030. Of course we did not get there before 1030. We drove into downtown around 1115 and it was dead. No cars, no people just dead. Pulling up to Chukchansi Park we see life. There was a line of people and the parking lot was packed! We get in line only to be told the guest list was closed. Booo! So we sent my cousins who came up from The OC to work their magic ala Vegas Style. Before you knew it we (the guys) were getting patted to go inside. $ 10 cover charge. An attendant in the elevator whisks you up to the club which kind of reminded me of the trip up to Rain or Ghostbar in the Palms Casino. Ok not that extravagant but that’s what I remember laughing about.
Stepping out you see the ballpark lit and downtown Fresno’s Skyline in the background. To the right you enter the club which right off the bat was small but packed. It’s a long rectangular setup with the dj in the middle left of the dancefloor and the bar all along the right. Two seperate doorways on the left lead you outside to the balcony and stadium seating. All the way to the back is the VIP area and the restrooms. Ordering drinks was pretty quick considering how busy it was but the bartenders were stingy with the alcohol. Bartenders should be smoking hot and these to put it nicely, weren’t. We finally got around to seeing the VIP area and I was glad we didn’t get the bottle service. There was nothing special about it and people came and went through as that was how you get access to the restroom. Once it got stuffy we were able to go outside and enjoy the view. Lots of seating areas which was great to catch your breathe and socialize.
There was a great mix of people and everyone seemed to be having a great time. No fights and no rude people. Even the bouncers were cool. I will say the music was hit and miss. It was a mix of top 40, hip-​hop, electro house and mashups. A lot of the hip hop was just stuff we had never heard. Here we had people from Silicon Valley, The OC and Fresno and we were all like wtf is this garbage. They have TVs throughout but instead of playing MTV’s I’m 16 and Pregnant they should be playing music videos that go along with the music.
When it was time to go I was shocked at how cheap my tab was. Yay for that! Walking out you go back to the reality of how dead downtown is. Of course there was a Fresno PD van parked right outside in the middle of the street. Kind of reminded me of San Jose PD barricades on Santa Clara Street but since there is so much more going on its not as noticeable. But we had no problems with Fresno PD.
All in all we had a good time. One of the girls had such a great time, an emergency stop on 180 was necessary to vomit. I can see where there is room for improvement but it’s a step in the right direction. I am glad that a promoter is putting faith in Fresno and especially downtown Fresno. C’mon Fresno get down here. Don’t be scared! Patronize this place and let’s bring nightlife to downtown Fresno.