Victory Park Recreation Center

fun, clean with many activities, the play area spreads out quite a bit with fun bridge between little kids and big kids area.

I currently play volleyball and basketball here with a league and I do enjoy their services and their amenities!
Their staff is nice and their indoor basketball court is great to play in! The floor does need to be mopped down a bit because I can’t get grip on the floor. or is it because I need new shoes!!!
They have a large soccer field and is close to the schools! This is a great location for children and adults!

MOVIE NIGHT WAS SOO FUN! this park is dog friendly and picnic friendly too! My friends and I only brought wine bottles and snacks, but I saw people with pizza’s, salads, sandwiches. The lobster roll truck was amazing! Simply succulent lobsters based in light butter on a brioche hot dog bun. The movie quality was also impressive.
I would try to get there early to find a good spot on the grass. Blankets are a must! I saw people with low beach chairs which I thought was pretty smart. That way, you don’t have to rely on your hands to prop you up the whole time.
PS: DONT FORGET YOUR BOTTLE OPENERS!

Just across where I lived, really nice place to walk around and walk the doggie. On weekend it can be bit crowded but on weekdays you can have the park virtually for yourself. Very well kept and well maintained.

Wow this park is one of the nicest parks I have seen in a while. It is located close to the 210 freeway so it would be great for a family gathering if you have friends coming from other areas. They have a large parking lot with lots of street parking and no permits required. The bathrooms here are clean and in good working order and the playgrounds for the kids looked well maintained and lots of fun. My reason for visiting this park was due to a Street Food Cinema event that was hosted here. Because of the large crowds I was glad that they had street parking. If you have never done a street food cinema you have to put it on your bucket list. When I first arrived they have two separate lines for reserved seating and general seating once you check in you get a wrist band so you are able to go in and out. It is great for families with young children because they were able to go to the playground and back. Once inside the event area they had 8 food trucks prices range from $ 7 to $ 14 so bring money but you can also bring your own food, Beer, or wine. The sound quality was amazingly good and once the sun went down the movie was very clear. I will advise you if you don’t bring a chair definitely bring some cushion to lie on because the floor was really hard because the grass was not thick where we were at. Aside from that I am definitely doing this again and I will be more prepared.

It’s a huge part with space to fly kites, play baseball or soccer, picnic and exercise. It’s always busy with activity, birthday parties and group sports. Wish they had more and cleaner bathroom facilities. I don’t feel the kids playground area is 100% safe. It’s not fenced for safety, too close to the parking lot, and jungle jim apparatus is not suitable for smaller kids.

Beautiful and peaceful mountain view surrounds lush spacious fields and play areas for the kids. Only thing missing is good outdoor basketball courts! Wish they can build these!

A beautiful large park with a fairly large public play area, one sand volleyball court and a couple of large fields/​baseball diamonds that are nicely grassed and green. I saw a couple of guys practicing soccer in the field when I was there on a summer afternoon. And I haven’t been to the Farmer’s Market yet, but I’m sure I’ll love it!
BUT NOTE: The rubber track and tennis courts are NOT public, they belong to the school, which unfortunately backs right up to the park. The public may use the track from 6:30am — 8:00am only, otherwise you’ll need a permit. And the tennis courts require a reservation (no mention of a fee).
The only reason I am giving this park 4 stars, is because it’s close proximity to forbidden and unused recreation services. It was sad to see the empty tennis courts, shot put fields and track, and not be allowed to use them. But I will find other places to run, wouldn’t want to get a ticket like Brian S. And I wanted other Unilocalers to know too.

This is a well kept park on the east side of Pasadena. There are always tons of events going on from sporting to private family parties. People walk their dogs regularly here as well as exercise around the loop. I only wished they had doggy poop bags stationed around to encourage dog owners to pick up after their dogs.

my local park… big and beautiful… plus there’s a farmer’s market here every saturday morn

Came here for my job Countywide Fitness challenge 2012, depending on what part of the park your heading determines how hard parking is to find.
The park is huge, but we manage to find the Countywide fitness challenge, the challenge it self was very educational and informative.
The park itself is very lovely, with families having picnics, soccer games, walking their dogs and way on the other side of the park by the high school is the largest farmers market I’ve ever been too.
It’s very family friendly. I intend to return for future farmer market purchases.

Back in 2006, I actually got a ticket here for «playing soccer in the park without a permit». Seriously. Swear to goodness. The park rangers actually rounded everyone up and gave us all tickets. Sure, they warned us, but who really believed they didn’t have better things to do than giving people tickets for playing soccer in a park? Would they rather have us hanging out drinking 40s? That would have been ok, I guess.
Today I’m happy to say that just about any day of the week you can find a pick up game here. Since the park leave the lights on all the time (duh — people are going to use a lit field) I think they just gave up.
Anyways, the park in general great for sports of all kinds. Plus, there is a great farmers market on Saturdays. Still, since they gave me a stupid ticket, I can’t give them five stars.

This is a big park. There is a rubberized (don’t know what the official name is) racing track. It’s bouncy when you run, better for your joints and it makes you faster. It has a couple of baseball fields and some grills and also some awesome mountain views.

This is a great park. I often come here and play badminton with friends as you can put up a net and have a blast!
I see lots of families having picnics here on the weekends, playing volleyball and its a pretty dog friendly park.
They also have a big track if you are into running. Most evenings there are school kids practicing football late in the night as they have amazing floodlights near the track.
It’s a clean, fun park… and you get a great view of the mountains! Parking is plenty on the street as well as inside the park (till 9 pm).

Still no lights!!!

Grew up going to this park. Had lots of birthdays here. Park is clean, safe, and well kept.

this place is awsome
great view of the mountain
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