recreation center
Place for activities
A recreation center is a public facility offering organized sports, fitness equipment, and leisure activities for a community.
Typically run by municipalities or organizations like the YMCA, they provide gyms, pools, courts, and meeting spaces: The kids spend their summers at the rec center.
Often shortened to rec center.
- gymnasiumIndoor athletic facility
- open gymUnscheduled facility access
- swimming poolBasin for aquatic recreation
- lap swimPool exercise in lanes
- water aerobicsFitness performed in pools
locker room · playground · basketball court · sports leagues · tennis court · exercise routines · senior citizens · aerobics · meditation sessions · dance workshops · youth groups · after school programs · summer camps · art classes · fitness training · group fitness · volunteers · nutritional counseling
- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
- public spacespark, plaza, street, city parks, public parks
- campusdorm, dormitory, dormitories, dorms, quad
- campus buildingsdormitory, classroom building, lecture hall, library, student union
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- community facilitiespublic library, fire station, police station, post office, public school
recreation centerprison
Confinement for offenders
library · jail · reading room · detention center · meditation center