The Sportsplex USA Santee in Santee, California is a state-of-the-art, 20-acre facility that has three tournament-quality fields and two indoor soccer arenas, so you may be headed this with your team to compete here.
The Sportsplex USA Santee is only 18 miles northeast of San Diego, but your game schedule may prohibit taking your team to see the sights of the big city. If that’s the case, no worries! The Santee area is full of fun stuff to do and good places to eat. We have put together some ideas for your team’s downtime at the Sportsplex USA Santee.
Things to Do
Urban Jungle Fun Park
Located right near the Sportsplex USA Santee, the Urban Jungle Fun Park is more than just a trampoline park. It’s an indoor playground full of adrenaline pumping activities that your kids will never forget. Think of it as a super cool indoor facility where the best action-oriented attractions from amusement parks and playgrounds have been meshed together in one place.
Start your kids on the San Diego Trampoline park. Let them play on the Mega Play Structure. It’s 25 feet tall and holds up to 110 kids! Send them down the Super Slides. Encourage them to climb rocks indoors with four lanes of 24-foot rock walls. They’ll want to graduate to the Climbable Sky Scraper and Obstacle Course.
Urban Jungle attractions will create a memorable experience that could last a lifetime. Family Magazine voted it as the San Diego area’s Best Indoor Play Place in 2016. Best of all, parents can join in on the fun too! 8711 Magnolia Ave, Santee, CA 92071
Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve
Right in Santee by the Santee USA Sportsplex is the Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve. The Santee Lakes were originally engineered by the Padre Dam Municipal Water District to demonstrate the promise of water recycling.
A water and wastewater agency getting involved in the recreation business has helped the city and communities worldwide ask questions about the possibilities of converting wastewater to recreational use. Urban planners and government officials from around the globe regularly tour the Santee Lakes Recreational Preserve. The only drawback is the longer your family spends at Santee Lakes the more you’ll wish you’d rented a cabin there to begin with.
Day-use includes playground areas, volleyball courts, boat and bike rentals, fishing piers, teen center, and an amphitheater. Don’t forget the pet walk for those cooped up pets you couldn’t bear to leave home. Santee Lakes are stocked with catfish and rainbow trout with bass and bluegill also prevalent.
While you are there, you can cruise through the Preserve on a custom bicycle from Wheel Fun Rentals. Explore the park by biking around and getting some exercise. Don’t miss your chance to discover the wonders of this gorgeous park on your wheeled steed! 9310 Fanita Pkwy, Santee, CA 92071
Regal Parkway Plaza Stadium 18 & IMAX
Just four miles down the road from the Sportsplex USA Santee is Regal Parkway Plaza Stadium 18 & IMAX. If you only have a three-hour window for your team to do something and you dont want them spending any more energy than possible, a movie might just fit the bill. At this cinema you’ll have 18 screen choices. Wow!
Or… how about switching it up and going drive-in movie? The Santee Drive-In Theater offers the latest in technology, the most current movies, in a blast-from-the-past setting. Cool beans! 405 Parkway Plaza, El Cajon, CA 92020
Parkway Bowl
When the last time you took the team bowling? Sometimes its the last activity you think of doing and the favorite of everyone after you do it.
Just down the road from the Sportsplex USA Santee in El Cajon is Parkway Bowl. They offer bowling, glow-in-the-dark Cosmic Bowling, billiards, laser tag, and the Boardwalk Indoor Amusement Park. 1280 Fletcher Pkwy, El Cajon, CA 92020
Boomers!
Boomers! features two championship miniature golf courses. On both courses your team must putt golf balls through wacky windmills, bumpy greens, rocks, and other tricky obstacles.
Get behind the wheel and show off your driving skills on the go-kart track and bumper boats pool. Reach new heights by climbing their rock wall and find out if you have what it takes to make it to the top. Batting cages and a mini theme park are also housed at Boomers! 1155 Graves Ave, El Cajon, CA 92021
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Places to Eat
Phil’s BBQ
Since 1998, barbecue lovers in the San Diego area have flocked to Phil’s BBQ. That’s because Phil has the skills and knowledge needed to grill, smoke, and cook some amazing barbecue.
They also serve extraordinary sandwiches with ample sides. Try their famous BBQ Broham sandwich. Leave with a jar of the Gooba Dust dry rub so you can take the magic of Phil’s BBQ home with you. 9816 Mission Gorge Rd, Santee, CA 92071
Marechiaro’s Italian Restaurant
Just south in El Cajon you will find Marechiaro’s Italian Restaurant. Marechiaro’s was the idea of Benedetto Brunetto, who was born and raised in Palermo, Sicily. He began running his restaurant in 1955 and made a name for himself in the El Cajon area. Today, his son Giuseppe mans the helm.
Every one of their pizzas is handmade with the best ingredients, like homemade fresh zesty tomato sauce and the finest 100-percent mozzarella cheese. They only use Italian pasta, and their sauces are homemade and use only the finest and freshest ingredients available with absolutely no preservatives. 14120 Olde Hwy 80, El Cajon, CA 92021
Anthony’s Fish Grotto
Just down the road in La Mesa is Anthony’s Fish Grotto, a San Diego County tradition for 71 years. Back in 1946, Catherine Mama Ghio, the wife of a fisherman, used her own secret recipes to satisfy a hungry, growing city. Together with her family, Mama Ghio fulfilled a life-long dream by opening Anthony’s.
Today you can enjoy some of their specialties like whole rex sole, Mama Ghios Crab Cakes, or one of their Lobster Trios. Start the meal with their crispy brussel sprouts, shrimp and pork wontons, or their Ahi Stack. You are guaranteed to not leave hungry! 9530 Murray Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
La Torta Cafe
Also in Le Mesa is La Torta Café, a Mexican and Latin restaurant known for good food and large portions. Try their Mahi Mahi Tacos, Californian Burrito or any of their 40 kinds of Tortas, a Mexican-style sandwich. They are also open for breakfast, where you can try their steak and eggs burrito or their ham and eggs torta. 8356 Allison Ave, La Mesa, CA 91942
The San Diego area is known for having some of the best weather on the country, so enjoy your humid-free playing time at the Sportsplex USA Santee. Be sure to get some great pictures of your trip there for all of the great memories that youth team travel brings.