I just heard about this today. This place has something like 35,000 sq. miles.
Has anyone here visited there? Anyone has its address?

Originally posted by raymond
I just heard about this today. This place has something like 35,000 sq. miles.
Has anyone here visited there? Anyone has its address?

35,000 sq. miles??? That's like an area of 100 miles x 350 miles which means that in order for me to go from one end to another, it will take me approx. 90 minutes by car on the short side (65 miles/hr) and approx. 5 plus hours on the long side! :D :D

I am assuming that you meant 35,000 square feet :D :D which is a pretty big place and you probably can put in around 24 badminton courts.

Originally posted by Winex West Can
35,000 sq. miles??? That's like an area of 100 miles x 350 miles which means that in order for me to go from one end to another, it will take me approx. 90 minutes by car on the short side (65 miles/hr) and approx. 5 plus hours on the long side! :D :D

I am assuming that you meant 35,000 square feet :D :D which is a pretty big place and you probably can put in around 24 badminton courts.
Y cant we hav something lik that here in vancouver!? :mad:

Originally posted by JChen99
Y cant we hav something lik that here in vancouver!? :mad:

'Coz Vancouver would be IN it! :D :D ;)
This will go on my Top 10 Badminton Fanatics' (night) Dream list...

Originally posted by raymond
I just heard about this today. This place has something like 35,000 sq. miles.
Has anyone here visited there? Anyone has its address?

well, don't let it hang there raymond, tell us, who did you hear it from? surely that person will have more info..

Originally posted by nSmash
'Coz Vancouver would be IN it! :D :D ;)
This will go on my Top 10 Badminton Fanatics' (night) Dream list...
Well, 35,000 sq miles would be KICK@$$ but I was referring to the 35,000 sq feet mentioned by WWC :)

Originally posted by JChen99
Well, 35,000 sq miles would be KICK@$$ but I was referring to the 35,000 sq feet mentioned by WWC :)

I know, JChen99. Just couldn't resist. Sorry! :D

Originally posted by nSmash
I know, JChen99. Just couldn't resist. Sorry! :D
nah iz koo :)

Originally posted by Winex West Can
35,000 sq. miles??? That's like an area of 100 miles x 350 miles which means that in order for me to go from one end to another, it will take me approx. 90 minutes by car on the short side (65 miles/hr) and approx. 5 plus hours on the long side! :D :D

I am assuming that you meant 35,000 square feet :D :D which is a pretty big place and you probably can put in around 24 badminton courts.

Oops... After a few long days of overtime, plus it was very late when I submitted
my last post, I guess my mind was just not there anymore. But it seems you
guys are all too sharp and fast to recognize the mistake and offer the proper
correction...:rolleyes:

Hmm... Kwun, I really wish I know. I heard this from someone who in turn
heard this from "John" (who plays at Shoreline and at Sunnyvale). I hope
he's not reading this forum. He's rather uptight with people mentioning his name
in the Internet.... :)

But seriously, I don't think my source know. But try to ask the owner of Shoreline
gymn. He may know. I heard he canceled his plan to open one in Milpitas (and
is looking for another place).

Originally posted by raymond
Oops... After a few long days of overtime, plus it was very late when I submitted
my last post, I guess my mind was just not there anymore. But it seems you
guys are all too sharp and fast to recognize the mistake and offer the proper
correction...:rolleyes:

Hmm... Kwun, I really wish I know. I heard this from someone who in turn
heard this from "John" (who plays at Shoreline and at Sunnyvale). I hope
he's not reading this forum. He's rather uptight with people mentioning his name
in the Internet.... :)

But seriously, I don't think my source know. But try to ask the owner of Shoreline
gymn. He may know. I heard he canceled his plan to open one in Milpitas (and
is looking for another place).

OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! :p

There are practically no place to play in fremont... and theres no badminton store! i don't want to drive to san jose just to buy a racket and drive to plesanton to play!!:mad:

Originally posted by shiriblue


There are practically no place to play in fremont... and theres no badminton store! i don't want to drive to san jose just to buy a racket and drive to plesanton to play!!:mad:


Sorry to be off topic, but very well understand ur feeling...

Well, I have to order racket online (since there's no local store within driving distance", and my closest club is 35 miles away from home, the farthest is 65 miles. So, 70-130 miles of driving + badminton, heheheheheh....

Originally posted by shiriblue
OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! OPEN IN FREMONT! :p

There are practically no place to play in fremont... and theres no badminton store! i don't want to drive to san jose just to buy a racket and drive to plesanton to play!!:mad:

there is one place in Newark. do a search in this forum and you will find it.

Originally posted by raymond
Oops... After a few long days of overtime, plus it was very late when I submitted
my last post, I guess my mind was just not there anymore. But it seems you
guys are all too sharp and fast to recognize the mistake and offer the proper
correction...:rolleyes:

Hmm... Kwun, I really wish I know. I heard this from someone who in turn
heard this from "John" (who plays at Shoreline and at Sunnyvale). I hope
he's not reading this forum. He's rather uptight with people mentioning his name
in the Internet.... :)

But seriously, I don't think my source know. But try to ask the owner of Shoreline
gymn. He may know. I heard he canceled his plan to open one in Milpitas (and
is looking for another place).

well, there is a rumor that the ASBY people is working on one. maybe that's what John was refering to.

and it looks like BANC isn't working on it anymore for now. they seems to be happy with the SJSU gym.

even with the rent in the bay area going down, the monthly rent for the large gyms we are talking about is huge. imagine if it is $1/sq.ft, we are still talking about US$35k/month. the risk for taking up such a lease is big and the people involved will be in big debt if they were to fail to recover the cost. that is just an unfortunately side of the economics.

eh? ASBY is taking care of this? hrmms...i must check with them if i ever run into any of them.

Originally posted by kwun
there is one place in Newark. do a search in this forum and you will find it.

I know there is Kwun. The Silliman Center in Newark. However if you are not a resident of Newark like me, I have to pay 3 bucks each time i want to play... I don't have that much money. :(

The City Beach website says they have 16 professional courts in their gym. Is that a good place to play?

Originally posted by shiriblue
I know there is Kwun. The Silliman Center in Newark. However if you are not a resident of Newark like me, I have to pay 3 bucks each time i want to play... I don't have that much money. :(

do you expect a gym to open and offers court space for free?

as i said, if this place rumored do open up, the rent will be astronomical (US$20,000+ per month), if they offer the gym time for free, how are they going to make up the cost?

Originally posted by Californian
The City Beach website says they have 16 professional courts in their gym. Is that a good place to play?

8 bucks per person everytime you go in...

Thats true Kwun, but its like fremont has the irvington center thats free, but it is ran by the city. Plesenton is free i believe.

Should regard anything free (like a badminton court) as a bonus rather than the norm.

In most places I've played, it costs to play badminton.

Originally posted by shiriblue
8 bucks per person everytime you go in...

Thats true Kwun, but its like fremont has the irvington center thats free, but it is ran by the city. Plesenton is free i believe.

what Cheung said.

i have been to many gyms in the bay area, the place you mentioned is the first (and thus only) one i heard of that is free. all the rest, including Pleasanton, charges from $2->$6 for entry. $3 is actually not bad.

Originally posted by kwun
well, there is a rumor that the ASBY people is working on one. maybe that's what John was refering to.


I know. That's what I heard more than 6 months ago. A few days ago,
I emailed them. Apparently, the project was on-hold. They're supposed to
shared the big gymn with soccer set up, but the latter was stalled. So
nothing happens. Looks like this big gymn thing may not happen for another
while...:(

kwun can u tell me if there is any place in newark or fremont area where i can play badminton

Originally posted by kwun
what Cheung said.

i have been to many gyms in the bay area, the place you mentioned is the first (and thus only) one i heard of that is free. all the rest, including Pleasanton, charges from $2->$6 for entry. $3 is actually not bad.

Everyone here is complaining about how badminton is expensive and all.
The shoreline gym (known as the Bintang Badminton Academy), however is trying to make badminton affordable for everyone.
We have open gym every day except for thursdays from 7-10pm. You can come as many times as you want, but you only pay $25 bucks a month. Tats less than a dollar for each time you come assuming you come every day of the month tat it is open.

I agree that we only have 3 courts, but often times there is barely anyone there.

Plus, we have a store there, where we sell badminton equipment and we gurantee that our prices are lower than any of the retail stores in the bay area. This is because we are a non-profit organization, and our goal isnt to make money, it is to promote the sport.

So please support our cause by buying stuff from us. (You are getting the best prices.

If any of you guys have seen any of your friends wear that read Doubles Showdown T-shirt, tat was from the tournament tat we sponsored. Tat was actually our very first tournament.

Originally posted by n00b
kwun can u tell me if there is any place in newark or fremont area where i can play badminton

read this thread first and then do a search.