Highmark Sportsworks

I loved going her when I was a kid, so getting to take my own babies was so special. they don't have as much as they used to. But the kids still seemed to have a wonderful time

our kids has fun, there is a ton to learn, i love the fact they have a area designed for babies who are just learning to walk/crawling. not alot of places have that type of thing. and when you have a 11 month old who also wants down to play but there is bigger kids running around this type if area is so special and thoughtful! unfortunately alot of parents let their older kids run in there making it dangerous for the little ones. but I will say when the staff caught it they would kick them nicely out of that area and I so appreciated the fact they did that! Ours kids favorite part was the submarine tour which was really well done staff had every answer to every question. and then the 4th floor play area along with all the energy tables and the human body tables. they had such a blast. I will say there is alot of reading so in some ways its a bit better for older kids. BUT there was also enough to do that our 9 yr old, toddler, and 11 month old all seem to have alot of fun! I was a tad disappointed in the sports building though that's why I'm going to do 4 stars. and that's still hardly deserve 4. but alot of things were out of order, rock wall was the biggest thing my child wanted and it was not open. they also don't have as many things to do in there as they did years ago when I went, and part of that truly may have been to so many things being out of order or closed. luckily that build comes with general ticket admission so I can't say it wasted our money. but we only spent like maybe 10 mins in there and then our kids wanted to go back in the main building. the main building also had a few things no longer working I'd love to see them be able to get some of that fixed and working properly again. it's such a great educational building.

I was very disappointed in the Sportsworks. We had an eleven year old with us, and there was not a lot of activities geared for that age. Almost nothing for teenagers. The rock wall was closed, several activities were broken, and I was expecting some other high adventure/ropes course, but it has been removed. I only recommend both the Carnegie Science Center and Highmark Sportsworks for youth ages 10 and under.

Very cool research/science based facility. More geared towards kids and teenagers, but it was awesome to see them wanting to be active. Still worth checking out. Careful going on a weekday during school hours. Sadly some things were not working, but only because said kids are just being kids.

We went to the sportworks part only. $25 per adult when you're just trying to get your kid in the door seems a bit much. Grandparents, parents, and only one kid actually playing... over $100. That's especially true when more than half the machines are broken. Some don't function at all and others just not properly. Rock wall was down. The race timer was broken on the track. Buttons on half the other machines didn't register. Even the robot that shoots basketballs missed 8 out of 10 shots when we were watching! I guess the kid had fun but way overpriced for what it is. Maybe we just went on the wrong day and things are usually better.