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NEXT DROP-INThursday Jul 9 · 4:00 PM

Run. Sweat. Play. Frederick's family arena.

Blast'D! is the indoor playground Frederick has been missing — Blaster Battles, capture-the-flag, four flavors of dodgeball, and the little-kid classics (hide and seek, tag, monster), all played on real teams with live scoring on the big board. Built for birthday parties, drop-in fun, league nights, and Sunday family hours. Bring the kids, bring the grown-ups, drink from the water fountain, leave tired.

See what's on this week → Book a birthday party What we play

Inside Francis Scott Key Mall — 5500 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick MD. 15 minutes from Urbana, 25 from Mt. Airy, easy hop off I-270.

A player in a neon vest and safety glasses laughing while aiming a foam blaster in the blacklit arena
Game night on the floor — blaster up, big laugh.

9

GAMES IN ROTATION

12

PLAYERS PER ROUND

90+

MIN OF MOVEMENT

75″

BIG BOARD LIVE SCORING

WHAT WE PLAY

Nine games. One arena. Real running.

Our Marshalls rotate through games during every session — so no one gets stuck doing the same thing for an hour. Kids who love sprinting come for Blaster Battles and dodgeball. Strategic types live for capture-the-flag. The 5-and-unders get hide-and-seek, tag, and Monster. Bring a water bottle — or use the fountain by the lobby, like the old days.

  • Blaster Battles

    Foam-blaster team battles — the signature Blast'D! experience.

  • Capture the Flag

    Two flags, two cells, four minutes. Strategy + speed.

DODGEBALL — FOUR FLAVORS

  • Old-School

  • Doctor

  • Half-Arena

  • 360°

LITTLE-KID GAMES

  • Hide & Seek

    Arena-wide, lights dimmed.

  • Tag

    Six flavors. Marshall picks.

  • Monster

    Marshall is the monster.

INSIDE THE ARENA

This is what a night here actually looks like.

The blacklight floor, the gear wall, the birthday party room, the lounge to catch your breath, and a whole lot of running. Real photos from Blast'D! — no stock, no staging.

The Blast'D! arena floor under blacklight, with glowing green bunkers and a sweeping light beam
Blacklights up: the floor glows, the beams sweep.
Numbered hooks of glowing neon jerseys and foam blasters along the armory wall under blacklight
The armory — a numbered jersey and a blaster, one per player.
The Blast'D! birthday party room with a light-up number 8, foil balloons, a disco ball and purple tables
The birthday party room — yours for the session.
The Blast'D! lounge with purple sofas, hot-pink ottomans and bar-height tables
The lounge — land between rounds.
A row of glowing pink, purple and green balls along the center line of the dark arena
Blacklight nights: everything glows.
Two players in neon jerseys crouched with glowing pink dodgeballs, ready to throw
Game faces on, dodgeballs loaded.
A large group of women holding foam blasters and cheering under the Blast'D! logo
Birthdays, leagues, and a serious group night out.
The empty blacklit arena with a spotlight beam, glowing pillar and smiley-face barrels
The empty arena, lit and waiting.

THREE WAYS TO PLAY

Walk in, plan ahead, or join the league.

DROP-IN

Open-play sessions

Show up, jump in. 75-minute rotations. Wednesdays and Fridays after school, Saturdays all afternoon, Sunday family hours.

See drop-in calendar →
PARTIES

Birthday + group parties

Exclusive arena access for your group. Three packages. Marshall runs the show — you get to actually relax.

See party packages →
LEAGUES

Leagues + tournaments

Tuesdays = family teams. Thursdays = adult + teen co-ed. Saturday Showdown brackets every other weekend.

See league nights →
The Blast'D! front desk beneath the illuminated logo, with a wall of foam blasters and balls behind it
The lobby Jim built — check in, gear up, go.

OUR STORY

Built by a Frederick dad who missed real play.

"I wanted to build the kind of place I grew up playing in — scraped knees, water-fountain breaks, real teams, real rivalries. Just with a better scoreboard."
— Jim Crane, founder

Blast'D! Arena was started by Frederick native Jim Crane to bring back the kind of after-school, all-ages fun he grew up with — running around, picking teams, settling it on the floor. Two years of design and engineering later, the arena lives inside Francis Scott Key Mall, with custom sensors, a 75-inch board lighting up every play, and a crew of Marshalls who actually love running a good game.

Read the full story in the Frederick News Post: "Sports activity business hopes to bring back old-school games" →

More about Blast'D!
NOW HIRING $15–$19 / HR · EVENINGS + WEEKENDS

Run the arena with us.

Part-time roles open year-round — flexible evenings & weekends, immediate start. Party Igniters, Game Marshalls, Arena Hosts — three lanes.

See open roles

GIFT CARDS

The gift that doesn't sit on a shelf.

Send instantly by email or print at home. $25 / $50 / $100 / your call.

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FROM THE ARENA

Real games. Real scores. Real recap.

The big board keeps score all night. When the session wraps, the host gets a recap card by email — final score, top capture, top scorer. Wins, losses, talking points for the ride home.

FREDERICK, MD

Right in the middle of FSK Mall.

Park near the swim school and dance academy — we're right next door. Easy stop on the way home from the soccer fields, the elementary school pickup, or anywhere in Frederick County.

FROM

Frederick

FROM

Urbana

FROM

Mt. Airy

FROM

Walkersville

FROM

Middletown

FROM

Thurmont

FROM

New Market

FROM

Brunswick

FIRST-LOOK LIST

Be the first in the door.

Drop-in slots, league sign-ups, weekend brackets, family hour — we'll email the booking links the moment they open. One click to unsubscribe.

NOW OPEN FOR BOOKINGS

Come play with us.

Drop in this week, book a birthday for next month, or sign up a team for a league. We'll be ready.

See the schedule → play@blastdarena.com

FIND US

Francis Scott Key Mall

5500 Buckeystown Pike

Frederick, MD 21703

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