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Lou Berliner Sports Park

Park Sports complex City park

Park home to the nation's largest softball complex, plus picnic areas, a playground & sports fields. People often mention fields, park, softball, great, nice, play, Great, parking, tournament, baseball,


Address

1300 Deckenbach Rd, Columbus, OH 43223, United States

Website

columbusrecparks.com

Contact

+1 614-645-3366

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (1.4K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 7 am to 11 pm
  • Wednesday: 7 am to 11 pm
  • Thursday: 7 am to 11 pm
  • Friday: 7 am to 11 pm
  • Saturday: 7 am to 11 pm
  • Sunday: 7 am to 11 pm
  • Monday: 7 am to 11 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: fields (42) park (27) softball (20) great (19) nice (17) play (13) Great (12) parking (10) tournament (9) baseball (9)
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  • 4/5 Jaime C. 1 year ago on Google • 174 reviews
    Pretty impressive facility! Soooooo many fields. I think 32! Turf infield and grass outfield. It poured rain for hours and the fields cleaned up perfectly! The port o potties were not great. The parking was a bit of a hassle for this particular tournament. Very crowded. Food trucks came in which was great! Fences all around and lights on some of the fields. All in all pretty great! So many birds flying around and a great walking/running/biking path behind some of the back fields.
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jodi M. 1 year ago on Google • 114 reviews
    Amazing ball fields. Turf wars tournaments were held there this weekend and they were ran so well. The tournament moved along so well I was impressed. Plenty of parking. They allow coolers and grills. The fencing around the fields is nice so you don’t worry so much about foul balls.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Haley H. 11 months ago on Google
    My all-around favorite fields!!! Will definitely go back !!!
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Carle_ B. 2 years ago on Google
    I love when our travel softball team has tournaments here. Always clean always friendly staff. Hit that Thumbs Up Button guys if this review helped you!☺
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Julie K. 4 years ago on Google • 43 reviews
    Good facility. Fenced and covered dug-outs. Concessions average. No batting cages. Better than average umps. Small Bleachers at each field with room for chairs. Parking everywhere. Dirt infield. I hope our team goes back.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Kevin S. 4 months ago on Google • 151 reviews
    Best rec softball park in the country, would like to see anything healthy at the snack bar which is why I have to give it four stars

  • 1/5 Jeff S. 6 months ago on Google • 60 reviews
    Fields are nice but that is the only nice thing I can say. Parking is a disaster, bathrooms are always filthy and never have toilet paper and the company they contract the concessions to charges astronomical prices. I would recommend not bringing you team to this venue.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dann H. 6 months ago on Google • 64 reviews
    Always has wonderful service staff working the snack stands and their fields are always in impeccable shape, the food is also amazing which is something incredible to say about a snack stand type environment. Definitely would recommend for any softball event

  • 5/5 Jason R. 5 months ago on Google • 55 reviews
    $5 to get in. As a travel ball parent, this is awesome. Great park, clean and some decent shade in some places.

  • 5/5 Eric C. 3 years ago on Google
    Great place
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Meg 5 years ago on Google
    We absolutely love coming here with our dogs, we don’t come for baseball/softball. They love coming to run and run and run! We are a little disappointed that everything is fenced off now for all the baseball diamonds, but I know the park is there for baseball and not the dogs lol. Regardless, they can still run and have fun there. It’s always been a really nice park and we’ve always enjoyed going there to walk around, it’s really cool that the diamonds are astroturfed now.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Caroline V. 4 years ago on Google
    Cool park. 31 ball diamonds. Behind brown building on the west side of park is a walking trail that links into Scioto Trails.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chris S. 3 years ago on Google
    Fun clean environment, softball Capitol of the world
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Sam Z. 3 years ago on Google
    U18 softball tournament & the fields have temporary 3 foot outfield fences at 180 feet. Too short of distance for this age. There's plenty of grass to extend fencing another 20 feet & fence should be taller. You have to pay $5 to enter the park each day; should offer a deal for $10 for 3day tournament weekend. Fields at back of park only have Porta potties. With all the money they make on admissions, they should have a small building with bathrooms. 😕
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Stormi C. 5 months ago on Google • 44 reviews
    Nice turf fields. Real bathrooms near most of the fields, but some are farther away and have port-a-pottys close. Plenty of parking. Great concession stand food but it is on the pricey side.

  • 3/5 Mae S. 4 months ago on Google • 30 reviews
    This was an evening where I just got out to walk the doggie and capture some great photos of the setting sun. I love it here.

  • 5/5 Corey C. 2 years ago on Google
    Amazing Park great facilities well maintained and ran with efficient order. Truly enjoyed the views of the softball world series tonight and can't wait to go back and use the batting cages and reminisce of when I was a boy playing at this Park. Definitely recommend to bring the kids to get out in the community and learn all about America's sport and all it's core values and disciplines.

  • 4/5 Mimi S. 1 year ago on Google
    A lot of parking spots The concession stand doesn't open for late games after 4pm. So, plan accordingly Area was mostly clean There is however a black wire sticking out of the ground where you get into fields 14-17... dangerous tripping hazard if someone wasn't looking, and someone can cut the cord just for fun.

  • 5/5 cdnichols51 1 year ago on Google
    The best softball park in all of Ohio, maybe even most of the nation. Lots of fields, decent parking, and the turf grass is very convenient on the infield.

  • 5/5 Greg B. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing facility. Awas there for touranet. Very nice diamonds, concession etc. It was very nice to see the nice playground with a giant canopy over it. What a great setup. No parking issues for having so many diamonds playing at once.

  • 4/5 Connor R. 1 year ago on Google
    everything is nice about these fields and overall facilities and staff. Usually we have good umpires here at berliner but this weekend the umps have been terrible not knowing rules and making lazy and bad calls. 1 umpire came off rude to a player because of a smart play the player made that the umpire thought was “not a baseball play”

  • 5/5 Eric W. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice complex, great for large tournaments. Fields are well taken care of.

  • 5/5 Deb S. 2 years ago on Google
    Super clean. Great diamonds. Had trams to take teams to fields. Well organized tournament.

  • 5/5 rod l. 2 years ago on Google
    fields were amazing to play on. only knock is not enough seating for bleachers but a huge complex with over 29 fields. Love it

  • 5/5 Kristin S. 2 years ago on Google
    Very nice facility, easy to get to and all fields are now turf.

  • 4/5 Mike B. 1 year ago on Google
    Easy in and out. Directions to each field clearly marked. Adequate parking. Ball fields well kept.

  • 2/5 Kimberly B. 2 years ago on Google
    The staff that I assume take care of the grounds were more like wanna be security or the police . It's a beautiful and huge park. It was just the staff for me that made me give two stars.

  • 4/5 Daniel M. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice facility and staff. This is a tough job - holding a 53-team softball tournament. They did about as well as anyone else, especially the umpires. Well done all!

  • 5/5 Steve F. 2 years ago on Google
    Amazing softball park. 32 turf fields, but some were odd because they built them out as baseball? Maybe. So 2nd base is in the "grass" part of the infield instead of the "dirt"

  • 5/5 John S. 3 years ago on Google
    Berliner park hosted a 30 team softball tournament and the facilities and staffing were top notch. Plenty of parking, restroom and vendor stands for the hundreds of people who attended. The field is AstroTurf so they are well maintained.

  • 5/5 Liz P. 1 year ago on Google
    Many, many ball fields. Easy to find #'s.play areas for younger kuds. Nice rest rooms, plentiful, & bleachers.

  • 5/5 Donna C P. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice park.. never been there. Watched my nephew play baseball. HOWEVER.. the stench from Frank Rd with the wind is KILLER! 🤢

  • 5/5 Jennifer H. 4 years ago on Google
    The fields are always clean and neat just a very well-maintained Park

  • 5/5 K. W. 1 year ago on Google
    The park is a great place to host tournaments. It's beautiful and has a great view of the Columbus city skyline.

  • 2/5 Matt G. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place to play some ball at. Good fields. Would be nice for them to add some security cameras because some cars got broken into. You think they would wanna look out for the people that play the money to play.

  • 5/5 TJ B. 1 year ago on Google
    I use the park for biking and disc golf-two things that arent specifically offered here, but its big and open. Always great except for weekends when its PACKED.

  • 5/5 Kurt W. 9 months ago on Google
    Really nice place with a couple miles of single track separated by a nice little skills area and the start of a flow trail. Highly recommend for new riders or folks looking to practice getting some air in very forgiving jumps.

  • 4/5 gary h. 9 months ago on Google
    Good signage to direct you to the field you need to get to. $5 per car admittance on weekends. You CAN re-enter same day without charge.

  • 3/5 David T. 11 months ago on Google
    They charge 5 dollars to park when There is softball going on. The food at the concession stand is way over priced bring lots of cash or credit card. The fields were fine no complaints there.

  • 3/5 johnnyv1938 10 months ago on Google
    Fields are nice. Bring your own food and drinks. For 2 candy bars and 2 Pepsi's was 18.00. Food prices are absolutely absurd.

  • 5/5 Jason W. 3 years ago on Google
    Best sports complex I have ever been to hands down. Amazing fields for looked to be all levels. Tons of fields lights turf what not to love.

  • 5/5 Angela W. 8 months ago on Google
    nice park, plenty of nice fields,concession stand is off the hook on their prices and their system of getting food out to sucks 30 minutes for 2 hot dogs, get a better system in place.

  • 5/5 Jaymouse73 S. 6 months ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Softball and baseball complex. It has 34 fields and all of them are turf fields. We have been coming here for about 7 years with my daughters for softball tournaments. Seems like something is add every time we come down. Great place for both softball and baseball tournaments. They have playgrounds for the kids, plenty of restrooms, and everyone brings there dogs with them. I'm always in heaven, so may dogs to pet and so many games to watch.

  • 4/5 Andrew C. 3 years ago on Google
    A ton of fields, plenty of room to park, and concessions available near most active fields. Ive also noticed CPD in the area everytime I've played, just keeping an eye on things in the parking area. My two biggest gripes are this; First, I've only ordered concessions there once and my food (pork sandwich) was cold. Second, if you are playing with playing with one of the farthest fields (like 31 or 32), im sorry for your luck. They are not as well maintained as this past weekend I played 31 and I was slipping on leaves and geese droppings, and the balls were changing directions weirdly in the OF. So, of course there are ways they can improve, however, most fields are fantastic and fun to play on.

  • 5/5 William H. 3 years ago on Google
    One of the biggest softball park I've been to

  • 4/5 Marvin L. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice complex but I dont agree paying for parking

  • 5/5 Mailk M. 3 years ago on Google
    Great place to play and a beautiful field's

  • 5/5 Evanglist Frank M G. 3 years ago on Google
    Bike trail view of downtown Columbus

  • 5/5 RAUL AROCHO I. 3 years ago on Google
    Best family picnic thus far.

  • 4/5 Mandie P. 3 years ago on Google
    Liked the fields and the good sh

  • 5/5 Brian L. 3 years ago on Google
    Good place to play softball

  • 5/5 louise H. 3 years ago on Google
    Love going to watch ball! Something our familt looks forward to

  • 5/5 Sylvia T. 3 years ago on Google
    Awsome

  • 5/5 Frank F. 3 years ago on Google
    Best place to play softball!

  • 5/5 James G. 3 years ago on Google
    Great family experience

  • 4/5 John M. 3 years ago on Google
    Clean facility, great amount of viewing space.

  • 2/5 Vance A. 3 years ago on Google
    A little disappointed with them.They wouldn't allow my girls volleyball team to practice there.

  • 4/5 JoAnn C. 3 years ago on Google
    Great park

  • 4/5 Scott D. 3 years ago on Google
    pretty big..easy to find

  • 5/5 Jonathan S. 4 years ago on Google
    Very cool park. Very big. Great staff.

  • 5/5 Richard W. 3 years ago on Google
    Great place to spend your time and day peaceful and quite of you like softball games this is a great place to come to on the weekends plenty games your choice and plenty of available space to have your personal cook outs this is my favorite park of all parks

  • 3/5 Jamie F. 4 years ago on Google
    Did a drive thru

  • 4/5 keli a. 3 years ago on Google
    I havent been to the fields in 10 yrs until now. The new turf fields are so nice! Glad they put up the higher sagety netting around the diamonds.

  • 3/5 Sheila P. 4 years ago on Google
    Was ok however bringing your walking shoes. If you play all day on different fields all over the park you can get a good walk in.

  • 4/5 Christopher G. 4 years ago on Google
    Very well maintained ball fields lots of tournament games played here. The gym is cool as eell

  • 4/5 Tamra H. 4 years ago on Google
    Grew up here even before all the baseball fields were there.. When it was full of bike trails

  • 5/5 Matthew D. 4 years ago on Google
    I love it because I love sports

  • 3/5 R.A. D. 4 years ago on Google
    Because they have to deal with the superficial people that don't know how to be grateful for what is there and a relatively close homeless population (of which the few that are there actually help the park and not hinder and are rarely seen) I take issue with some of the "by wrote" policies. Parks are supposed to be a boon to the community at large. It could be much more pretty if not for the trash regularly dumped by the ones that regularly use it if a coop. was formed with the ones forced to live there by the same population that regularly trashes the place. NOTE: All you that fall into this category by your own actions should take the time to actually look past their prejudices to the reality.

  • 4/5 Drum M. 4 years ago on Google
    I said that the South End smells bad

  • 3/5 Monster F. 4 years ago on Google
    The South End smells bad

  • 4/5 Kelli S. 4 years ago on Google
    Most of the fields are great! Unfortunately, field 7 is quite hilly in right field. Turf infield is great but when you get an ankle injury in right field you don't really appreciate the turf. The rest of the fields are in great shape! The food at the consessions is good, and prices are what we expected! A great place for a softball tournament. Easy to park close, and easily accessible from the interstate.

  • 5/5 Micheal M. 4 years ago on Google
    Really outstanding place , a must to get your family out of the house .

  • 5/5 Steve R. 4 years ago on Google
    If you like softball, this is the most exciting place in America.

  • 4/5 Frank H. 4 years ago on Google
    It looks like a great place to live

  • 5/5 jr h. 4 years ago on Google
    Great pace staff was friendly

  • 3/5 Chris H. 3 years ago on Google
    Lots of diamonds and has a great athletic complex where the yeh hold lots of adult leagues throughout the year. Very clean park although the people who run the leagues and Rex plex are not very professional and are not keen on getting back to you

  • 4/5 William Sheehan, I. 3 years ago on Google
    The fields are top notch, but be careful if you use the Lower Scioto Trail that runs along the East side of the park. I've been yelled at and threatened by the junkies that congregate there. The rangers rarely patrol that part of the trail.

  • 4/5 Barbra S. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice facility


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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