Kids Can't Get Enough Gaga

When kids from Westchester were travelling all the way to Manhattan for a birthday party at the Gaga Center, the owners realized that opening a second location would be a good idea. "With back-to-back bookings and some customers traveling from Westchester to our Manhattan space for parties and open sessions, Westchester quickly became an obvious choice for our next center," said Marcy Singer, who together with her own childhood camp friend, Alissa Schmelkin, founded The Gaga Center three years ago. "We are expanding to meet demand, and we are just getting started."

Gaga is a sport that has taken schools and summer camps by storm. The fast-paced, high-energy game is played in an octagonal pit. It combines the skills of dodging, running and jumping, while trying to touch opponents with a soft ball below the knees. This safe sport has been dubbed a 'kinder gentler form of dodgeball.'

The Gaga Center Scarsdale has three permanent gaga pits, a private party room for birthday and graduation parties, corporate parties and team building events, camp and family reunions, school and camp outings, and group playdates. Mirroring its Manhattan location, the center is filled with sun, has high ceilings, bright colors, a booming sound system and an experienced coaching staff. The 3,400 square-foot space is centrally located in the Archway Shopping Center (near California Pizza Kitchen!)

In addition to The Gaga Center's signature birthday parties, kids can sign up for weekly after school programs, as well as playtime during days off from school. Small groups can rent private pits by the hour, which include coaches to ref games. The center also offers daytime sports classes for the nursery set.

The Gaga Center is known for its high level of customer service and web capabilities. With its efficient use of technology, the company enables parents to mobilize large groups of kids with the click of a button. All the organizer has to do is pick the date and time, and send out a URL link provided by The Gaga Center. Each parent then uses The Gaga Center's extremely mobile-friendly site to register his or her child for the group playdate, graduation party, reunion, or school conference day get together.

In just two short months, The Gaga Center Scarsdale has already hosted dozens of birthday parties and loads of school and other youth group events. "Gaga the sport has expanded in popularity in recent years and The Gaga Center brand has grown with it," said Schmelkin. "Our Manhattan customers can't get enough gaga and we are so happy to be bringing the fun to Scarsdale."

The Gaga Center
365 Central Park Avenue
Scarsdale, NY 10583
(914) 368-9889
www.gagacenter.com