PRO 3:5 Sports
Rating
Family of 4
The clearest published number is birthday parties: $385 covers 16 guests for a two-hour party, with additional children at $20 each and a maximum of 30 kids, secured by a $100 non-refundable deposit that can be applied to a rescheduled date.
Duration
1-2 hours
Best Ages
6-14
About
Pro 3:5 Sports Academy is an indoor sports facility in North Raleigh that has quietly become one of the go-to answers for the two hardest scheduling problems Wake County parents face: what to do with a kid on a track-out day, and where to hold a birthday party for a nine-year-old who does not want a bounce house anymore.
The activity list is deliberately broad. Basketball and volleyball run as pickup, clinics and tournaments. There is a CoEd T-Ball league for the youngest players, a Girls Basketball League and clinic, a Boys Basketball clinic and a Girls Volleyball clinic.
Beyond the standard sports you will find wiffle ball, dodgeball, soccer, batting cages and golf simulators, which is a useful mix because it means a kid who is lukewarm about basketball still has four other things to do. The tournament calendar leans into that variety with a Cosmic Wiffle Ball tournament, a dodgeball tournament and 3-on-3 basketball brackets.
Day camps are aimed at kids ages 6 and up and are scheduled around track-outs, teacher workdays and school closures rather than only summer. If you are on a year-round calendar, that is the single most valuable thing about this place, because coverage in October and February is far harder to find than coverage in July.
Birthday parties are where the details get specific, and the facility bills itself as Raleigh's top sports party venue. The base package is $385 for 16 guests with additional children at $20 each, capped at 30 kids, held with a $100 non-refundable deposit that can be applied to a rescheduled date. The party runs two hours: roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes in the sports space with two trained party coaches running activities like basketball, soccer, dodgeball, football, wiffle ball and Dude Perfect style games, then time in a private party room.
Included are two large pizzas from Sergio's Pizza, Sprite and lemonade, paper products and utensils. You bring the cake, and there is a freezer on site. Outside food is welcome, extra pizzas are $20 each with three hours of notice, waivers are required for every participating guest, and piñatas are not allowed.
Confirm current pricing when you book.
A few practical notes. The birthday child must be at least 6, so this is not a preschool venue, though younger siblings can attend with adult supervision. Directory listings show hours around 8:30 a.
m. to 8:30 p. m.
on weekdays, but call (919) 438-2144 to confirm, and check which North Raleigh location your specific program runs at. Nursing and changing facilities are not documented publicly. Cindy Trumbower Playground is the nearest listed playground.
Age Suitability
Parent Logistics
Stroller-Friendly
Limited
Nursing / Changing
Unknown
Kid Meals
N/A
Setting
Indoor
Rainy Day
Great option!
Plan Your Visit
Best Time to Visit
Wake County track-out weeks and teacher workdays are the sweet spot, because that is when the day camps run and the building is aimed squarely at kids rather than adult leagues. Evenings skew toward adult pickup basketball and volleyball. Birthday parties are a two-hour block, so pick your slot and build the day around it rather than trying to add errands on either side.
Wait Times
No general admission line, since almost everything runs on registration or reservation. Booking lead time is the real constraint: birthday parties require a $100 deposit to hold a date, and popular Saturday slots go early, so reserve several weeks ahead. Extra pizzas for a party need three hours of advance notice, not a day-of request.
Nearby Food
There is no general concession stand, though party packages include two large pizzas from Sergio's Pizza plus Sprite and lemonade, with additional pizzas at $20 each on three hours' notice. Outside food is welcome. The facility sits in North Raleigh near the Falls of Neuse and Six Forks corridors, so you are within a short drive of a wide range of casual restaurants, pizza places and coffee shops. Winston's Grille is the closest listed restaurant in our data, and North Hills to the south gives you the biggest concentration of family-friendly sit-down options.
Why Kids Love It
The menu here is basically a nine-year-old's dream list: basketball, dodgeball, wiffle ball, soccer, football, batting cages, golf simulators and Dude Perfect style trick-shot games. Nobody sits on a bench waiting for a turn, because the format is constant motion with coaches running the games. The tournaments are what hook the older kids, especially the Cosmic Wiffle Ball tournament and the 3-on-3 basketball brackets, which give tweens a real competition to train for.
Pro Tips from Parents
- The birthday child must be at least 6 years old, though younger siblings may attend with adult supervision, so this is not the venue for a preschool party
- Parties run two hours total, with about 1 hour and 20 minutes of that in the sports space with two coaches and the rest in the private party room, so plan cake for the back end
- Waivers are required for every participating guest, so send the link out with the invitation rather than collecting signatures at the door
- Piñatas are not permitted and outside food is welcome, including your own cake, with a freezer available on site
- Directory listings show hours around 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, but confirm at (919) 438-2144, and verify which North Raleigh location your program runs at when you book
What to Bring
- Non-marking indoor court shoes, since the surfaces are shared across basketball, volleyball and turf activities
- A signed waiver for every child participating, completed before arrival
- Water bottles, because the pace of the coached activities is nonstop
- A cake or dessert from home if you are hosting a party, plus any outside food you want, both of which are allowed
- A packed lunch and snacks for full camp days
Cost Info
Estimated Cost (Family of 4)
The clearest published number is birthday parties: $385 covers 16 guests for a two-hour party, with additional children at $20 each and a maximum of 30 kids, secured by a $100 non-refundable deposit that can be applied to a rescheduled date.
That package already includes two large pizzas from Sergio's Pizza, Sprite and lemonade, paper products and utensils, plus two party coaches, so the food is largely covered.
Camp, clinic, league and rental pricing is quoted separately and is not published on the public pages, so call (919) 438-2144.
Parking is free.
Tips to Save
- The party package does more work than it looks like.
- At $385 for 16 kids it already covers pizza, drinks, paper goods and two coaches running the activities, so compare it against a cheaper venue where you would be buying food and entertainment separately before deciding it is expensive.
- Outside food is welcome and you can bring your own cake with a freezer available on site, so there is no forced catering upsell.
- Additional pizzas are $20 each but require three hours of notice, which means ordering ahead is cheaper and easier than scrambling day-of.
- Piñatas are not permitted, so do not buy one.
- For camps, track-out and teacher workday days are usually the better value than a full summer week if you only need coverage for one or two days, and Parent's Night Out sessions typically cost less than a sitter for the same hours.
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