Where can I play open gym basketball in Gwinnett County?
Gwinnett County runs open gym at six county gyms — Bogan Park, George Pierce Park, Rhodes Jordan Park, Best Friend Park, Lucky Shoals Park and Lenora Park. Admission is $2.25 for adults 18-49, $1.25 under 18 and 50+, plus $2 if you live outside Gwinnett. The City of Sugar Hill's E Center charges $2 and publishes fixed hours; the county gyms do not.
Last checked 15 October 2026
The six county gyms
Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation operates six indoor gyms, and that number comes from the county's own indoor-rental roster rather than from a directory — if a gym is not on this list, the county does not run it.
| Gym | Address | City | Phone | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Bogan Park Community Recreation Center | 2723 N Bogan Rd NE | Buford | — | | George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center | 55 Buford Hwy | Suwanee | — | | Rhodes Jordan Park Gym | 100 East Crogan Street | Lawrenceville | 678.277.0890 | | Best Friend Park Gym | 6224 Jimmy Carter Blvd | Norcross | 678.277.0222 | | Lucky Shoals Park Gym | 4651 Britt Rd | Norcross | 678.277.0860 | | Lenora Park Gym | 4515 Lenora Church Rd | Snellville | 678.277.0985 |
What it costs
Admission to open gym is $2.25 for adults 18-49 and $1.25 for under-18s and anyone 50 or over, with a $2 surcharge if you do not live in Gwinnett. You can check out a basketball at the desk, so you do not strictly need to bring your own.
At $2.25 that is the cheapest published adult drop-in rate of any county parks system in metro Atlanta. For how that compares across the rest of the metro, see how much open gym basketball costs in Atlanta.
The catch: the county does not publish a basketball schedule
This is the part every other listing leaves out. Gwinnett runs open gym "during regular operating hours", and the park gyms are generally open Monday to Thursday 9:00am-9:00pm and Friday to Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm — but those are building hours, not basketball hours. The court goes to leagues, camps and rentals for large parts of the week, and several of the county's own park pages say outright that open gym hours "may be limited" or "may vary".
So the honest instruction is: call the gym before you drive over. The numbers above are the direct lines. It is the difference between a run and a locked door.
The one place in the county that does publish hours
If you want hours you can plan around, the City of Sugar Hill's E Center, 5009 West Broad Street, Sugar Hill, is the exception. The city publishes open play Monday to Saturday 7:00am-9:00pm and Sunday noon-6:00pm at $2 per person — the widest published open-play window we have found anywhere in the metro, and tied for the cheapest adult admission. The city still notes that hours move with programming, so (770) 831-7413 is worth a call, but this is a published schedule rather than an invitation to phone around.
If you would rather have the court to yourself
Gwinnett rents its gyms by the hour: $40 for Gwinnett residents, $60 for non-residents and $30 for non-profits, rising to $60 / $90 / $45 for a fundraiser or tournament. Every rental carries a $100 security deposit and proof of $1,000,000 general liability insurance. Full detail on the metro-wide picture is in how to rent a gym for basketball in Atlanta and in our breakdown of what it costs to rent a gym for basketball in Atlanta.
Also in Gwinnett
Gwinnett's school gyms are rentable through the district rather than drop-in, and the county's parks also hold outdoor courts that are free and need no call at all. Browse everything we hold in the area from the court directory.
Prices, hours and phone numbers above are as published by Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation and the City of Sugar Hill, read 14-15 October 2026. Park systems change rates at the start of a season — if you find one of these out of date, the venue's own page is the authority.
Answers
Other questions, answered
- Where can I play open gym basketball in Atlanta?
About two dozen metro Atlanta gyms publish open gym basketball times.
- Where can I play basketball in Marietta, GA?
Custer Park Sports & Fitness Center is the only Marietta gym with open play basketball on a published rate: $2 a visit, $1 under 18, or $50 a year for Cobb County residents.
- Can I play basketball at a church gym in Atlanta?
Sometimes, but rarely without asking first.
- How do I find a pickup basketball game in Atlanta?
There are three ways, in order of reliability: check a rec center that publishes its open-gym schedule, show up at a lighted public park court in the evening, or use an app to see runs before you drive.
- Where can I play basketball in Gainesville, GA?
Hall County sells an Open Gym Membership for basketball specifically — $12 a month plus a one-time $5 card fee — valid at East Hall, North Hall and Mulberry Creek community centers, or $10 for a three-visit pass.
- Where can I play basketball in Roswell, GA?
Roswell is one of the few metro cities that publishes adult basketball open-play times.
- How much does open gym basketball cost in Atlanta?
Between free and $10 a session, depending on which city runs the gym.
- Where can I play indoor basketball in Atlanta?
Indoor basketball in metro Atlanta lives in four places: city and county rec centers, church family-life centers, school gyms rented by the hour, and private training facilities.
- Where can I play basketball in Decatur, GA?
Decatur has the best-documented open gym in metro Atlanta.
- Where can I play pickup basketball on a weeknight in Atlanta?
Four metro gyms publish weeknight basketball: Oakhurst Recreation Center in Decatur on Thursdays 7–9pm, Roswell's Bill Johnson Community Activity Building on Tuesdays and Thursdays 6–7:30pm, Kennesaw First Baptist on Mondays 6:30–9pm for men 16 and over, and Hembree Park in Roswell on Mondays and Wednesdays until 8pm.
- How do I rent a gym for basketball in Atlanta?
Almost every school gym in metro Atlanta rents by the hour through its district's facility-use portal — Atlanta Public Schools, Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Clayton each run their own.