Where can I play basketball in Roswell, GA?
Roswell is one of the few metro cities that publishes adult basketball open-play times. Bill Johnson Community Activity Building runs open play Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-7:30pm and Saturday 10:00am-4:30pm at $4 for residents, $6 for non-residents, cash only. Hembree Park Recreation Center lists basketball Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00am-8:00pm.
Last checked 15 October 2026
Three city gyms, and two of them publish a schedule
Most metro Atlanta cities will tell you a gym exists and leave you to phone around for the times. Roswell actually publishes them, which makes it one of the easier places in the metro to plan a run.
Bill Johnson Community Activity Building, 10495 Woodstock Road, inside Roswell Area Park. Two gymnasiums. Open play basketball runs Tuesday and Thursday 6:00pm-7:30pm and Saturday 10:00am-4:30pm. Admission is $4 per visit for Roswell residents and $6 for non-residents, cash only — worth knowing before you arrive with a card. Phone (770) 817-6670.
Note that this is the gym building at that address; the Physical Activity Center next door does not list a court.
Hembree Park Recreation Center, 850 Hembree Rd. The city lists basketball open play Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00am-8:00pm. Phone (770) 569-9746. Building hours are Monday to Thursday 9:00am-8:00pm, Friday 9:00am-6:00pm, Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm, closed Sunday.
East Roswell Recreation Center, 9000 Fouts Rd, at East Roswell Park. The city runs open play here too but publishes the schedule as a separate PDF rather than on the facility page, so the reliable move is to call (770) 594-6134. Same building hours as Hembree: Monday to Thursday 9:00am-8:00pm, Friday 9:00am-6:00pm, Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm, closed Sunday.
The one caveat the city repeats itself
On every one of these facilities the City of Roswell says the same thing: open play is not guaranteed and the schedule can change. Court time gets taken by programming, leagues and camps. The published times are a plan, not a promise, so a call on the day is still the difference between playing and turning around.
What it costs, in context
At $4 for a resident, Roswell sits in the middle of the metro: cheaper than Decatur's $5 drop-in, more than Gwinnett's $2.25 or the $2 at Custer Park in Marietta, and well under the day-pass rates at private clubs. The full ladder is in how much open gym basketball costs in Atlanta and in every published open-gym basketball time and price in metro Atlanta.
Renting a court instead
If you want guaranteed time with your own group rather than a drop-in, Roswell Recreation & Parks takes rental enquiries for the Bill Johnson gyms directly. For how rental pricing works across the metro, see how to rent a gym for basketball in Atlanta.
Nearby
Roswell sits between Alpharetta, Sandy Springs and Johns Creek, and there are outdoor courts in the city parks that cost nothing and need no call. Everything we hold in the area is in the court directory, and the wider north-metro picture is in where to play indoor basketball in Atlanta.
Times, prices and phone numbers as published by the City of Roswell Recreation, Parks, Historic & Cultural Affairs, read October 2026. The city itself warns the schedule moves — treat its facility pages as 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.