Open-play sessions
Show up, jump in. 75-minute rotations. Wednesdays and Fridays after school, Saturdays all afternoon, Sunday family hours.
See drop-in calendar →Sign your waiver online before you visit — it takes 90 seconds and gets you straight to the floor.
📍 Francis Scott Key Mall · Frederick MD
NEXT DROP-INFridayMay 22 · 5:00 PM9 spots open
Run. Sweat. Play. Frederick's family arena.
Blast'D! is the indoor playground Frederick has been missing — Blaster Battles, capture-the-flag, four flavors of dodgeball, and the little-kid classics (hide and seek, tag, monster), all played on real teams with live scoring on the big board. Built for birthday parties, drop-in fun, league nights, and Sunday family hours. Bring the kids, bring the grown-ups, drink from the water fountain, leave tired.
Inside Francis Scott Key Mall — 5500 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick MD. 15 minutes from Urbana, 25 from Mt. Airy, easy hop off I-270.
BLAST'D CAPTURE THE FLAG
LIVE PLASMA
14
FLAG · HOME
03:42
LIVE
ACID
11
FLAG · HOME
PLASMA ACID
SCOREBOARD · v4.1
9
GAMES IN ROTATION
12
PLAYERS PER ROUND
90+
MIN OF MOVEMENT
75″
BIG BOARD LIVE SCORING
WHAT WE PLAY
Nine games. One arena. Real running.
Our Marshalls rotate through games during every session — so no one gets stuck doing the same thing for an hour. Kids who love sprinting come for Blaster Battles and dodgeball. Strategic types live for capture-the-flag. The 5-and-unders get hide-and-seek, tag, and Monster. Bring a water bottle — or use the fountain by the lobby, like the old days.
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Blaster Battles
Foam-blaster team battles — the signature Blast'D! experience.
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Capture the Flag
Two flags, two cells, four minutes. Strategy + speed.
DODGEBALL — FOUR FLAVORS
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Old-School
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Doctor
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Half-Arena
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360°
LITTLE-KID GAMES
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Hide & Seek
Arena-wide, lights dimmed.
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Tag
Six flavors. Marshall picks.
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Monster
Marshall is the monster.
THREE WAYS TO PLAY
Walk in, plan ahead, or join the league.
Birthday + group parties
Exclusive arena access for your group. Three packages. Marshall runs the show — you get to actually relax.
See party packages →Leagues + tournaments
Tuesdays = family teams. Thursdays = adult + teen co-ed. Saturday Showdown brackets every other weekend.
See league nights →PHOTO
JIM IN THE LOBBY
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OUR STORY
Built by a Frederick dad who missed real play.
"I wanted to build the kind of place I grew up playing in — scraped knees, water-fountain breaks, real teams, real rivalries. Just with a better scoreboard."
Blast'D! Arena was started by Frederick native Jim Crane to bring back the kind of after-school, all-ages fun he grew up with — running around, picking teams, settling it on the floor. Two years of design and engineering later, the arena lives inside Francis Scott Key Mall, with custom sensors, a 75-inch board lighting up every play, and a crew of Marshalls who actually love running a good game.
Read the full story in the Frederick News Post: "Sports activity business hopes to bring back old-school games" →
More about Blast'D!
NOW HIRING
$15–$19 / HR · EVENINGS + WEEKENDS
Run the arena with us.
Walk-in hiring day: Thu May 22, 5–7 PM. Party Igniters, Game Marshalls, Arena Hosts — three lanes, immediate start.
FROM THE ARENA
Real games. Real stats. Real recaps.
Every party and league night gets a recap card with top capture, top scorer, and shareable highlights. Hosts can show their kid the moment they made the saving play.
RECAP
PLASMA def. ACID
3 GAMES · 1H 22M
Top capture: Joe S. — flag with 4 seconds left.
Top scorer: Jane D. — 47 points.
Read the full recap → RECAP
PLASMA def. ACID
3 GAMES · 1H 22M
Top capture: Joe S. — flag with 4 seconds left.
Top scorer: Jane D. — 47 points.
Read the full recap → RECAP
PLASMA def. ACID
3 GAMES · 1H 22M
Top capture: Joe S. — flag with 4 seconds left.
Top scorer: Jane D. — 47 points.
Read the full recap →FREDERICK, MD
Right in the middle of FSK Mall.
Park near the food court — we're a short walk in. Easy stop on the way home from the soccer fields, the elementary school pickup, or anywhere in Frederick County.
FROM
Frederick
FROM
Urbana
FROM
Mt. Airy
FROM
Walkersville
FROM
Middletown
FROM
Thurmont
FROM
New Market
FROM
Brunswick
NOW OPEN FOR BOOKINGS
Come play with us.
Drop in this week, book a birthday for next month, or sign up a team for a league. We'll be ready.