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Gator Paintball Field
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(727) 862-2222 |
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11122 Houston Ave.
Hudson, Florida 34667
USA
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| Date There: |
March 21st, 2008 |
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Paintball
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3 years |
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Other Fields
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dont no I went here on vacation |
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not to far from tampa |
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This place is not in the middle of nowere so thats a plus. The fields are great and have quite a variety... a nice hyperball like 2 airball and huge woods courses like ghost town and my favorite vietnam(tho my team got smoked that game). the refs and the owner couldnt of been more nice yet they were big on barrel pluugs and masks on which is a good safety precoution.There were some really good players some average and some newbies. youll be fine no matter what. They combine fields sometimes to make a "BIG GAME" as the owner calls it and it is quite big if i say so myself lol. which they play 3 man respawn during that which is when you wait for 3 men on your team do get hit(or woman.. gosh) overall you just need to come here even if you dont like woodsball type fields theres 2 airball and 1 hyperball to fit your needs but still just try the vietnam field once for me! THERES a BIG TRENCH IN IT! i give it a 9 because 10 is quite impossible in my mind unless there were a buffet line there as well and it was all indoors(yea right 30 acres in doors haha!) |
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| Last There: |
April 20th, 2006 |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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orbital
thunder bay(when they were still opened)
psi
2 renegade fields in pinellas park |
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Directions
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um.....in hudson, you know ;) |
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I don't normally do reviews but thought i'd clear up some of the crap posted here. this will not be a biased review at all like some of the others shown here.
First of all, this is truely a great field to play at with all the different fields they have. 3 airball, a very large hyper, a smaller urban, graveyard and the decent size woods in the back. another thing i was impressed with is they run speedball and woodsball at the same time so you have a choice of playing one or the other or both all day.
This was my favorite field in this area until they raised the price $10(from $15 byop to $25 byop) maybe a year and a half ago. with the cost of gas, even though it's a great field, it's not worth all the travel time and extra gas money for me to go there now. this is why i now just play at a nicely organized local renegade field instead. cleaning my markers because i was using some crappy warped field paint that was sitting in a hot trailer for a couple weeks just isn't my idea of having fun. not to say that their paint is this way but has been my general consensus of field paint in general for quite a few years now.
Now that that's out of the way, the last couple times i did go there the road leading to the field was flodded. if i had a truck it wouldn't have been too bad but running a car through the basically, river across the road, sucked. the wooded area in the back of the field was flooded as well. not much woods play those visits. i don't play, nor am i interested in airball. otherwise, before those couple of visits, i had a truely great time using all of the available fields there.
Though i'm a bit perturbed because he raised the prices, tim seems like a real nice person, asking and making sure people were having a good time there. mixing with the players in an admirable manner. the person i didn't enjoy so much was the grouchy old fella with the new york accent(um.....what's his name). somewhat an obnoxious old geeser with a attitude lol. the staff on the other hand always seems to have a good attitude. their attention to their reffing duties were what i would consider, mediocre but then again, i think most refs period are mediocre. attentive but not excessive which isn't too bad i suppose.
The fields attention to safety was pretty good. the only thing i didn't like was that the chronographs were pretty messed up the last couple times i went there. i ended up using my hand held chronograph instead. hopefully those are fixed by now.
I liked the fact that they had 3000psi and 4500psi fill stations and you can fill your own tanks rather than waiting in line for some sluggish staff member to fill it for you like some other fields in the area. the 4500psi station actually fills to 4500 as well. the habitual, "well......it's just not filling to 4500 today" comment seems redundant in this area for some reason.
OK, other than the raised prices if you byop, the flooded dirt road and back field and the grouchy old guy, this field truely has great potential. you have a choice of what type of game you want to play. the fields are well laid out and there are enough of them to keep your whole day pretty damned interesting. i would certainly not deter anyone from trying it out. if i lived closer i may not even have any reservations about the price hike. $30 to drive there and back, plus quality paint and the $25 entry fee just isn't worth it to me. renegade it is.
| Last edited on Sunday, August 12th, 2007 at 11:35 am PST |
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vipert |
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Saturday, February 10th, 2007 |
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| Last There: |
February 3rd, 2007 |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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showdown,cfp,hightec,orbital,elite,hosers and snipers |
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safety the masks and barrel plugs they are extremely strict about. they make sure you have your mask on be for you exit the field and barrel blugs/sleeves on.
the trailers i have a concern about the safety some have bad floors some have slippery floors.
some of the bunkers where built grate and some where built not so grate.
food they have hot dogs which is ok but iv seen other places that had more variety.
they have cold drink soda water Gatorade at pretty good prices.
entry fee is like 15 if you buy there paint and like 25 if you have your own. you can rent for 25 and that includes a piranha,compressed air tank,all day air but you hade to buy there paint which is like 40,45,50 and sometimes 55.
im a rec baller and i felt that i wasn't getting any attention.but he was all over the air ballers. |
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| The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page. |
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| Last There: |
December 26th, 2006 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
in the Area: |
Dade City Paintball
Central Florida Paintball
Orlando Paintball
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This is a great place to go and so far the best I've been to in Florida.
Safety
Very safe place to go with young kids or even if you just don't want to be shot in the face off the field. They have chronod everyone’s gun so far 5 out of 5 times I've been there. The refs are alright and will use walkie-talkies to communicate to a ref on the other side of the field to do a paint check. They are good about running in the line of fire to grab someone out if need be.
Fields
I like a variety of fields to play on and this place is got what I’m looking for. Very nice Air ball fields and a X ball on grass. Hyper ball field (which I love) and a graveyard speedball course which is pretty cool. A trailer park course (3 trailers, 2-story fort, and 2 other small buildings) which is alright. You can get shot up close from behind on this course if you’re not careful. My favorite field is the woods Vietnam Village field. This consist of 4 forts, 2 huts, sandbag bunkers, trenches, and a two story tower and a medieval fort. A lot of fields and it is on a rotation so unless you have a large group you’re self expect to get a variety meal of fields.
Prices
Average cost with a membership available for frequent players. Of course it’s cheaper if you buy their paint and its either $40, $45, or $50 a case. Overall I would say it’s defiantly worth the cost.
Proshop
It’s a trailer right next to the staging area. It has a lot of stuff for many types of guns. They will work with you if you ask them for something and they have many types of O-Rings on sight. If they don’t have something they can order it for you if you would like. They do have running water through an outdoor sink if you need water to clean a barrel, but port-o-potties are the bathroom for male and female.
Refs and Staff
They are willing to help and are overall know you are paying their bills. They keep games rolling with a loud speaker system with 2 minutes after each game. I normally play between 10-15 games if I get there when they start and leave at close.
Food
They have one 20minuate lunch break at about noon where they offer hotdogs. They have Gatorade and water for sale all the time. If you must there are gas stations within driving distance if you rush during the 20min break.
Players
I have been to this field 5 times and every time I had at least 10 people on my team at the start of the day and at least 20 by noon. This means there was a total of 20 people at least in the morning and 40 at least 40 by noon. Great place to go if you like playing with a larger number of people. They do take private groups as well, but I think you will have to call ahead so they can have the appropriate staffing.
Overall, I would highly recommend this field. I will continue to visit other fields in Florida, but so far I will consider this field my “home and favorite field”. |
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| Date There: |
March 26th, 2006 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Other Fields
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orbital, jungle games |
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Directions
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my mom took me so im not sure sorry guys |
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This field is a great field the staff is great and tim the owner is really nice they had great food and drinks but the refs were kinda of strict. the games r like 20 or 30 min. this a lot of time i also won a really good gun there at the end of the round they give prizes i recommend ppl to go to gator i give this place a million out of a million. |
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| Last There: |
July 2nd, 2006 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Other Fields
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ballistics, CFP, Thunderbay, FPC |
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Gator Paintball is great! more fields than any of the other fields that I have been to, 3 air ball fields and alot of woods ball courses. The prices r unbeatable there, and the quality of their paint and equipment is great. But their Service is even better. Tim is a nice guy who always helps the customers out, and the refs are friendly and hard working. There is always water or Gatorade available, and thats really good to have considering it is Florida..There is always alot of games going on, and the other players there are just as friendly as the staff, you have all sorts of people going there. If you are looking for a fun time, then I think gator is the place to be. |
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| Last There: |
June 11th, 2006 |
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2 years |
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Other Fields
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elite cfp ballistics |
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i have been to alot of paintball feilds on of my buddy's told me about this place i went on a saturday i meet the owner tim he is a realy nice guy.The prices are cheap i didnt bring paint so i bought paint their good prices on paint and it shot great.The reffs there were realy friendly,ive been to other feilds and the reffs were not nice didnt care about the costumers. They made fair teams, they turned the games around fast and i like playing alot of games and we got alot of games in. The feilds were fun i like the trailers and the hyperball the best. we played every course a couple games. Then at the end of the day we played air ball and ive never played that before that turned out to be realy fun. I think this is the best feild ive ever been to im startin to go there every other weekend. I dont think i would try another feild this feild is the greatest i would tell everyone i know about this feild. |
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| Date There: |
February 26th, 2006 |
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1 year |
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I have played at Elite in Spring Hill, and Ledgen's Field in Hudson. Elite is small, but quiet and amiable. Ledgen's is HUGE and extremely clean. The owners are great people and everybody is UBER friendly, but the best part is the incredible number of games you can get in in one day! (approx. 15-20 compared to Gator's measely 4 or 5 games) |
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Sorry, don't remember! |
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This was THE WORST painbtall experience of my entire paintball career. There were at least 10 kids running around that couldn't have been a day older than 8. One of them was ON MY TEAM during a woodsball game and shot me in the back of the head from about a foot away. I got out of there with 3 games under my belt and one heck of a headache, not to mention the prices are rediculous and I wound up spending a total of $50 (not including paint). Gator is a good field for teams because they are allowed to play unlimited games on their own seperate airball field ALL DAY.| Last edited on Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 at 7:36 pm PST |
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| Last There: |
February 10th, 2006 |
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3 years |
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Other Fields
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none |
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Gator paintball was the first and only paintball field ive played in Florida its a great field the staff are great i like that they actually come and play with us when its not busy and everyone thats there is playing the parking is okay i have to take my dads trucks because my car rides to low but i like the fields i dont really like woodsball but they have a great woodsball field paint is reasonable if you dont bring your own there are always people there so you dont have to wait to play they have everything you need like barrel socks if you happen to lose yours they have good deals if you need to rent or if you want to buy a gun the refs are all cool they have cold drinks and food they have bathrooms i would say its pretty safe once an awhile some idiot will take his mask off when a ref isnt arounds but no one really cheats there hours are good for me and my dad so he can play with us i like that but all in all i give it a 10 out 10 |
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| Last There: |
April 13th, 2005 |
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Paintball
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2 years |
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This is a very good paintball field.
They let you fill up your own nitro tank so you know its full.
It is a very well managed paintball field.
The referese are the actual Gator paintball team.
Ijust went to Break 50 Paintball (the field)
And it has no woodsball,im a airball kinda person so im happy.
If you like woodsball and airball go to Gator
I RATE THE GATOR PAINTBALL COURSE A 10 out of 10 |
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