Genoveva Chavez Community Center

This is a great place to swim and play basketball. The cardio room and stretching area are top notch. The weight room is crowded, though. Daily fees are reasonable for the visitor.

I have been going to the community center for over five years. I love the ice arena because we have the best ice in New Mexico! Also, I play hockey there. I love the Olympic pool because it’s always clean and pristine. I think the weight room is a great feature along the jogging track. I give the Chavez center hi marks because everybody that works there works hard to keep it clean and nice. I almost forgot they have racquetball courts. They’re in great shape with great lighting

Such an amazing price for the wide variety of amenities provided. Very clean and professional, our two and three year old had a blast!

Clean facility, long walk to the elevator if you have osteoarthritis and can’t walk much, staff sort of hard to find if you need someone but helpful once you find one. I was scared to go to Chavez Center because I feel self conscious about my fat old body, but nobody there has ever made rude remarks about my shape and size. Locker rooms are freezing cold after the warmth of the therapy pool. Overall a nice place.

i dont like that they charge for childcare and classes.
Defined fitness doesnt.
other wise it would be 5 stars

I love this place. Great workout room, huge pool, good sauna, nice gym, small but usable running track, outdoor running options out back, people nice, facilities clean, clientele respectful (except the occasional old duffer who sits at the machine for tweleve minutes between sets, wondering if today would be a good day to die)…No complaints, all kudos! Price not bad either…
Update in November – OK, that being said, the sauna has been out for weeks, and the story is «waiting for a part» or some such. I am pretty done with THAT story. Get the damn part, or boiler or whatever. Just get it. 3 of about 8 treadmills wereout of commission on Thursday, and they said Nov 1 the guy would be there to fix them. OK. But come on with the sauna. That is VERY key to why some of us come there rather than, say, the Community College. Please get on top of that one, Genoveva…

Ya know… I have to admit that I wasn’t expecting much out of this place. For whatever reason, community centers conjure up images of dimly lit, depressing, dirty, and smelly locker rooms. It could just be that I’m a bit of a snob but who knows.
Regardless, GCCC is impressive. It looks big from the outside but on the inside, it’s spacious and full of all sorts of stuff to do. The line is quick to get through in the front and the membership rates are pretty darn reasonable. Tip: ask if your job qualifies for the corporate rates and save even more! A smokin’ deal compared to the other gyms in SF.
Inside are modern facilities with a huge lap pool, a wading pool, hot tub, etc. I’m not one for public pools so I can’t comment of the water, etc. but overall it’s a nice area. There’s an indoor ice rink. No sh! t! And it’s pretty darn nice too. Farther towards the back there’s a cardio «nook» that overlooks the ice and the weight area. Basic equipment but high quality and, again, not claustrophobic (unlike the Ft. Marcy center *ahem*). There’s lots of basketball courts and above the courts (next to the weight room) is an indoor track that is pretty nice as well. I know this will be awesome in the winter when it’s too darn cold to run or walk outside. At the very end of the first floor are often elusive racquetball courts. I’ve played in a lot of them and these are some of the nicer ones– completely enclosed to the ceiling so the ball doesn’t go flying out when you hit it too high), the floors are not at all slick but instead nice and polished with a good grip (too good in some cases, I sort of fell on my butt because my shoes stuck a little too well), and the walls are made of a good material that keeps the bounce going. Unfortunately there’s only 2 courts but it hasn’t been an issue getting one reserved.
There’s lots of lockers (bring your own lock) that are decently sized. The locker room itself I’ve only been in once because it had water everywhere from the pool and showers and was really crowded. Ew. The clientele is a mixed bag as well but whatever, that’s NM for ya.
However, quite possibly the funniest sign I’ve ever seen in my life was at this place advising you of the hazards of recent diarrhea and swimming. If I remember I’m so getting a picture… occasionally I have the sense of humor of a 5 year old. I think the worst part is thinking about the reason the sign was up…
One of the great things is that even though it looks crowded and there’s tons of people, it’s not bad inside. It seems the crowds congregate to the pools and basketball courts primarily. If you do more non-​traditional stuff like ice skating and racquetball, it’s pretty much perfect.
Overall, absolutely worth checking out before dropping a dime anywhere else.

Amazing. Granted, I got a free pass to this place because the local Marriott was renovating their fitness center, but I was impressed! It truly feels like a local community athletic center.
The line to check in/​pay takes a hot minute, but after that, this place is your oyster. What do you want? Skating? Blades or roller? Swimming? Slides or Olympic pool? Cycling, running the quarter-​mile track? Hot tub? Step classes? Weight room? Spinning?
I chose the treadmill, my exercise of choice on the road, and ran it out. Felt nice to be among scores and scores of people.
I looked at the prices here and they can seem pretty steep, but probably worth it if you came most every day all year.
Mostly good feelings after visiting/​working out at this place, although? mark about the pricing for peeps who actually gotta pay.

Wow. What’s with all the rules around here? Does the staff get a bonus every time they reprimand someone?
I grew up just down the road from this place and wished they would have had a place like this within walkin distance from my house. The facility has everything you would expect from a local community center. During our vacation here in Santa Fe we visited the community center often.
The recreational pool is just that. If it weren’t for the life guards enforcing every sub code of the official handbook this place would easily be 5 stars. The pool slide is cool as is the whirlpool area and the river-​like area around the pool.
My kids love the ice skating rink with the low cost skate rental. The rink has to be the best bargain in the place since the session times are several hours long. The pool only has 1 ½ hour blocks.
After reading some other reviews I got a little paranoid about the lockers not having locks. I went to check on my kids’ possessions and ended up looking like a thief myself opening lockers and rifling through pockets. Bring a lock if you wanna feel secure leaving your personal stuff in the lockers. It’s a shame that thievery happens but it’s a fact of life.
Wait… Why is the lifeguard wearing tennis shoes on duty? Is that against the rules?

This is a very large community center and they have so much inside. Indoor ice skating rink, huge pools, indoor track, lots of cardio/​weight equipment, spin room, workout room, locker rooms (but no showers). You should bring a lock because theft is an issue (since there’s a lot of ppl around).
I really like their fitness classes (M night– kickboxing, W night– spin or step) because they are pretty intense.
You can pay $ 6 to get in and around $ 65 for a punch pass.
Parking is plentiful but expect not to find a spot close to the entrance. You need to bring a towel as well.

This place is truly awesome when it comes to the facility. But i have to agree with the one of the posters. The attitude of the staff can be a bit of a turn-​off.
It’s $ 5.00 to have access to swimming pools, ice skating rinks, a gym, indoor track, etc., but also remember, if $ 5.00 can let an upstanding tax paying citizen into the place, then guess what else $ 5.00 can let in.
Yep, you’ve got it — the ultimate «riff-​raff». Tatooes, piercings, car thieves, druggies looking for ready-​cash items, thugs, con artists and low lives. Using a pad lock will be helpful for your locker, but from what i’ve learned, sometimes it doesn’t matter.
I had my locker broken into at this place. there was nothing of value in my pack except my car keys. It wasn’t a big deal for me, but i noticed that other folks possessions were also taken.
I went down to the front desk, and asked for the phone to call my SO, and to report that someone had gone through everyone’s locker. Before i could even say «Someone just broke into everyone’s locker»? the girl at the front desk said: «Here’s the phone»…
They had a security guard right there on the premises that could have been notified. My backpack was found about 1 week later stuffed underneath a bench somewhere in the facility. And i started spreading the word. Not about the thefts. But about the lack of action of the staff.
It’s very strange, that once THAT part got out. I’m greeted with a fake smile, and «attitude» from the staff’s brothers/​sisters/​peers-​whatever they are-​hanging out at the front desk. But that’s fine. they forgot one small — yet important detail: «Attitude is useless if the recipient thereof does not think very highly of you either.»

I’m simply turned off by this place purely because the staff is unfriendly, unattentive and very unhappy to be there… at least the people I ran into. I usually stick to my own when someone is getting reprimanded, but a guy was working out wearing jean shorts when one of the employees scolded him in front of everyone. Validly, he asked her why he wasn’t allowed to wear jeans and instead of telling him in a nice manner, she raised her voice and yelled at him. It was very disturbing and uncalled for… her «authority» was definitely made clear, but it just made her look like a complete ass. I hope they change their ways because I won’t be spending money there anymore, unless I hear that things have gotten better.

Holy Smokes, if you haven’t been here yet you need to make some time to check out this excellent community resource. $ 5 to get in, or $ 65 for a 15 punch pass.
I have always worked out at the local Y’s or community centers because they are cheaper, but they tend towards dingy and older… so when I saw this I thought I was in the wrong place– it was huge, clean and new! Wow!
Went here this morning to find an early morning place to workout. They had a spin class at 6:15 that I wanted to check out, but arrived late so rode a stationary bike instead. Also walked around and found some great and fun other things to do:
— indoor track
— indoor skating rink– open skate starts at 6am!
— indoor lap pool
— indoor huge wading pool and slide area for kids
— hottub
— racquetball and basketball courts
— nook with 15 stationary bikes
— smaller weights section
— upstairs area with 40 or 50 spin bikes
— yoga/​classroom (with regular schedule of classes that are $ 6.5– normally yoga classes are $ 15 so this is a great deal)
This is a very exciting find and yet another indicator that Santa Fe values health and fitness because this facility could not have been cheap. I am loving Santa Fe more and more the longer we’re here.

This place was amazing. 5 bucks gets you access to a really nice full size skating ring with decent skates, a full sized pool with another heated series of pools with a fun current water slides and a whirlpool. There are 2 racquetball courts and basketball courts. There are fitness and spinning classes as well. This place was clean and well maintained and just a great time. The facilities are spectacular. It was nice that all shapes, sizes, ages and colors were there using the facilities. One really really should go and check it out.