California Institute of Technology

Spaces & Reservations

Spaces Available Include: tennis, pickleball, squash and racquetball courts, badminton, table tennis, volleyball and basketball courts, swimming pools, 400m all-weather track, North and South athletic Fields, climbing wall and bouldering cave, 3 separate weight rooms. For a more in-depth view of our facilities, please visit our Facilities page here.

In order to coordinate effectively our limited space among many stakeholders, we schedule spaces quarterly according to the following rubric: Classes, team practices and contests, League play, small groups. We strive to always have space available for members to find a place to exercise. If you have a one time request, please work several weeks ahead of time and we will do what we can to assist you. If you have a particular regular request, please plan ahead and make the request in accordance with our quarterly deadlines. Please contact the assistant director of facilities.

1. Individual courts for Tennis, pickleball, racquetball and squash… make a reservation online here or call the front desk at (626) 395-3253.
2. Small group scheduled use for north, south field, indoor courts… please contact the Associate Athletics Director for Physical Education and Recreation, Heather Morgan (hmorgans@caltech.edu).
3. If a student club requests a space, please contact the Associate Athletics Director for Physical Education and Recreation, Heather Morgan (hmorgans@caltech.edu).
4. If a student athlete requests space for out of season practice with their teammates, please contact the Associate Athletics Director for Physical Education and Recreation, Heather Morgan (hmorgans@caltech.edu).

You are always welcome to use an unused area, being aware that a scheduled group may arrive and take priority in the moment. All of our facilities are open to our members and the only expectation is that you take care of the facility and leave it in the same condition you find it and report any broken or missing items to the welcome desk. Please do not allow non-members or unregistered guests to use our facilities for safety and liability reasons. A full list of our facilities and a description of each space can be viewed on our Facilities page. Our facility schedules can be accessed here.

Members are always free to move to a gymnasium or small court to find personal space to exercise or move. We ask that you always return any equipment that you may take with you out of the main exercise rooms. We have actively reduced outside groups at Caltech over the past ten years in order to always have some available space for our members to exercise or find space to move!

Recreation Equipment For Your Use

We maintain a small supply of equipment for your recreational use while at the Athletic Center. You may check out the equipment at the welcome desk and must return it same day.

Among the items available are tennis, squash, racquetball, badminton, pickleball and table tennis rackets/paddles, goals, nets and balls. A variety of full size field and court balls: volleyball, basketball, soccer. Climbing shoes. Softball gloves, balls and bats (for summer league use) At the pool there are kickboards and pull buoys available.

Locker Room Services

Members wishing to rent a full or half height locker must reserve the locker for either 6 or 12 months by contacting the welcome desk staff.

Full height locker rents for $100 per year or $60 for 6 months.
Half height locker rents for $75 per year or $50 for 6 months.
ADA lockers also available, request from the welcome desk staff.
Day use lockers, (no overnight storage) are always available at no extra cost.

Towel Program

Currently we are not offering towel service.  We will periodically re-evaluate to see if it is feasible to offer this service.

We will continue to provide equipment wipes to be used in the weight room and cardio areas. Please continue to be vigilant about wiping equipment immediately after use and wash your hands.

Cardio and Strength Equipment Available

The following is the available equipment in our three weight room areas.

- Free weights, plates, benches, dumbells, hammer strength machines
- Precor Selectorized circuit
- Life Fitness Synrgy 360XL system
- Dynamic and functional training equipment
- Various cardio equipment

Guests and Minors

We are happy to have your guests and dependents come with you to use our spaces. These populations require different levels of liability waivers and supervision. These limits and boundaries exist to help protect Caltech and also ensure that we all have appropriate access to use our facilities. Impromptu groups of more than 3-5 guests make it difficult to ensure that our facilities remain open to all members equally. Each quest must be actively hosted by a member and may not extend their visit after the member departs.

The guest fee is $10 per guest per day, payable at the welcome desk when you arrive. Each guest will sign an acknowledgment of risk and liability release waiver prior to entry.

Academic departments may sponsor and pay for short term guests for up to a week with proper verification from the Division Administrator, please see the Associate Athletics Director for Physical Education & Recreation to make arrangements.

Minors require specific supervision at all times. Minors under 12 must be directly in the company of their member at all times and not left unsupervised at any time. Our complete Supervision of Minors page can be accessed here.

Personal Trainers and Outside Instruction

Caltech is responsible under business use tax code to be careful about how our facilities are allowed to be used in the generation of business revenue. Some members utilize outside instructors to assist in their workout. This is primary utilized in our weight rooms. Outside instruction is possible in other areas, but we must register the instructor in advance and hold to certain criteria: 1) they must provide a full professional resume 2) they must have their own insurance and name Caltech hold harmless 3) they must pay a small fee to ‘rent’ the space (that they are profiting from). These requirements must take place prior to any instruction taking place. No outside instructor may bring non-members on their own to the Center for instruction. If a member wishes to have a guest also take a lesson, the member must pay the guest fee. The Associate Athletics Director for Physical Education and Recreation, Heather Morgan (hmorgans@caltech.edu) can answer your questions in this regard.