2026 General Assembly of YMCAs
Join Us at the YMCA General Assembly 2026!
Every three+ years, the people who make the Y possible walk into one room to figure out what's next. We'll be in that room too.
The next great play space in your community might start as a conversation on the show floor in New Orleans. You already know what a good rec center does — it gets a family walking through your doors on a random Tuesday, not just for the swim meet. Indoor play does that. It turns a facility into a destination, gives your youngest members a reason to beg to come back, and gives your staff one more way to say yes to the community you serve.
That's the conversation we want to have at our booth. Not a sales pitch — just some ideas for what indoor play could look like inside the walls you've already got.
Play belongs in every rec center.
Indoor play isn't a corner with a ball pit anymore. We build climbing structures, soft play systems, and themed environments sized to fit real buildings, real budgets, and real staffing — built for daily traffic, not just a ribbon-cutting.
-> Indoor play built to take a full day of member traffic, not just opening week
-> Designs sized to fit the square footage — and the staff — you actually have
-> A partnership built around the Y's mission: more families, more often, through your doors
Featured Play Experiences
Indoor Play
Soft Play® has spent decades building indoor playgrounds for the spaces people actually have — not the ones in a brochure. Our contained play systems are designed to handle daily member traffic while giving your youngest visitors something they can't get at the gym down the street...
Toddler Play
Your littlest members need their own space too. Our free-standing toddler systems give your youngest Y members a place that's built just for them — safe, visible to parents, and built to last...
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center,
900 Convention Center Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70130 United States
1922 Featured Play Experiences
Contained Play Areas
Our contained play areas offer vibrant, kid-tested structures that spark creativity and inspire active play. These playgrounds can be purchased as-is or used as inspiration to create a customized s...
Indoor Play Sculptures
At Soft Play, we have over 40 years of experience crafting equally durable and delightful commercial indoor playground elements and soft sculpted elements across all industries. Explore our predesi...