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Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports
4.6 ★★★★★ 42 Google reviews · Climbing gym in Dallas, Texas
Sports center with a pool, 4 basketball & 6 racquetball courts, climbing walls, indoor track & gyms.
Plan your visit
- Gear rental nearly every climbing gym rents shoes (~$5–8 typical) and chalk; harness rental is often bundled with a ropes pass
- Waiver always required at climbing gyms — sign it online before you go to skip the front-desk line
- First timer? bouldering needs zero experience — rent shoes and walk in; staff will point you at the easiest problems
- Yoga & fitness mentioned alongside the climbing — ask about the class schedule and what a pass includes
- Memberships available — worth asking about if you'd climb more than a few times a month
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (214) 768-3374
- Website smu.edu
Hours
| Monday | 6 AM–11 PM |
| Tuesday | 6 AM–11 PM |
| Wednesday | 6 AM–11 PM |
| Thursday | 6 AM–11 PM |
| Friday | 6 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | 1–11 PM |
What's inside
“Great facilities, weight room, climbing wall and courts for all indoor sports, also a nice Olympic size swimming pool.”
What climbers say again and again
“Good equipment and they do a great job of keeping the gym clean and organized!”
From the reviews
Love this place! My daughter takes swimming lessons here and the staff is always so warm and welcoming. Her instructor is fantastic and she's learning a lot--especially about water safety, which is very important to me given that she's just three years-old. Their gym is also massive and is always super clean.
Staff working over there is just amazing and “sahithi” she’s adorable very pretty girl I just can’t turn my face from watching her very charming personality I just love her ❤️
Starting coming here during undergrad and have continued to enjoy this gym. Good equipment and they do a great job of keeping the gym clean and organized!
Great facilities, weight room, climbing wall and courts for all indoor sports, also a nice Olympic size swimming pool.
Adaptive climbing
Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports is mentioned for adaptive climbing or paraclimbing — sessions, equipment, or coaching that make the walls climbable for people with disabilities. Offerings like this vary a lot gym to gym and schedules change, so call ahead to ask what's available and when the next session runs.
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