Sachs Recreation Center
Location
455 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL 60015
Amenities
- Basketball Court
- Bathrooms
- Dance Studio
- Fitness Center
- Gymnasium
- Parties/Room Rentals
- Playground Equipment
- Swimming Pool (Indoor) with portable accessible chair lift & ADA accessible stairs
- Tennis Courts (Indoor)
- Volleyball Court
History
- 1999 small group of local citizens approached Park Board with a proposal for new recreation center for which there was not significant community support
- 2006 investigation of acquiring Multiplex
- 2008 Multiplex purchased
- 2009 Sachs Recreation Center opened and district received outstanding Facility and Park Award from the Illinois Park and Recreation Association
- 2009 Before-and-After Kindergarten care program and spa rental space
- 2010 first year hosted Deerfield High School Post Prom Celebration
- 2011 Chicago Sky professional women’s basketball team made SRC their practice home, whirlpool/sauna space was converted to Mind Body Studio
- 2013 board approved Sachs Entryway First Amendment to Grant of Easement Agreement and the entryway was renovated with playground installation
- 2015 pilates reformer studio opening and U.V. protection as part of the pool filtration system
- 2017 Men’s Locker Room renovation
- 2018 Retro Café Renovation into an exercise studio
- 2019 Women’s Locker Room renovation
- 2020 Sachs Recreation Center enters into partnership with NovaCare Physical Therapy
- 2020 park district installed airPHX sanitizing units at Sachs Recreation Center
- 2021 SRC hosted State of Illinois Rhythmic Gymnastics competition
- 2021 The Chicago Bulls’ Gym named the Chicago Sky Gym after the team wins the WNBA National Championship