Blast'D Arena

Blast'D! Arena was started by Frederick native Jim Crane after a decade of watching his own kids' free time get quieter and less physical. The vision was simple: a real-play space where Blaster Battles and dodgeball matter, where 12 kids can show up, run, sweat, settle it on the floor, drink from the fountain, and leave better friends than when they walked in.

Six months of designing, building, prototyping, and tearing things apart — including a from-scratch custom sensor system, a live scoring engine, and an arena layout designed for rotating between five different games in one session — Blast'D! opened inside Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick.