{"id":449799,"date":"2026-09-01T09:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T09:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449799\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T09:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T09:22:21","slug":"slick-city-action-park-replaces-bed-bath-beyond-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449799\/","title":{"rendered":"Slick City Action Park replaces Bed Bath & Beyond in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former Bed Bath & Beyond in Fresno has been sitting empty since the store closed in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, that building \u2014 next to Ross and Sprouts at Blackstone and El Paso avenues \u2014 has a new tenant. And it\u2019s not a retailer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Slick City Action Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an indoor slide park that \u201cdelivers the exhilarating speed and sensation of a waterslide \u2014 without the water,\u201d according to the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Slick City announced it was coming<\/a> to the 36,725-square-foot building on LinkedIn.com. The company did not immediately respond to requests for comment, including when it might open.<\/p>\n

An opening is likely many months away, as a worker confirmed the work inside the building is still in the demolition phase. Construction of the slides has yet to start.<\/p>\n

What is Slick City?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a national indoor entertainment park specializing in multi-story slides.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s the Corkscrew, which sends riders spinning through curling curves. And then there\u2019s the Riptide, the company\u2019s steepest slide yet.<\/p>\n

Riders lay on mats, usually head first, and land softly on padded surfaces. Some slides send riders soaring through the air into airbags.<\/p>\n

There are slides for children 5 and under, swing and trapeze equipment, an air court where people can play basketball on a bouncy surface allowing them to dunk balls and more.<\/p>\n

Slick City has 44 locations open nationwide, with another 45 locations under construction.<\/p>\n

The next closest are in Ontario and Oceanside, California. At Oceanside, an 120-minute session for adults costs $42.99.<\/p>\n

The indoor slide park is the latest evolution of indoor entertainment parks, which saw big empty buildings turned play places in Fresno, including Sky Zone Trampoline Park<\/a> in Clovis, and Aerozone Trampoline Park<\/a> and Syctron Freeplay Arena<\/a> in Fresno.<\/p>\n

All are air-conditioned and host birthday parties and other events.<\/p>\n

\"Slick Slick City Action Park featuring indoor activities for all ages is being constructed at the former Bed Bath & Beyond at 7497 North Blackstone Ave., photographed Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 in Fresno. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com \"A A Slick City Action Park has opened in Overland Park, Kansas in June, 2026. Jenna Thompson jthompson@kcstar.com \"Slick Slick City Action Park featuring indoor activities for all ages is being constructed at the former Bed Bath & Beyond at 7497 North Blackstone Ave., photographed Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 in Fresno. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com \"The The new dry-slide action park in Colleyville features slides of all shapes and sizes including two 70-foot slides right in the lobby, which start on the third floor and slide down to the second. Fousia Abdullahi\/Fort Worth Star-Telegram fousia.abdullahi@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

This story was originally published August 31, 2026 at 1:52 PM.<\/p>\n

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Bethany Clough<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n

Bethany Clough covers restaurants and retail for The Fresno Bee. A reporter for more than 20 years, she now works to answer readers\u2019 questions about business openings, closings and other business news. She has a degree in journalism from Syracuse University and her last name is pronounced Cluff.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Bed Bath & Beyond in Fresno has been sitting empty since the store closed in 2023.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-449799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}