Enlisted Rec Center


	> WANNA BE A POOL SHARK? • FREE POOL LESSONS: EVERY THURSDAY @ 1900 at the Great Escape. Open to Active Duty Enlisted Personnel & Eligible Guests. For more info call The Great Escape at 577-6171, or click [ here ] for a flier.
	> WEEKEND POOL TOURNAMENTS: 8-BALL TOURNAMENTS EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT • 9-BALL TOURNAMENTS EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT No Entry Fee! Sign-ups begin at 6pm; play begins at 7:30pm. [ flier ]

	The Great Escape, enlisted recreation center, is the “Home Away From Home” for all active duty and reservist enlisted service members stationed and visiting MCAS Miramar. The Great Escape is a non-alcohol and non-tobacco recreation center created as an alternative to the enlisted club. The facility is located in The HUB, Bldg. 5305 which is in close proximity of the enlisted barracks. The Great Escape not only provides an alternative to alcohol and substance abuse, it creates a safe environment which improves morale, encourages retention, and assists in developing life long leisure skills at a little or no cost to the service member. The Great Escape is open 365 days a year, over 95 hours a week. The facility features: six Olhausen tournament size billiard tables, an arcade with interactive game systems (including but not limited to X-Box, X- Box 360, PS 2, PS 3, Game Cube, and the classic Nintendo 64) and the First To Fight computer game (co-sponsored by The Drug Demand Reduction Program (DDRP), two ping pong tables, two large lounge areas with 60” Televisions, six 32” televisions are mounted through out the facility, all the television are connected to DirecTV and satellite radio, game tables are ready to be used for poker, black jack or Texas Hold’Em, a foosball table, eating area with microwaves and a mini refrigerator, a movie room featuring a 132” screen and projector, with 18 leather recliners and four oversize movie sacs. The Great Escape has a movie library with over 800 titles. The movies are part of the Navy Motion Picture Services movie program. The facility host a variety of daily, weekly and monthly activities including: Friday and Saturday Night billiards tournaments, X-Box and First To Fight videos game challenges, BBQs, ice cream socials and our “Home For The Holidays” Program, pairing single service members with host families in the local community, we even had a local fire station pick up service members in a fire truck and take them back to the station for dinner. The Great Escape provides monthly Off Base Adventures (trips) for a nominal fee. Trips have been taken to TV tapings (Tonight Show, That Darn Sports Show, Price Is Right), amusement parks and sporting events as well as free tips to the beach and hiking. Food can be brought into the facility or purchased from the vending machines or at Legends Sports Bar and Grill, which is located next to The Great Escape. Just outside the Great Escape’s front door are a sand volleyball court and a full size basketball court. Need equipment for the volleyball or basketball court? Just check them out at the front desk. The Great Escape is also the headquarters for the Single Marine Program (SMP).

(858) 577-6171 • Bldg. 5305 (The HUB)
Sun & Mon (1100-2300) / Tue - Thu (1100-0000) / Fri & Sat (1100-0100)

FACILITY FEATURES

MOVIE ROOM
Spend a couple of hours in a leather recliner, or beanbag and experience surround sound while watching a new, or classic movie that is projected onto the 132” screen. Our movie library offers you over 800 titles to choose from.

POOL ROOM
Check out our six Olhausen tournament sized pool tables. Tournaments are held every Friday and Saturday nights with NO ENTRY FEE! Prizes are given out to the top finisher.

ARCADE
Our arcade features: - Interactive Game Systems: Featuring PS2, PS3, XBox 360, GameCube and the classic Nintendo 64. - First To Fight Computer Game: Co-sponsored by DDRP.

LOUNGE AREAS
Drop by and plop yourself down in one of our two lounge areas, and catch your favorite WWE action, the Super Bowl, Sponge Bob, or Survivor episode. Each lounge features: overstuffed couches, a 60” television that is hooked up to DirecTV, satellite radio and our movies.

CYBER CENTER
You'll find the CZEE adjacent to The Great Escape. There is a minimal cost to use the computers.

OFF BASE ADVENTURES
	JANUARY 16	Around town... EXCURSION TO THE GASLAMP DISTRICT - Sponsored Guests add: $5 to the price of the trip.	BACK TO TOP
SPOTLIGHT EVENTS
	JANUARY 1 -- 3 9 10 16 17 24 30 31	On Base... Open at 1100 Catch All Your Favorite NCAA Bowl Games Here! Tuesday Challenges National Championship - On the Big Screen!! Tuesday Challenges Open at 1100 for Martin Luther King Day Tuesday Challenges Tuesday Challenges Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day Tuesday Challenges

	SINGLE MARINE PROGRAM
		Council Meetings are held in the MIramar Room (The HUB), Bldg. 5305 at 1500. For more information, call 577-6283. Click [ here ] for the SMP home page. • Monthly Meeting, 11 JANUARY 12 Get involved with the SMP and make a difference! Very Important - If you are unable to attend the meeting, please try to send a replacement and notify Single Marine Program Coordinator Johanna Jones at (858) 577-6283. We will be discussing Quality of Life issues and the needs of our active duty personnel. All SMP monthly meetings are held on the back patio of the Chow Hall. Click [ here ] for SMP Calendar. Click [ here ] for SMP Newsletter.
	SEMPER FIT
		Click here for the Semper Fit home page.