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Balboa Sports Complex
Encino · City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
Can a player just show up?
Booking or permit only
The city's page for the complex says field use is by permit only. (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)
Soccer: The city lists an unlighted soccer field. (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)
- Booking
- Field permits are issued by priority and availability: weekdays before 7 p.m. and Saturdays through the park director or the region office; weekdays after 7 p.m. and Sundays through the Municipal Sports office (San Fernando Valley 818-765-0284; Metro, Pacific and West regions 818-246-5613). (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)Reserve through the owner ↗ (opens a new tab)
- Hours
- Center hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sunday. (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)Open hours are not permission to play; the rule above is.
- Cost
- No fee is posted for use without a permit; the city's facility use permit fee schedule (a PDF) could not be read.
- Parking
- Not posted
- What's there
The soccer field is listed as unlighted. (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)
Lighted handball courts; the city's page doesn't say whether soccer may be practiced against them.; the owner doesn't say whether soccer is allowed against it (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)
Children's play area (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)
Community room (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)
Goals aren't listed. Bring a pop-up goal; never move a park's goals.
- Rules
- Not permitted, for the neighbors' sake: bounce houses and other inflatables, barbecues, canopies, amplified sound, and gatherings over 100 people. (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)
- Sports fields go first to the department's own organized activities, then leases and film permits, then permits of six months or longer (such as Little Leagues), then independent youth and adult groups (renewals first; new requests first come, first served). (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)
- Address
- 17015 Burbank Blvd., Encino, CA 91316 (recreation.parks.lacity.gov, Oct 14)
Balboa Sports Complex: (818) 756-9642, Balboa.SportsCenter@lacity.org.
Checked on October 14, 2026. Rules change and fields close for weather or upkeep: check the owner's page before you go.
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