Viejas Community Center

This flexible and multipurpose facility provides the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians with a central meeting place and an arts and athletic center. The community center includes flexible activity studios as well as spaces for dance, aerobics, fitness and strength training. The center is surrounded by basketball courts, baseball fields, tennis courts and passive picnic area. The center provides programs focused on recreational and educational needs of children and supports the needs of families, adults and elders.

The region is prone to devastating fires and other disasters, so the complex has also been designed to serve as a central command center; constructed of fire resistant materials and reinforced to withstand other natural occurrences; the center provides a refuge and emergency shelter for the entire community.