picnic shelter rentals
What Do I Need to Know?
Home Park and Volunteer Park shelters are now open for public use on a first-come, first-served basis -- no reservations needed! Gateway Park Pavilion requires a rental reservation which are either 2 hours or 4 hours, now with a pre-set block schedule.
Our parks close at legal sunset, and rental hours do vary seasonally. |
How to rent the Gateway park Pavilion
- Rentals are now entirely online! Select your time and pay immediately to reserve your space. If no rental options pop up under your desired date/time, this means there is no space available during those times.
- Running into issues with the online rental system? Visit our Help page for a walkthrough of the portal.
- Rentals must be made at least 7 days in advance.
- Rentals are in 2-hour or 4-hour blocks which includes set-up and break-down.
- If the Pavilion is not available on the day you are requesting, please know that we do not allow pop up tents on park property, unless it is a park sanctioned event.
- The Gateway Park Pavilion is not available for rent on federal holidays, but it is open to the public for general use. It may also not be available during Key Pen Parks special events.
- Timeline does not apply to Special Event Permits, Local and Non-Profit Business Events. If you are interested in hosting a larger event at one of our parks, please visit our KPP Sanctioned Events page.
- A $5.00 processing fee will be deducted from all refunds when requested more than one week prior to the shelter rental date. Refunds and credits requested less than one week prior to the start date of the picnic shelter rental will not be granted, unless authorized by the Executive Director. A $40.00 reprocessing fee will be charged on returned checks.
preparing for your pavilion rental
- A list of rentals is posted in the kiosk near Side A.
- Please, do not hang or adhere anything to the Pavilion.
- Inflatable bounce houses are NOT allowed at any of the park properties due to liability issues.
- Since the Pavilion is open for general use when not rented, you may have to ask folks to leave when your reservation time begins.
- All park rules apply, including, but not limited to; non-use of amplified sound/music, non-use of charcoal grills, non-use of tobacco/vape products and/or alcoholic beverages. Please review the comprehensive park rules before your visit: https://www.keypenparks.com/park-rules.html.
- If you have an emergency during your rental time, please call 911. For non-emergency, but trash-related or restroom maintenance issues, call (253)-225-9552 for the Parks and Facilities Manager. For all else, please call our office (253) 884-9240 during hours of operation. Please note that on weekends and evenings, there may be a delay in response.
- If you have additional trash that will not fit into our pavilion trash bins, please use up to three of the spare bags on the trash can to clean up after yourself. The additional trash bags can be left by the dumpster in the parking lot.