The Indoor Play Tracy Keeps Waiting For Is Already Inside West Valley Mall
Where in Tracy can a kid burn off energy on a wet December Saturday? You can see the coming-soon signs from Naglee Road and Tracy Boulevard, but none of those projects is open yet. The places that are open sit inside West Valley Mall, mostly in inline storefronts near the food court. That's the same mall that lost its Macy's this year.
All three of the city's headline indoor recreation projects are still in the works heading into the holidays. A handful of smaller tenants already run trampoline-style play, arcade games, ballet, martial arts and art classes under one roof at 3200 N. Naglee Road. For this winter, the mall is the plan. The big boxes come later.
Here's where each of the announced venues stands as of late October 2026.
| Project | Location | Latest confirmed step | Opening date posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Zone | Tracy; no address on its site | City officials considering a contract for the former Macy's, per KCRA in January 2026 | None. Site says "Coming Soon" |
| Urban Air Adventure Park | 2005 N. Tracy Blvd., former Save Mart | Conditional use permit approved 5–0 on April 22, 2026 | None. Site says "Coming Soon" |
| TRAC at El Pescadero Park | El Pescadero Park | Curtain-wall panels going in, September 2026 update | Spring 2027 |
Sky Zone has been "coming" the longest. ABC10 reported that franchisee Usman Rao would open a Tracy park slated for 2025. That year has passed, and the brand's Tracy page still shows no address or date. In January, KCRA reported that Tracy officials were considering a contract to bring Sky Zone into the space Macy's was leaving. That report described a possibility, not a signed deal.
Every headline project depends on a large empty building, and each of those buildings comes with its own history.
The Macy's at 3400 Naglee Road opened with a marching band on Oct. 20, 2010, in the 100,000-square-foot space Gottschalks left behind. Tracy Press reports that the City Council put $2.75 million toward that renovation in 2010, alongside $4.2 million from the mall's owner at the time. In exchange, Macy's agreed to a lease of at least 10 years. The closing sale started in January 2026. On April 15, KRON4 reported the store would close within two weeks. Macy's is no longer listed in the mall's current directory.
The building has been through this cycle before. Gottschalks was one of the mall's original anchors when the mall opened in 1995, and it closed in 2009 after the chain's bankruptcy. Macy's arrived the next year.
Urban Air is going into a different kind of vacancy. Its site, which the city's permit records list as 2005 N. Tracy Blvd., is the former Save Mart that anchored the McKinley Village shopping center. Turning a grocery store into a play center took a conditional use permit, CUP26-0001. The Planning Commission granted it on April 22, 2026, and also found that the existing parking lot is big enough for the new use. In its April 23 announcement, the city described trampolines, climbing walls, ropes courses and obstacle tracks. It also said "additional steps remain in the development process."
Councilmember Mateo Bedolla described what the Macy's closure meant in a KCRA interview:
"I remember going to the mall when it was a place to hang out, when it was bustling, when it was busy. You know, during holidays that's where you went and did your shopping and socializing."
A shopper in the same KCRA story said Tracy needs "something interesting for kids to do." Inside the mall, smaller tenants had already started filling that gap.
The West Valley Mall directory lists 58 businesses. Several of them are places to do something rather than buy something.
The food court has something on the way too. Gokazoku Ramen's website says it is opening its first brick-and-mortar restaurant in the West Valley Mall food court after three years of work, and it asks visitors to check back for a grand-opening date. The play spaces already make it possible to spend a whole afternoon without leaving the building. Jump! City and Tilt face each other near the food court, so one parent can watch both while the other orders lunch.
None of these spaces is the size of a former Macy's or Save Mart, and that's one reason they're open now while the bigger projects are still waiting.
The mall's event calendar for this season is posted. Regular hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, and the mall notes that holiday hours may change.
One outdoor night is worth planning around. The Holiday Light Parade and Tree Lighting runs Saturday, Dec. 5, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. downtown along 6th Street, Central Avenue, 10th Street and Front Street Plaza. Tracy City Center Association presents it, and it's free. That's the day after Santa Photos open at the mall, so families can do the mall in the afternoon and the parade at night.
Earlier in the week, the city calendar lists Lincoln Center's Swing into the Holidays on Nov. 30 at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, 715 N. Central Ave. The downtown farmers market keeps its 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday hours through Dec. 5 and Dec. 12.
TRAC at El Pescadero Park is the only one of the three big projects with a public timeline. Its project site says spring 2027. The September 2026 update reports the first curtain-wall panels installed, solar and electrical work underway, and interior build-out in progress. The site also notes that the skate park is not yet open to the public.
It's also the project that would change daily routines the most. The plans include a three-court gym, two multipurpose rooms, a teen lounge, a technology and maker space, a bouldering wall, a kitchen and an indoor running track. Outside, the site plan adds a skate park, dog park, splash pad, pavilion, outdoor basketball court, trails and a multi-use path.
So the order for the next year or so looks like this. The mall's small storefronts are open this winter, and TRAC is aiming for spring 2027. Sky Zone and Urban Air will open whenever their "Coming Soon" pages finally post a date.
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