There is a moment — and if you have been to Slick City Action Park, you know exactly the moment — where a grown adult stands at the top of a four-story dry slide, looks down, and has a very brief but very serious conversation with every decision that led them to this point.
The kids behind them are not having this conversation.
The kids behind them have already decided.
What Slick City Actually Is
Slick City is an indoor action park built around one glorious, physics-embracing premise: giant dry slides are more fun than almost anything else a human being can do with their afternoon. No water. No swimsuits. No forty-five minutes in a changing room while your kids disintegrate with impatience. Just slides — enormous, fast, and completely unapologetic about it.
The park is managed by Andrai “Dre” Nevilles. “What makes Slick City stand out is that it’s something completely different,” he told me. “Instead of trampolines, we’ve built an experience around giant dry slides and attractions that get people moving, laughing, and challenging each other.”
In Minnesota. In January. Indoors.
Someone thought this through.
The Part Where We Talk About the Slides
Because we have to talk about the slides.
They are very large. They are very fast. They are exactly as fast as your kids will tell their friends they were. Possibly faster.
Slick City also offers air courts, dedicated spaces for younger visitors who are not quite ready for the four-story situation, and enough variety that a family can spend a genuine afternoon here without anyone running out of things to do. Races happen. Rematches are demanded. Parents who came in planning to cheer from the sidelines find themselves, somewhat against their better judgment, at the top of a slide.
This is by design.
“Families can race side-by-side, kids can build confidence trying something new, and everyone can join in the fun together,” Dre said. He especially means the parents.
A Brief Word About Minnesota Weather
It is currently doing something outside. Whatever it is, it is probably not ideal. This is fine. Slick City is entirely indoors, climate-controlled, and completely indifferent to whatever meteorological drama is unfolding beyond its walls.
Rain? Irrelevant.
Subzero temperatures and a wind chill that makes the parking lot feel like a personal attack? Come on in.
That August weekend where the heat index hits a hundred and two and the air feels like breathing through a wet sock? Slick City has you.
Year-round fun is not a marketing phrase here. It is a genuine public service.
What Dre Wants You to Leave With
“We want guests to leave with huge smiles, unforgettable memories, and stories they’re excited to share,” Dre said. “The best part of Slick City isn’t just the slides — it’s the laughter, confidence, and connections that happen while people are having fun together.”
The confidence part is worth pausing on. There is something that happens to a kid who talks themselves into trying the big slide for the first time. They land at the bottom with the look of someone who has just discovered something important about themselves — which they have. They are braver than they thought. They would like to go again immediately. They are already running.
Slick City does that. Over and over, every weekend, to kids of every age who showed up not entirely sure they were ready and left absolutely certain they were coming back.
The Practical Details, Delivered Without Apology
Slick City Action Park is located in Maple Grove and open year-round. Birthday parties, group outings, and spontaneous Tuesday afternoon decisions are all welcome. The only thing you need to bring is a willingness to lose a race to your nine-year-old. Which, it turns out, is more fun than it sounds.
Visit slickcity.com/mn-maple-grove or call 763-373-3155 to plan your visit.
The slides will be waiting.
They are not going anywhere.
They are braver than they thought. They would like to go again immediately. They are already running