Just ask the University football team. Almost 50 of them came in last December before the team left for the Aloha Bowl in Hawaii. Reportedly, Jason Cooper is quite the gamer. Strangers who come in for open play often become buddies over the course of a few games, Williams said. It's most popular now between the ages of 12 and 17, but we've got people from 10 to 70.
Many people are under the misconception that they can be badly hurt by a paintball.
The balls, which travel about 220 feet per second, sometimes hurt, Williams said, but in its four years of operation, Paintball Palace has never had a customer seriously injured. But that's what makes it paintball. Williams recommends wearing enough clothing to cover exposed skin but not so much that it inhibits mobility. The paintballs are generally made to travel faster in outdoor paintball because of the larger distances. Paintball Palace has a 30-acre outdoor space about four miles from its indoor arena for spring and summer use when the weather clears.