Part of the Presidio: San Francisco Bids Farewell to Beloved Indoor Park, House of Air
For kids who have been going to San Francisco’s House of Air, a beloved trampoline park in the Presidio, things just won’t be the same when it closes early next year.
House of Air announced Thursday that it will close on Feb. 15, 2027, because it didn’t renew its lease that ends at the beginning of March.
The facility — a former U.S. Army airplane hangar — has stayed true to its roots since its debut in 2010, bringing flightless play and good times of all kinds across its 8,000 square feet.
It has dodgeball, general jumping, training for athletes, birthdays — which kids said they can’t find anywhere else.
“I don’t want it to close because this place is a part of San Francisco,” said Lee, 11, who has been coming to the park for years. “It’s a part of the Presidio [that] is missing now. It’s all just gone.”
The original facility, officially known as Building 926, was built in 1921. Restored for House of Air’s opening in partnership with its landlord, Presidio Trust, the company said it has since boasted over one million visitors.
Daniel Matsumoto, general manager for the park, said that the company decided not to renew its lease after exploring renewal options with the Presidio Trust.
“There would be high costs associated with keeping the lease in this space, and we don’t feel that it’s something that we can meet necessarily,” Matsumoto said, adding that business had been doing really well recently.
The park’s bread and butter, Matsumoto said, is just general jumping and doing many birthday parties.
“I think most kids in the city have been to a birthday party here at some point,” Matusmoto said.
That’s exactly what Damaris Sosa Clahr, along with her daughter and a friend, came for on Friday afternoon, when kids and parents had just begun to trickle in on an otherwise quiet day.
“You know, it’s something to do indoors and I could just sit and relax while they’re playing,” Sosa Clahr said.
Friends Mikko M. and Gibson M., both 11-years-old, said they come to the park at least once a month and have met many friends during their time at House of Air.
“It’s gonna be hard to beat,” Mikko said. “I just love this place a lot.”
When asked where they might go instead, all of the young jumpers that KQED spoke with said they didn’t know of anything else that compared to House of Air.
“And even location-wise, it’s so classic and iconic. It’s facing Crissy Field,” said Grace, 17.
The park is still open for play until it closes in February. Jumpers can show up for regular general jumping and other activities until then.
Matsumoto said there will be a special farewell event closer to its closing date, with plans underway.
It’s not yet clear what the Presidio Trust — which will decide what happens to the former airplane hangar and trampoline park — will look for next.
But several kids suggested an idea for it: another trampoline park.