GameTime (PlayCore)

GameTime manufactures commercial playground equipment, outdoor fitness products and custom recreation spaces from Fort Payne, Alabama. Its catalog covers play systems by age group, swings including the Expression Swing, fitness components and obstacle courses, GTImpax safety surfacing, StreetScapes site furnishings, shade, and sports and park amenities. Named buyer categories include housing developments, parks and recreation departments, schools, preschools and daycare centers, and faith centers.

Projects run through local representatives and certified installers rather than direct sales, with turnkey service through the phases of a play or recreation project. Play systems are listed online with prices, and the catalog can be browsed by budget band: under $35,000, $35,000 to $75,000, and over $75,000. QuickShip systems, a playground funding guide, budgeting guidance and purchasing assistance are all published on the site.

The company was founded in 1929 in Litchfield, Michigan, introduced its first custom playground line in 1975, and moved to Fort Payne, Alabama in 1979, where it is based at 150 PlayCore Drive SE. As a PlayCore company it draws on PlayCore's CORE program, which covers a research institute, a resource library of evidence-based publications, a professional development hub offering CEUs, and outcomes reporting through a National Demonstration Program. GameTime says play experts operate in over 30 countries on six continents.

Prices shown are for the equipment listed and do not state what surfacing, site work or installation adds. The company asks buyers to find their local representative for a project quote, on (800) 235-2440.