| While most people prefer to play paintball games | | | | While in recent years, a good number of indoor |
| outdoors on rugged terrain, indoor paintball fields | | | | paintball fields have been closed down partly due to |
| definitely have there place. Although outdoor fields are | | | | the cost of running the facility. However, the successful |
| definitely more common within the United States, if you | | | | indoor fields continue to run regular and aggressive |
| are thinking of traveling overseas and still playing some | | | | specials as well as including unique styles of game play |
| paintball during your trip, you will most likely be playing in | | | | that keeps players coming back time and again. Many |
| Europe indoors. | | | | indoor fields will use special gimmick types of paintballs |
| Both indoor and outdoor fields will generally charge an | | | | such as glow in the dark paint or glow in the dark |
| admissions fee if they are professionally run and have | | | | rubber pellets. These special types of games are |
| referees - IE if they are not outlaw fields. Indoor fields, | | | | especially popular among the younger generations. |
| however, will generally require you to buy your | | | | In Europe paintball is played more indoors primarily due |
| paintballs at their facility which may cost more than | | | | to space requirements. The population density and land |
| you are used to. | | | | allocations in Europe doesn't support the large outlaw |
| While an outdoor paintball field may cost less to run for | | | | fields that are typical within the United States. Most |
| the facility, you will often find some really cool fields | | | | major European cities such as Oslo and London sport |
| placed in old warehouses in the city. Indoor fields will | | | | very popular indoor paintball arenas where you can |
| often have an AstroTurf type of surface for the | | | | stop in for a game while traveling across Europe. |
| flooring. You will need to adjust your footwear as | | | | While it may be more popular to think of playing a |
| appropriate as the normal cleats that you wear for | | | | sport such as paintball outdoors, indoor arenas do |
| running around in the woods will not necessarily be | | | | have much to offer. Beware, however, of playing |
| appropriate or welcome at your local indoor field. | | | | outlaw ball in buildings that are not professionally run. |
| During the summer months in many locales an indoor | | | | Playing paintball indoors in abandoned warehouses for |
| paintball field is a life saver. Not only are summers | | | | example is not safe and introduces many additional |
| brutal in places like Atlanta and Las Vegas, but you will | | | | hazards to the game that your typical gear is not |
| save a tremendous amount of energy by not needing | | | | prepared to handle. If you happen to live in a city or in |
| to fight the heat as well as the enemy team. Indoor | | | | an area that is extremely hot during the summer, |
| fields provide an extra layer of comfort in that they | | | | moving your game of paintball to an indoor field is an |
| are very often air conditioned as well as being | | | | excellent way to keep up the sport when you can't |
| sheltered from the sun directly. | | | | get further away for the weekend. |