COEUR d’ALENE — An open house means different things to different people.

Just ask Ryan Davis, executive director of the sparkling new Lola & Duane Hagadone Boys & Girls Club of Kootenai County, who was busy preparing to let the public see the club’s spectacular facility on 15th Street.

“We’re not sure how many people actually will turn up,” Davis said Friday afternoon as his staff supervised a handful of kids who were already enjoying themselves inside the 20,000-square-foot building.

“We’re going to have a little ceremony outside so Lola can cut the ribbon on this place. But we never forget that it’s all about the kids.”

Perhaps even Davis underestimated exactly how many youngsters would swamp the building when the open house began officially at 4 p.m.

“Isn’t it great?” Davis said. “They’re everywhere, and this is what the Hagadones and other donors dreamed about.”

Brady Sutich was spinning the handle on a foosball table so fast that onlookers could have gotten dizzy.

“I’m exactly 6 years old,” Brady said, without halting his play. “And this is my second day. I like this place.”

Brady was among the hundreds of kids for whom the building was designed.

And so was 9-year-old Sophie Woehler, who was suspiciously handy on the beautiful new pool table — although she’d also mastered the art of moving the cue ball to whatever position she preferred.

“My mother taught me how to play,” Sophie announced, possibly serving notice that you might not want to challenge Mom if she’s carrying a cue stick.

In every corner of the building, you could hear a non-stop din as kids enjoyed all the new amenities while parents watched in wonder that such a facility was now available to their children.

The Boys & Girls Club is located on the grounds of Lakes Middle School, but it will be open to all children ages 6-18 from around the county.

“It’s going to be a tremendous thing for families who maybe have both parents working,” Davis said. “For $20, kids can play and be supervised for the entire school year, and there will be a meal provided.

“During the summer, the facility will be open 10 hours per day, and registration again will be just $20. That’s $40 for an entire year.”

Davis admitted he was only guessing, but he projects that more than 400 kids are likely to use the club, a meaningful jump from the maximum of 250 at the Boys & Girls Club in Post Falls.

“We needed this space, and the Hagadones’ generosity (a gift that wound up totaling $2 million) made it happen — and we even opened right on time with the start of the school year.”

Davis spent a good deal of the open house greeting parents, board members, public officials and civic leaders while kids played every conceivable game from one end of the building to the other.

The club’s claim that the county’s young people needed a safe and enjoyable place to go is backed up by hard fact; for instance, 23.5 percent of the Kootenai County population was 17 or younger in 2014, with 33.2 percent of that group coming from single-parent homes.

“It just makes you smile to see the kids doing whatever they want and looking happy,” said Kristin Andre, the club’s development director.

And yes, that can even include a bit of quiet time.

In the midst of all the fun on Friday, 10-year-old Quinn Michael sat alone, intently reading a book.

“There really is something for everyone,” Andre said. “It’s so great just to see it, and imagine how many kids will benefit in the future.”