(Marty is one of the best skating organists out there). It used to be said around the rinks that Rollerskating, as a participant sport, was bigger than Baseball, Football, Basketball and Hockey combined. See “Ardmore Rolling Skating Palace” above. Earlier in this thread, I put up a post about Cicero's and the memories behind it. One was Melody Skateland on the west side of Indianapolis. :confused: hi it seems that you are well versed with the southern rinks. Does anybody remember it. Then, many of the skaters would fill the local restaurants afterwards for a late night snack. However, we also had the opportunity to work with amazing artists (shooting 2 music videos in our rink this year! It seems like a very number of roller skating rinks have closed in the last 10 or 15 years. When I skated there 1950-1958 and then again in 1979-1986 there were pictures of me skating dance and freestyle hanging on the walls, from back in the 1950's. Fast forward to last Monday evening at a 1970's oldtimers night at Skate World, in Troy, Michigan. Ever been in JOhnstown? The wedding was for Bobby and Joyce, and I remember it was a lot of fun with the reception being held directly in the skating floor. After getting inside the roller rink, the next thing to do was to go stand in another line to get a pair of skates. As I'm updating the roller skating rink directory (http://www.quadskating.com/rinks/directory.htm) at QuadSkating.com I'm realizing that a really huge number of roller skating rinks have closed in the last 10 or 15 years. This is a home for your memories from the closed Forgotten Roller Skating Rinks of the Past. From what i heard it was bad ownership/ managment that put it under.Everything was auctioned off and my friends father how owned a rink in nearby Salem ohio bought the floor.We cut it out loaded it up and put it in his rink....What a job that was as his rink was on the second floor. Starlite became a place called Colorz in the mid 90's I believe and then closed a few years ago...breaks my heart everytime I drive by the boarded up building. vBulletin® v3.8.4, Copyright ©2000-2021, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Special Interest Skating Forums (sorted by number of posts). The guy who ran the place would let us rink rats stay in the rink and skate in between sessions if we would help put up rentals, sweep floors, etc. It opened in '55 and is still going. :frown: Sports 9 Skateway in Morganville, New Jersey. I skated a couple if street races, back in the day.. Yet another rink that came and went. The store retained the original skating surface, figure circles and all, and had a strange award hanging in the front entrence, that was both sad, and interesting all at the same time?? Apr 29, 2015 - Memories of Closed Roller Skating Rinks Roller Dance and Session Skating Forum Yes, for sure, from everywhere on the world. The rink closed in 1958, and the building burned sometime before April 26, 1960. I was checking out your IL rink list and did not see Aurora Skate Center. i skated at a number of skating rinks in the central ohio and ohio areas during that time frame. i tend to slide easy for some reason and i just felt free there. It didn't last long. I ended up converting to artistic freeskating where i eventually went to nationals once and placed 6th in intermediate mens singles in 1979, then going into the US air force. This might make you feel a little ill. You guys ever hear what USA has done in the past when a competing rink in one of their markets closes down. Owner, Mr. Phillips (?) Thank God for memories. They tore it down back in the late 90's. In Tampa Florida, so far we can only find United Skates of America rinks. have a list of roller rinks from the 60's from all around the country if this what you are looking for. Sure there is a matter of making your foundation, for which will bring you forward, but it is not then upon JWC and WC. Hank, you gonna make it to the Extravaganza the week after next? Some even called it a "dump". It was awsome! Brings back such memories. It was built in 1968 and owned by Chas Chrisman and rink organist Bill Clark. All I can vouch for is Pinellas County, Florida. I don't know if it was about this particular Palisades Gardens but I guess one can only dream. i notice a few PA. rinks on here. Ed Johnson remembered a 40-mile skate-athon at the rink … I have a book about Maryland Amusement Parks. Conway Roller Rink has been deemed unsafe and hazardous. That's awsome....all the years Rollarena was used as a flea market and bingo hall, how I wished they would let us have one more skate. It's some type of plumbing warehouse now. I have a flyer for it I think. They ripped the floor up a while ago (picture earlier in this thread) so all hope is lost. A lot of roller skating rinks where closed due to state taxes being high, landlords not renewing leases, rezoning for condos and commercial use. I made some calls and discovered that the building is still configured as a skating rink but has not been open for 3 years. I keep a historical website for the great Chicago area rinks that closed. Looking on the pages you posted, I recognized the listings for Cleveland Ohio. Enjoy your chance! It burned down by an arson fire. Purpose-built in the late 1970s, it had the look and feel of many rinks around the … This is the place where I bought my first pair of skates, which I still have and am revamping right now so that I can start skating again in Asheoro, NC. I believe Don Rodgers was coaching out of there back then. It had a full floating floor and kept in top notch shape. 12 Laps To The Mile. The Cernik family said it will close its final roller skating rink after operating at least one roller rink in Omaha for the past 51 years. 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