Courtesy: Unknown. I found this online but then I clicked X by mistake before I uploaded. Sorry! But this photo is much better than the next two photos. I love the light ambiance shining that it is sunrise (according to Google Map, the canopy might be facing the East). You can notice the sunshine on the wall where canopy is. And see the lights were on. This photo might have been taken just before closure in 1995 because of the color texture, and the palm trees were already towering at roof line.
Courtesy of Coral Springs (Past Perfect Online) website. It shows 1984 thanks to that Chevy station wagon as an evidence of year of this taken. You can notice the palm trees growing half way up compared to the top photo which was taken just before it was sold in 1995. Actually that website said it was taken in 1984.
Courtesy of Coral Springs Roller Skating Center Facebook Fan Page. Noticed house plants on the right? Quite interesting. That was common in 1970s and 1980s that any commercial such as malls and rinks have plants inside. Not anymore.
Courtesy of Coral Springs (Past Perfect Online) website. I see boys RUNNING, not skating. Do not know why. Notice the mirrors on wall?
Coral Springs Roller Skating Center, 2100 N University Dr., Coral Springs, FL
Coral Springs Roller Skating Center was a rink that people really loved and wanted the rink to stay opened but Arvin Grabill had hard time trying to sell the roller rink as a rink, not to some other businesses but had to give up and sold the rink to Pep Boys. Arvin Grabill who also owns the Sunrise Ice Skating Center at 3363 N. Pine Island Road, according to corporate records.
This was really bitter for skaters in the neighborhood. The town commission heard the cries. A little girl brought petition of hundreds of names, Another kid was offering to fund raise money. This clearly showed it was a popular rink. Business-wise no one wanted to buy the rink. Should have offered to the town. Oh well. Instead it was sold to Pep Boys auto parts store. That would have been in the minds of skaters and people in Coral Springs, Florida which is Northwest of Fort Lauderdale, FL if you wanted to know where that was. Right by the Everglades Park.
Because it was sold, there were other ideas that the town was offering open bid and many offers came in. There were four offers in June 1995. All are quoted from South Florida Sun Sentinel. With slight modifications.
-- JMJ Group Inc. proposed build a $2.6 million facility with two indoor rinks and a second-floor, glass-enclosed restaurant overlooking both rinks. The facility would offer exercise programs, figure skating lessons, hockey instruction, youth camps and leagues for adults and kids.
-- Broward Inline Hockey Center Inc. has offered to build a 63,000 square-foot indoor rink and a 35,000 square-foot outdoor rink. The second floor could be used for child care, karate, fitness and music classes. The facility would be for league play, hockey clinics and open skating.
-- Two Coral Springs roller hockey enthusiasts and an accountant proposed teaming up and building a $400,000 facility consisting of two outdoor rinks primarily for hockey leagues.
-- Marca Enterprises, which owns Galaxy Skateway in North Lauderdale, has proposed building a $1.3 million facility with a single indoor rink for free skating, birthday parties, teen night programs and after-school skating.
All were excellent choices. I like the first choice, the JMJ Group, Inc. A restaurant overseeing. That really nailed the choice of mine. Creativity is necessity today with something unique. What became of today? I have no idea what replacement the town choose. However, only I could find on Manta, Roller Disco skating rink. However, that too has no more information than that. Apparently all fell through. Oh well.
They all should have considered purchasing CCRR instead of selling it to Pep Boys!
Oh well, Sorry Coral Springs. If I had a bunch of money, i would have built a rink there. For sure.
In meantime, it used to look like a modern department store building with 1970s feel architecture. It was one of those rinks that had nice wall materials that gave expensive look or feel. Well executed design. It sported in two-toned Tan colors. The stone veneer for upper part except where they had real live palm trees in place that are highlighted against the architecture. This is kind of architecture could have been saved along with Googie's, Tiny Naylor's Jet-looking Drive-In, and the Pig Stands. All were demolished.
The canopy looks as it appeared to be like a hotel drive through where the front doors were right by the corner of the building. It appeared to be facing North University Drive. I could not know because I was never there. Skaters might know. Is that right that the canopy was facing North University Drive?
I do not have information on when it was first opened. But the interior looks very modern. Very red. Looked like it was done in 1990s. If not, that was truly 1970s which reminds me of several real unique rinks (Can you find some unique 70s architecture rinks on this site?)
Red is best complimentary color with clear coated Maple wood. They had the rink as fan style for turns. But curved walls in of course, Red carpet. But not facing on the rink. In that photo seen on Facebook (see above) that the rink side wall looked like glue shadow on it. Was there something on that side? It is only good photo of the rink with full light on. I seen many skaters in their library of photos from that rink but its dark background. And grainy or blurred. That is the way it used to be with Kodaks. Now digital.. sharp!
What caught my eyes in the people-less photo of the rink.. the mirrored wall above around the rink. That concept is unusual but functional because when you do lights, its reflexions bounce in the mirror making it appeared more lights. Light bounce in mirrors anyhow just like the mirrored ball as known as "diamond" ball. Same function. But its reversed. Creativity at CCRR was found and sounded as you observed the rink. Perhaps this is why many skaters were crying to see it was sold to auto part store.
The ceiling had colorful light tubes function as a flashing strobe lights. I am sure when skating with full lights, it is on just as seen in the picture. Also when not skating. This rink actually appeared brighter than those photos can do show.
There were more mirrors! Mirrors on the wall rather than just valance around the rink. There were unique shapes and stripes as well. It showed several Brown and Tan colors. Were those truly original colors before going Red? By the judgment of shapes and mirror and colors, it appeared to be end of 1970s-early 1980s. Which makes more sense that Red would have been a replacement color. Please provide correct information.
Unfortunately, the owner sold the rink after trying for two years. It was sold in 1995.
The fate of roller skating is unknown in Coral Springs. I am sorry I could not find information regarding skating rinks fate in that town.
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Maple, Clear Coated, coated Floor Layout: Fan
Building Size: N/A, demolished. Now P B auto parts store. Built: N/A
Type of Building: Free Span cinderblock Commercial Building with off-rink columns
Roof: Flat
Acres: N/A
Operated: ? to February 28, 1995
Reason for Closure: Tried to sell to an investor to keep rink operational, instead sold to Pep Boys.
Wanted: Information regarding exact opening to exact closing dates, more interior photos without skaters? Sizes of rink and building if possible.
Sources: Facebook, Coral Springs, South Florida Sun Sentinel, South Florida Sun Sentinel (closing rink announced)
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Coral Springs Roller Skating Center was a rink that people really loved and wanted the rink to stay opened but Arvin Grabill had hard time trying to sell the roller rink as a rink, not to some other businesses but had to give up and sold the rink to Pep Boys. Arvin Grabill who also owns the Sunrise Ice Skating Center at 3363 N. Pine Island Road, according to corporate records.
This was really bitter for skaters in the neighborhood. The town commission heard the cries. A little girl brought petition of hundreds of names, Another kid was offering to fund raise money. This clearly showed it was a popular rink. Business-wise no one wanted to buy the rink. Should have offered to the town. Oh well. Instead it was sold to Pep Boys auto parts store. That would have been in the minds of skaters and people in Coral Springs, Florida which is Northwest of Fort Lauderdale, FL if you wanted to know where that was. Right by the Everglades Park.
Because it was sold, there were other ideas that the town was offering open bid and many offers came in. There were four offers in June 1995. All are quoted from South Florida Sun Sentinel. With slight modifications.
-- JMJ Group Inc. proposed build a $2.6 million facility with two indoor rinks and a second-floor, glass-enclosed restaurant overlooking both rinks. The facility would offer exercise programs, figure skating lessons, hockey instruction, youth camps and leagues for adults and kids.
-- Broward Inline Hockey Center Inc. has offered to build a 63,000 square-foot indoor rink and a 35,000 square-foot outdoor rink. The second floor could be used for child care, karate, fitness and music classes. The facility would be for league play, hockey clinics and open skating.
-- Two Coral Springs roller hockey enthusiasts and an accountant proposed teaming up and building a $400,000 facility consisting of two outdoor rinks primarily for hockey leagues.
-- Marca Enterprises, which owns Galaxy Skateway in North Lauderdale, has proposed building a $1.3 million facility with a single indoor rink for free skating, birthday parties, teen night programs and after-school skating.
All were excellent choices. I like the first choice, the JMJ Group, Inc. A restaurant overseeing. That really nailed the choice of mine. Creativity is necessity today with something unique. What became of today? I have no idea what replacement the town choose. However, only I could find on Manta, Roller Disco skating rink. However, that too has no more information than that. Apparently all fell through. Oh well.
They all should have considered purchasing CCRR instead of selling it to Pep Boys!
Oh well, Sorry Coral Springs. If I had a bunch of money, i would have built a rink there. For sure.
In meantime, it used to look like a modern department store building with 1970s feel architecture. It was one of those rinks that had nice wall materials that gave expensive look or feel. Well executed design. It sported in two-toned Tan colors. The stone veneer for upper part except where they had real live palm trees in place that are highlighted against the architecture. This is kind of architecture could have been saved along with Googie's, Tiny Naylor's Jet-looking Drive-In, and the Pig Stands. All were demolished.
The canopy looks as it appeared to be like a hotel drive through where the front doors were right by the corner of the building. It appeared to be facing North University Drive. I could not know because I was never there. Skaters might know. Is that right that the canopy was facing North University Drive?
I do not have information on when it was first opened. But the interior looks very modern. Very red. Looked like it was done in 1990s. If not, that was truly 1970s which reminds me of several real unique rinks (Can you find some unique 70s architecture rinks on this site?)
Red is best complimentary color with clear coated Maple wood. They had the rink as fan style for turns. But curved walls in of course, Red carpet. But not facing on the rink. In that photo seen on Facebook (see above) that the rink side wall looked like glue shadow on it. Was there something on that side? It is only good photo of the rink with full light on. I seen many skaters in their library of photos from that rink but its dark background. And grainy or blurred. That is the way it used to be with Kodaks. Now digital.. sharp!
What caught my eyes in the people-less photo of the rink.. the mirrored wall above around the rink. That concept is unusual but functional because when you do lights, its reflexions bounce in the mirror making it appeared more lights. Light bounce in mirrors anyhow just like the mirrored ball as known as "diamond" ball. Same function. But its reversed. Creativity at CCRR was found and sounded as you observed the rink. Perhaps this is why many skaters were crying to see it was sold to auto part store.
The ceiling had colorful light tubes function as a flashing strobe lights. I am sure when skating with full lights, it is on just as seen in the picture. Also when not skating. This rink actually appeared brighter than those photos can do show.
There were more mirrors! Mirrors on the wall rather than just valance around the rink. There were unique shapes and stripes as well. It showed several Brown and Tan colors. Were those truly original colors before going Red? By the judgment of shapes and mirror and colors, it appeared to be end of 1970s-early 1980s. Which makes more sense that Red would have been a replacement color. Please provide correct information.
Unfortunately, the owner sold the rink after trying for two years. It was sold in 1995.
The fate of roller skating is unknown in Coral Springs. I am sorry I could not find information regarding skating rinks fate in that town.
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Maple, Clear Coated, coated Floor Layout: Fan
Building Size: N/A, demolished. Now P B auto parts store. Built: N/A
Type of Building: Free Span cinderblock Commercial Building with off-rink columns
Roof: Flat
Acres: N/A
Operated: ? to February 28, 1995
Reason for Closure: Tried to sell to an investor to keep rink operational, instead sold to Pep Boys.
Wanted: Information regarding exact opening to exact closing dates, more interior photos without skaters? Sizes of rink and building if possible.
Sources: Facebook, Coral Springs, South Florida Sun Sentinel, South Florida Sun Sentinel (closing rink announced)
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