Galaxy Skate Center 204 3rd St., Rawlins, Wyoming. Source: Google.
Galaxy Skate Center 204 3rd St., Rawlins, Wyoming. Source: Google.
Galaxy Skate Center 204 3rd St., Rawlins, Wyoming. Source: Google.
Galaxy Skate Center 204 3rd St., Rawlins, Wyoming. Source: Google.
Galaxy Skate Center 204 3rd St., Rawlins, Wyoming. Source: Google.
Galaxy Skate Center 204 3rd St., Rawlins, Wyoming
Roll-On Skate Center 204 3rd St., Rawlins, Wyoming
Roll-On Skate Center 204 3rd St., Rawlins, Wyoming
Unfortunately I do not have information at all but thanks to one tiny detail which is the address. it shows very much like a very old skating rink in this building which was on 204 3rd Street in Rawlins, Wyoming. However, according to Videoparadise, it listed the rink during 1990s. So, it gave me a ballpark of when it was opened. But for how long it was opened, when it was opened, and when it was closed for good.
It had no parking lot but sits on one of main center intersection where the rink was.
It does appeared to be built in early 20th Century but the rink was much later. I have no articles, nothing. Anybody?
UPDATE! -- 01 October 2022.
I just received an update and here is more information to this mysterious rink. Here is what she has to say.
Hi there,
I have some info about the former rink in Rawlins, Wyoming on 3rd street.
I used to go there nearly every Saturday for hours from 1977-79. I was in grade school, but it seemed very busy to me with all the expected activities like the limbo and boothed DJ. My clearest memory is that they played multiple songs from Grease for several months. I thought it was great but I recall older kids groaning after a time.
If the DJ needed a day off, the booth would play a very, very long recording on a huge reel-to-reel tape player.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about this particular rink was that it was ALSO the Greyhound bus station!
It didn't really register with me at the time, but looking back, I cannot believe how different a time it was that so many parents were comfortable dropping their children off for hours and hours of unsupervised fun at a bus station!
I moved away just before 1980 and have never been back, so I don't know any more about the history.
Thanks
Rink Size: N/A Floor: N/A Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Storefront style block Building.
Roof: Gable (Low pitch)
Acres: N/A
Architect: N/A.
Contractor: N/A.
Interior Designer: N/A.
Organ: N/A.
10 Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Duck Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Candlestick Bowling Lanes: None.
Pocket Billiard Tables: N/A.
Amusement Rides: None.
Driving Range Slots: None.
Miniature Golf Course: None.
Arcade: (Number unknown)
Skee-Ball: N/A.
Fascination: None.
Restaurant: None.
Cocktail lounge: None.
Laser Tag: None.
Bounce Houses: None.
Bumper Cars: None.
Go-Kart: None.
Motel: None.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Operated: Likely 1970s to 1990s.
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also, photos/articles. Also send me any updates such as reopening, sold, name changes, or whatsoever occurred with this rink or any rinks. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation©. Before you email, please state this rink name AND THE CITY AND STATE (or COUNTRY) so I can know where or what rink you are talking about. Thank you. We welcome both active and defunct rinks.
Sources:
Google Map.
Videoparadise.
Skate Fitness website.
email - Q.S. - 01 October 2022.
Date of issue: 2020.
Updated: 01 October 2022.
For office use only: 5.
Worth to visit:
No rink but the building stands there today but it has been heavily renovated. So, it is a private property.
DISCLAIMER:
International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© (formerly known as Dead-Rinks) and Mark Falso are not responsible for your physical and legal injuries you may have caused. We do not endorse such illegal activities including breaking and entry of former rinks, malls, abandoned buildings, etc. Please always obey laws and regulations and property owner's signs. Some states allow purple paint on fence which means they even have guns on their property and have rights to shoot you. Please DO NOT attempt to enter property without permission!
For abandoned rinks, after you receive permission, do WEAR safety OSHA equipment including a safety glasses, pair of safety gloves, an orange vest or a jacket, and a construction helmet.
Thank you for understanding.
Dead Rinks is now International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© because many former names have become new names at the same rinks that are still active and due to much confusion, We have decided that International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© fits better for all rinks including defunct, closed, inactive, rebooted, and rinks that are still active today. For short on this site, it is International Roller Skating Rinks History© Bear with us as we change the entire site page by page each day. Thank you for understanding.
Second of all: The contents including words and photos above on this page and/or on any pages are purely educational entertainment purposes only. I provide what information from other websites, skaters, and operators and it may end up with different results between two (or more) sources. It is not our responsible for errors we caused. All sources are shown on each page. All opinions and statements of mine are also stated and are for purely educational entertainment only.
Rinks that are closed are considered dead. Rinks that are/were sold and with new management names new name(s), the former are considered dead. Previous operating rink that closed but came back years later, are considered dead because the reopening is considered rebooted, nothing to do with the former. Since we are rebooted to allow alive rinks, active rinks, we welcome those active rinks as well. It will be described.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
Any music associated with any YouTube or any other videos provided on International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© are not the property of International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group and/or International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© therefore we do not own the rights to the music.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved become property of International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© and are watermarked but they are credited to you (or where the source is from). Thank you for understanding. To understand more about this, please go to this page: Disclaimer.
It had no parking lot but sits on one of main center intersection where the rink was.
It does appeared to be built in early 20th Century but the rink was much later. I have no articles, nothing. Anybody?
UPDATE! -- 01 October 2022.
I just received an update and here is more information to this mysterious rink. Here is what she has to say.
Hi there,
I have some info about the former rink in Rawlins, Wyoming on 3rd street.
I used to go there nearly every Saturday for hours from 1977-79. I was in grade school, but it seemed very busy to me with all the expected activities like the limbo and boothed DJ. My clearest memory is that they played multiple songs from Grease for several months. I thought it was great but I recall older kids groaning after a time.
If the DJ needed a day off, the booth would play a very, very long recording on a huge reel-to-reel tape player.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about this particular rink was that it was ALSO the Greyhound bus station!
It didn't really register with me at the time, but looking back, I cannot believe how different a time it was that so many parents were comfortable dropping their children off for hours and hours of unsupervised fun at a bus station!
I moved away just before 1980 and have never been back, so I don't know any more about the history.
Thanks
Rink Size: N/A Floor: N/A Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Storefront style block Building.
Roof: Gable (Low pitch)
Acres: N/A
Architect: N/A.
Contractor: N/A.
Interior Designer: N/A.
Organ: N/A.
10 Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Duck Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Candlestick Bowling Lanes: None.
Pocket Billiard Tables: N/A.
Amusement Rides: None.
Driving Range Slots: None.
Miniature Golf Course: None.
Arcade: (Number unknown)
Skee-Ball: N/A.
Fascination: None.
Restaurant: None.
Cocktail lounge: None.
Laser Tag: None.
Bounce Houses: None.
Bumper Cars: None.
Go-Kart: None.
Motel: None.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Operated: Likely 1970s to 1990s.
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also, photos/articles. Also send me any updates such as reopening, sold, name changes, or whatsoever occurred with this rink or any rinks. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation©. Before you email, please state this rink name AND THE CITY AND STATE (or COUNTRY) so I can know where or what rink you are talking about. Thank you. We welcome both active and defunct rinks.
Sources:
Google Map.
Videoparadise.
Skate Fitness website.
email - Q.S. - 01 October 2022.
Date of issue: 2020.
Updated: 01 October 2022.
For office use only: 5.
Worth to visit:
No rink but the building stands there today but it has been heavily renovated. So, it is a private property.
DISCLAIMER:
International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© (formerly known as Dead-Rinks) and Mark Falso are not responsible for your physical and legal injuries you may have caused. We do not endorse such illegal activities including breaking and entry of former rinks, malls, abandoned buildings, etc. Please always obey laws and regulations and property owner's signs. Some states allow purple paint on fence which means they even have guns on their property and have rights to shoot you. Please DO NOT attempt to enter property without permission!
For abandoned rinks, after you receive permission, do WEAR safety OSHA equipment including a safety glasses, pair of safety gloves, an orange vest or a jacket, and a construction helmet.
Thank you for understanding.
Dead Rinks is now International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© because many former names have become new names at the same rinks that are still active and due to much confusion, We have decided that International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© fits better for all rinks including defunct, closed, inactive, rebooted, and rinks that are still active today. For short on this site, it is International Roller Skating Rinks History© Bear with us as we change the entire site page by page each day. Thank you for understanding.
Second of all: The contents including words and photos above on this page and/or on any pages are purely educational entertainment purposes only. I provide what information from other websites, skaters, and operators and it may end up with different results between two (or more) sources. It is not our responsible for errors we caused. All sources are shown on each page. All opinions and statements of mine are also stated and are for purely educational entertainment only.
Rinks that are closed are considered dead. Rinks that are/were sold and with new management names new name(s), the former are considered dead. Previous operating rink that closed but came back years later, are considered dead because the reopening is considered rebooted, nothing to do with the former. Since we are rebooted to allow alive rinks, active rinks, we welcome those active rinks as well. It will be described.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
Any music associated with any YouTube or any other videos provided on International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© are not the property of International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group and/or International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© therefore we do not own the rights to the music.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved become property of International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© and are watermarked but they are credited to you (or where the source is from). Thank you for understanding. To understand more about this, please go to this page: Disclaimer.