Credit: Google Map. Basically same building, same location but this photo shows as Bamboozles.
Skatetown USA, 2095 Andrea Lane, Fort Myers, FL (First)
Generations Skate Center, 2095 Andrea Lane, Fort Myers, FL (Second)
Sunshine Skates, 2085 Andrea Lane, Fort Myers, FL (Third)
Bamboozles Skating & Event Center, 2095 Andrea Lane, Fort Myers, FL (Forth)
Spinz, 2085 Andrea Lane, Fort Myers, FL (Current)
This rink was the second generation of operating business at the same location. Likely according to word of mouth on Facebook and an email that it was Skateland USA prior to Generations. But this rink ran by Harris Stacey on March 5, 1990 and ran the business till he closed up on September 9, 2000. Must be another rink name between year 2000 and 2006 because in 2006, new management opened as Bamboozles which is now Spinz.
This rink even had served alcohol- beer according to a yahoo poster in yahoo business section. It even had a website which was rarely and unusual in the 1990s as internet was in its infancy. There are no photographs of Generations. Unfortunately there is nothing we can add here.
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Maple Wood, clear coated Floor Layout: Fan
Building Size: N/A
Operated: (As SkateTown USA): 1980? to 1999?
(As Generations Skating Center): March or May 5, 1990 to September 2006?
(As Sunshine Skates): March 28, 2006 (or 2008) to April 2009
(As Bamboozles): 2009 to September 10, 2017
Currently as Spinz (2019 to Present)
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Information regarding official open and official close. Photographs of Generations at the time, both interior and exterior.
Sources: intercreditreport.com, a skating fan in email. Dun & Bradstreet (Sunshine)
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Generations Skate Center, 2095 Andrea Lane, Fort Myers, FL (Second)
Sunshine Skates, 2085 Andrea Lane, Fort Myers, FL (Third)
Bamboozles Skating & Event Center, 2095 Andrea Lane, Fort Myers, FL (Forth)
Spinz, 2085 Andrea Lane, Fort Myers, FL (Current)
This rink was the second generation of operating business at the same location. Likely according to word of mouth on Facebook and an email that it was Skateland USA prior to Generations. But this rink ran by Harris Stacey on March 5, 1990 and ran the business till he closed up on September 9, 2000. Must be another rink name between year 2000 and 2006 because in 2006, new management opened as Bamboozles which is now Spinz.
This rink even had served alcohol- beer according to a yahoo poster in yahoo business section. It even had a website which was rarely and unusual in the 1990s as internet was in its infancy. There are no photographs of Generations. Unfortunately there is nothing we can add here.
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Maple Wood, clear coated Floor Layout: Fan
Building Size: N/A
Operated: (As SkateTown USA): 1980? to 1999?
(As Generations Skating Center): March or May 5, 1990 to September 2006?
(As Sunshine Skates): March 28, 2006 (or 2008) to April 2009
(As Bamboozles): 2009 to September 10, 2017
Currently as Spinz (2019 to Present)
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Information regarding official open and official close. Photographs of Generations at the time, both interior and exterior.
Sources: intercreditreport.com, a skating fan in email. Dun & Bradstreet (Sunshine)
© 2019 - 2020 Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved.