Manchester Roller Dome 89 Tri-County Rd, Manchester, KY. Taken in 2016. Source: Google.
Manchester Roller Dome 89 Tri-County Rd, Manchester, KY. Close up to the former rink. Source: Google.
Manchester Roller Dome 89 Tri-County Rd, Manchester, KY
Manchester Roller Drome was a rink since 1981 and folded in around 2011/12. It was at 89 Tri-County Road, Machnester, Kentucky. It sits comfortably on a tiny uphill behind thick trees off of KY-11.
Dun & Bradstreet and Manta are in error. They said they were founded in 2011. I think not. I believe it was around longer and older. Since the building was built in 1981, likely that was when they first opened.
They closed by 2011. It is now Clay County Vendors, a local mom-and-pop retail discounter store/flea market of sort. (Please support your local stores!)
UPDATE! -- 28 February 2022.
I received an email from someone who was at this rink. Here is what he has to say--
I used to skate at Manchester Roller Dome every Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday; and I worked there as a DJ, Floor Guard, and Skate Rental [Staff].
Steve and Gay(le) Jones owned it.
I moved away in 1989 but returned when I visited family, the last time I was there it was in conversion from a skating rink to flea market. (I am aware they were converted to a flea market).
The DJ booth set up above the rink and you could control all the music and all the lights from there.
They had several [games including] 2 pool tables, 25 video games, [and] air hockey [and] even a horse for little ones to ride.
The Roller Dome was a concrete floor. A seriously thick one too.
It was a huge slab that was poured and then steel frame and block build on top of that. The skate floor was sealed/neutral painted but the concession stand bathrooms and skate rental booth were VCT (Vinyl Composition Tiles) and pool and gaming areas were Las Vegas-style flat glue down carpet.
Steve and Gay (Everybody called her Gay but her name was Gayle) really took great pride in this business and this building. Lighting, sound, rental skates, gaming, maintenance were all kept very clean very modern and very family friendly. A parent really could drop their kid(s) off there and know they were safe and would be there when they returned. It was really a family oriented business like no other. I had 4 brothers and sisters that went every tue Fri and Sat nights and they would say the same. Manchester Kentucky. Was a tiny town and we moved there from California. The roller dome was about the only thing legitimate going on in Clay County Kentucky for kids at that time.
You only get to be a kid once and the skating rink was a big of my childhood.
Best Regards,
E.G.
Unfortunately I still do not know what floor they had!
The Interior.
The Roller Dome was a concrete floor. A seriously thick one too.
It was a huge slab that was poured and then steel frame and block build on top of that. The skate floor was sealed/neutral painted but the concession stand bathrooms and skate rental booth were VCT (Vinyl Composition Tiles) and pool and gaming areas were Las Vegas-style flat glue down carpet.
Lighting, sound, rental skates, gaming, maintenance were all kept very clean very modern and very family friendly.
The Exterior.
it was clearly all Stone Wall Veneer in front of this Gable roof building. Likely Cinderblocks walled. It is a nice setting behind the trees which makes you feel more peaceful and it is a slight up drive on the driveway onto the parking lot.
It is off of KY-11 behind those trees.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 13,125 SF. Built: N/A. Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Cinderblocks and Stone Wall Veneer front-Walled Storefront - like Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: 2.2770 Acres.
Operated: (Overall)-- c. 1981 to c. 2011.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources:
Xome
Manta - Manchester Rollerdrome
Manta - Clay County Venders
Dun & Bradstreet
Facebook - Clay County Vendors
Email - E.G. (28 February 2022).
Worth to visit:
You can visit but it is now a flea market.
Date of issue: 20 March 2021.
For office only: 3.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:16.
Dun & Bradstreet and Manta are in error. They said they were founded in 2011. I think not. I believe it was around longer and older. Since the building was built in 1981, likely that was when they first opened.
They closed by 2011. It is now Clay County Vendors, a local mom-and-pop retail discounter store/flea market of sort. (Please support your local stores!)
UPDATE! -- 28 February 2022.
I received an email from someone who was at this rink. Here is what he has to say--
I used to skate at Manchester Roller Dome every Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday; and I worked there as a DJ, Floor Guard, and Skate Rental [Staff].
Steve and Gay(le) Jones owned it.
I moved away in 1989 but returned when I visited family, the last time I was there it was in conversion from a skating rink to flea market. (I am aware they were converted to a flea market).
The DJ booth set up above the rink and you could control all the music and all the lights from there.
They had several [games including] 2 pool tables, 25 video games, [and] air hockey [and] even a horse for little ones to ride.
The Roller Dome was a concrete floor. A seriously thick one too.
It was a huge slab that was poured and then steel frame and block build on top of that. The skate floor was sealed/neutral painted but the concession stand bathrooms and skate rental booth were VCT (Vinyl Composition Tiles) and pool and gaming areas were Las Vegas-style flat glue down carpet.
Steve and Gay (Everybody called her Gay but her name was Gayle) really took great pride in this business and this building. Lighting, sound, rental skates, gaming, maintenance were all kept very clean very modern and very family friendly. A parent really could drop their kid(s) off there and know they were safe and would be there when they returned. It was really a family oriented business like no other. I had 4 brothers and sisters that went every tue Fri and Sat nights and they would say the same. Manchester Kentucky. Was a tiny town and we moved there from California. The roller dome was about the only thing legitimate going on in Clay County Kentucky for kids at that time.
You only get to be a kid once and the skating rink was a big of my childhood.
Best Regards,
E.G.
Unfortunately I still do not know what floor they had!
The Interior.
The Roller Dome was a concrete floor. A seriously thick one too.
It was a huge slab that was poured and then steel frame and block build on top of that. The skate floor was sealed/neutral painted but the concession stand bathrooms and skate rental booth were VCT (Vinyl Composition Tiles) and pool and gaming areas were Las Vegas-style flat glue down carpet.
Lighting, sound, rental skates, gaming, maintenance were all kept very clean very modern and very family friendly.
The Exterior.
it was clearly all Stone Wall Veneer in front of this Gable roof building. Likely Cinderblocks walled. It is a nice setting behind the trees which makes you feel more peaceful and it is a slight up drive on the driveway onto the parking lot.
It is off of KY-11 behind those trees.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 13,125 SF. Built: N/A. Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Cinderblocks and Stone Wall Veneer front-Walled Storefront - like Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: 2.2770 Acres.
Operated: (Overall)-- c. 1981 to c. 2011.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources:
Xome
Manta - Manchester Rollerdrome
Manta - Clay County Venders
Dun & Bradstreet
Facebook - Clay County Vendors
Email - E.G. (28 February 2022).
Worth to visit:
You can visit but it is now a flea market.
Date of issue: 20 March 2021.
For office only: 3.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:16.