Rob's Roller World/Ron's Roller World 120 Catalan St. E., St. Louis, MO. Source: Google.
Rob's Roller World/Ron's Roller World 120 Catalan St. E., St. Louis, MO. Source: Four Square.
Rob's Roller World/Ron's Roller World 120 Catalan St. E., St. Louis, MO. Source: Four Square.
Rob's Roller World/Ron's Roller World 120 Catalan St. E., St. Louis, MO. Source: Four Square.
Rob's Roller World/Ron's Roller World 120 Catalan St. E., St. Louis, MO. Source: Four Square.
Rob's Roller World 120 Catalan St. E., St. Louis, MO
Ron's Roller World 120 Catalan St. E., St. Louis, MO
Southtown Roller Rink 120 Catalan Street East, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Skatium 120 Catalan Street, St. Louis, MO (Current rink, same location).
Ron's Roller World 120 Catalan St. E., St. Louis, MO
Southtown Roller Rink 120 Catalan Street East, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Skatium 120 Catalan Street, St. Louis, MO (Current rink, same location).
Rob's Roller World was a rink that had it start back in 1964 as Southtown Roller Rink by Archie Johnson and his son, Jerry. Jerry operated the rink until November 1975 and gave it as a gift to his son, Ron and his daughter-in-law, Kathy. They ran the rink until 1994 as Rob's Roller World. The problem with this article I found only limits the article. You have to subscribe to read it all. It is not a newspaper website. It is in a way but you have to subscribe. That really annoy me.
There you have it. I only have it was established as Rob's in 1994 according to Bizapedia. Might be different owner. According to that site, the owner is Robert Grimm. Filing on January 4, 1994. Then the Fictitious name registered on May 12, 1994. Apparently the time between January and May, the new owner purchased the rink and it took time to close the sale of the rink and then the Johnsons wanted to relocate the rink to Oakville, MO. Now, that fate is unknown because I could not find any information for the new rebooted skating rink. You see, the gift was just the business, not the entire package which means the building. The building was still owned by Ron's father, Jerry. Ron had to pay lease for his rink business. Ron had to relocate for several reasons: lease ran out, flooding, and attendance was down.
What more shocking was that the father said he has someone else who wanted to lease the building according to Ron. And guess what new business? Another roller rink! That is rude in my opinion. It is now St. Louis Skatium
Go figure. According to internet search, there is NO roller rink in Oakville. Apparently the neighborhood with a petition did not want the rink at all. It did not make any sense because the rink that the Johnson planned was in the area where there are commercial properties although that spot they wanted was not zoned for Commercial. There is no other articles regarding the results for the Johnsons and the neighborhood in a town board meeting. From the look of it, it failed. Likely it was a failure.
Now on to the building, the exterior is questionable as well as the interior. We do not know what it was like as Southtown and Rob's rinks. Only I can find are St. Louis Skatium. Go figure.
Since St. Louis Skatium is still in operations, this site is about defunct rinks and defunct names of rinks. Therefore, the need to go by guessimate. It is a gabled roof structure with a rink interior. we do not know what it was like before it became Skatium. But I can tell the structure is the same. It has natural exposed steel trusses and dark ceiling. The rink itself presently at St. Louis Skatium looks too much like an ice rink as seen in photos. It has Ice Rink White concrete floor with ice rink walls (Rink Yellow trim with Rink White walls. It appears to be more diversified than just a roller rink. It is leaning more toward Roller Hockey, Roller Derby and having concerts. Big name concerts in that facility.
Seems it is surviving well with all of those diversity in its business plan. It apparently affected that regular skaters would not be skating at that new ownership rink.
But I am still wondering what about the Johnsons. I meant Ron and his wife Kathy. Did they buy or start another rink in another town? Remains a mystery... for now. I will update in future.
UPDATE! -- 24 May 2022.
I discovered there is another name for this rink at this location which is called Ron's Roller World. Yes, I got two different spelling just for one letter. Rob's and Ron's. Was one a misspelling? I got my verification from websites that spells Rob's but some were spelled as Ron's. Go figure.
Interior:
I do not know what the interior was when it first opened. However, I am sure renovations occurred. Presently it is still operational but different name. It appeared to have the ice rink feel interior to it because of the Ice-Rink White floor with concrete! And the Hockey rails around. It has that warehouse feel interior with exposed steel beams and walls. Looks very basic.
Exterior:
Free Span Steel Trusses Warehouse- like Building with Gabled roof. It had minor changes on the outside which is clearly with names and paints.
Rink Size: N/A (Appears to be NHL size) Floor: Ice Rink White Concrete, coated
Floor Layout: Standard with Roller Hockey layout and Roller Derby layout.
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Trusses Warehouse- like Building.
Roof: Gabled.
Acres: N/A
Operated: (Overall): 1964 to present.
Southtown Roller Rink: 1964 to November 1975.
Rob's Roller Rink: November 1975 to May 7, 1994. (relocated/rebooted seem to fail)
St. Louis Skatium: May 14, 1994. to present (Still operational)
Reason for Closure:
Southtown Roller Rink: Jerry gave the rink to son Ron and Ron's wife, Kathy.
Rob's Roller Rink: Forced out, declining attendance/sales, lease expired, flood damage.
St. Louis Skatium: Still operational.
Wanted: Information regarding rink size, building size, exact dates. What happened to Ron and Kathy?
Any information, please contact us at [email protected].
Sources:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2
Bizapedia - both Rob's Skate World and St. Louis Skatium.
Four Square - St. Louis Skatium.
Date of Issue: early 2020.
Updated: 28 Feburary 2022.
Updated: 24 May 2022.
Worth to visit:
Yes -- St. Louis Skatium is still operational!
For office only: 5.
© Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 17.
There you have it. I only have it was established as Rob's in 1994 according to Bizapedia. Might be different owner. According to that site, the owner is Robert Grimm. Filing on January 4, 1994. Then the Fictitious name registered on May 12, 1994. Apparently the time between January and May, the new owner purchased the rink and it took time to close the sale of the rink and then the Johnsons wanted to relocate the rink to Oakville, MO. Now, that fate is unknown because I could not find any information for the new rebooted skating rink. You see, the gift was just the business, not the entire package which means the building. The building was still owned by Ron's father, Jerry. Ron had to pay lease for his rink business. Ron had to relocate for several reasons: lease ran out, flooding, and attendance was down.
What more shocking was that the father said he has someone else who wanted to lease the building according to Ron. And guess what new business? Another roller rink! That is rude in my opinion. It is now St. Louis Skatium
Go figure. According to internet search, there is NO roller rink in Oakville. Apparently the neighborhood with a petition did not want the rink at all. It did not make any sense because the rink that the Johnson planned was in the area where there are commercial properties although that spot they wanted was not zoned for Commercial. There is no other articles regarding the results for the Johnsons and the neighborhood in a town board meeting. From the look of it, it failed. Likely it was a failure.
Now on to the building, the exterior is questionable as well as the interior. We do not know what it was like as Southtown and Rob's rinks. Only I can find are St. Louis Skatium. Go figure.
Since St. Louis Skatium is still in operations, this site is about defunct rinks and defunct names of rinks. Therefore, the need to go by guessimate. It is a gabled roof structure with a rink interior. we do not know what it was like before it became Skatium. But I can tell the structure is the same. It has natural exposed steel trusses and dark ceiling. The rink itself presently at St. Louis Skatium looks too much like an ice rink as seen in photos. It has Ice Rink White concrete floor with ice rink walls (Rink Yellow trim with Rink White walls. It appears to be more diversified than just a roller rink. It is leaning more toward Roller Hockey, Roller Derby and having concerts. Big name concerts in that facility.
Seems it is surviving well with all of those diversity in its business plan. It apparently affected that regular skaters would not be skating at that new ownership rink.
But I am still wondering what about the Johnsons. I meant Ron and his wife Kathy. Did they buy or start another rink in another town? Remains a mystery... for now. I will update in future.
UPDATE! -- 24 May 2022.
I discovered there is another name for this rink at this location which is called Ron's Roller World. Yes, I got two different spelling just for one letter. Rob's and Ron's. Was one a misspelling? I got my verification from websites that spells Rob's but some were spelled as Ron's. Go figure.
Interior:
I do not know what the interior was when it first opened. However, I am sure renovations occurred. Presently it is still operational but different name. It appeared to have the ice rink feel interior to it because of the Ice-Rink White floor with concrete! And the Hockey rails around. It has that warehouse feel interior with exposed steel beams and walls. Looks very basic.
Exterior:
Free Span Steel Trusses Warehouse- like Building with Gabled roof. It had minor changes on the outside which is clearly with names and paints.
Rink Size: N/A (Appears to be NHL size) Floor: Ice Rink White Concrete, coated
Floor Layout: Standard with Roller Hockey layout and Roller Derby layout.
Building Size: N/A Built: N/A
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Trusses Warehouse- like Building.
Roof: Gabled.
Acres: N/A
Operated: (Overall): 1964 to present.
Southtown Roller Rink: 1964 to November 1975.
Rob's Roller Rink: November 1975 to May 7, 1994. (relocated/rebooted seem to fail)
St. Louis Skatium: May 14, 1994. to present (Still operational)
Reason for Closure:
Southtown Roller Rink: Jerry gave the rink to son Ron and Ron's wife, Kathy.
Rob's Roller Rink: Forced out, declining attendance/sales, lease expired, flood damage.
St. Louis Skatium: Still operational.
Wanted: Information regarding rink size, building size, exact dates. What happened to Ron and Kathy?
Any information, please contact us at [email protected].
Sources:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2
Bizapedia - both Rob's Skate World and St. Louis Skatium.
Four Square - St. Louis Skatium.
Date of Issue: early 2020.
Updated: 28 Feburary 2022.
Updated: 24 May 2022.
Worth to visit:
Yes -- St. Louis Skatium is still operational!
For office only: 5.
© Dead Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 17.
