Roll-A-Rena 2250 Scott Street, Napoleon, OH. Source: Facebook group - Remembering Ohio Roller Skating Rinks of the Past and Present. Copyrighted digitally-remastered by Dead-Rinks. Two photographs from below are joined together.
Roll-A-Rena 2250 Scott Street, Napoleon, OH. Source: Facebook group - Remembering Ohio Roller Skating Rinks of the Past and Present.
Roll-A-Rena 2250 Scott Street, Napoleon, OH. As a veterans place at the time this was taken in 2013. Source: Google.
Roll-A-Rena 2250 Scott Street, Napoleon, OH. A very nice day to take this picture! Blue sky... Source: Zillow.
Roll-A-Rena 2250 Scott Street, Napoleon, OH. A very nice day to take this picture! Blue sky... Noticed the side? And the roof? It does match to the Black-and-White photos. Source: Zillow.
Roll-A-Rena 2250 Scott Street, Napoleon, OH. A very nice Black Corduroy team jacket that is owned by Ken. Nice jacket, Ken! Well preserved! Source: Ken W.
Roll-A-Rena 2250 Scott Street, Napoleon, OH. A very nice Black Corduroy team jacket that is owned by Ken. It had clear Ariel font with winged skate. Very similar to I believe it is Hudson skating Rink in Illinois. Yes, I have those photographs too. Source: Ken W.
Roll-A-Rena 2250 Scott Street, Napoleon, OH
Roll-A-Rena 2250 Scott Street, Napoleon, Ohio, a former roller rink from the 20th Century. Someone on Facebook said the building is still there but it was tough to fnd because after the rink was gone, it was a total remodel inside and out. The clue thanks to him but more importantly, the roof gave it away. It was located at 2250 Scott Street cross the street from the former drive-in theaters where Walmart and McD and Subway are located now.
The location was logical because of the drive-in theater. Many rinks, drive-in theaters, drive-ins restaurants, and bowling alleys are usually built next to each other or cross from each other. It gives people choices where to go have fun at. It is Business 101 sense if you are a college student.
It was built in 1956. Closure? I have no idea but the next tenant in that building according to Google Map was AmVets, a veterans place. Then they closed before 2018 permanently. Then a furniture store is there. This is why the comment on Facebook page said it all. This patron of the rink walked around inside as he was imaging skating sometimes in 2021 to dream as if he was skating there. Clearly the floor still exist.
And do you know anything about this rink? Please let me know and answer all those fill ins so I can replace the N/A into the answers I am looking for. Please read on and replace them. Thank you.
They had it up for sale in August 2014 but was delisted a month later and had auction immediately after but apparently it stayed empty till finally the furniture store renovated and moved in by 2017 or 2018.
By the way, I sure hope the vets are still going to meet somewhere in that town because AmVets closed for good there.
UPDATE! -- 08 February 2022.
I received an email from a Ken who was part of Roll-Arena rink team in Napoleon, Ohio. Here is what he has to say especially about his jacket that I just added photographs shown above--
I see on your web site that you encourage old photos of past roller rinks. I don't have any photos of the rink itself, but I still have my black corduroy jacket (see above). I skated there regularly from the time the rink opened until the summer of 1961 when I joined the Air Force and left the area permanently. It was still a going concern and a very popular teen gathering spot at the time.
First of all Ken, thank you for defending the Constitution of the United States of America and our Faith in the LORD Jesus Christ. Now, wow, beautiful jacket, Ken! That is awesome that you skated there regularly. I understand. I did too at Empire and Sports, both of Central New York.
The Interior.
Half was the roller rink. Likely had Maple wood floor. The other half was a dinning room style restaurant with take outs. its main feature on the menu was chicken. They even had a bucket with the name of the restaurant on it. Sound familiar? Yes, you got that right. It also served steaks,
The Exterior.
It was part Segmental Arch and part-Flat roof. It was a dual business that operated one side as the roller rink with that Segmental Arch. The other part, the Flat one was Rink Restaurant so it can be operational when the rink was closed during off hours. The frontage had faux roof design that they had a Step-Roof outline. I had difficult finding it but one has to look at the roof design, not the building itself. And I found it was right cross the street from McDonalds on Scott Street in Napoleon, Ohio. It was total remodeled to modernize the look of late 1970s appearance: Brick and outlines which explained when it was designed and built. That exterior front remains today as the sides are still the same as it was built in 1956! See photos!
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 17,705 SF.. Built: 1956. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblocks - Walled Arena - like Building (At the time)
Roof: Segmental Arch with Flat
Acres: 1.0000 AC.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1956 to N/A.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you. You can also use this form.
Sources:
Facebook group - Remembering Ohio Roller Skating Rinks of the Past and Present.
Zillow - Real Estate Records.
Re/Max - Real Estate Records.
Date of issue: 1 January 2022. (First posting for 2022).
Update: 08 February 2022.
For office use only: 6.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
The location was logical because of the drive-in theater. Many rinks, drive-in theaters, drive-ins restaurants, and bowling alleys are usually built next to each other or cross from each other. It gives people choices where to go have fun at. It is Business 101 sense if you are a college student.
It was built in 1956. Closure? I have no idea but the next tenant in that building according to Google Map was AmVets, a veterans place. Then they closed before 2018 permanently. Then a furniture store is there. This is why the comment on Facebook page said it all. This patron of the rink walked around inside as he was imaging skating sometimes in 2021 to dream as if he was skating there. Clearly the floor still exist.
And do you know anything about this rink? Please let me know and answer all those fill ins so I can replace the N/A into the answers I am looking for. Please read on and replace them. Thank you.
They had it up for sale in August 2014 but was delisted a month later and had auction immediately after but apparently it stayed empty till finally the furniture store renovated and moved in by 2017 or 2018.
By the way, I sure hope the vets are still going to meet somewhere in that town because AmVets closed for good there.
UPDATE! -- 08 February 2022.
I received an email from a Ken who was part of Roll-Arena rink team in Napoleon, Ohio. Here is what he has to say especially about his jacket that I just added photographs shown above--
I see on your web site that you encourage old photos of past roller rinks. I don't have any photos of the rink itself, but I still have my black corduroy jacket (see above). I skated there regularly from the time the rink opened until the summer of 1961 when I joined the Air Force and left the area permanently. It was still a going concern and a very popular teen gathering spot at the time.
First of all Ken, thank you for defending the Constitution of the United States of America and our Faith in the LORD Jesus Christ. Now, wow, beautiful jacket, Ken! That is awesome that you skated there regularly. I understand. I did too at Empire and Sports, both of Central New York.
The Interior.
Half was the roller rink. Likely had Maple wood floor. The other half was a dinning room style restaurant with take outs. its main feature on the menu was chicken. They even had a bucket with the name of the restaurant on it. Sound familiar? Yes, you got that right. It also served steaks,
The Exterior.
It was part Segmental Arch and part-Flat roof. It was a dual business that operated one side as the roller rink with that Segmental Arch. The other part, the Flat one was Rink Restaurant so it can be operational when the rink was closed during off hours. The frontage had faux roof design that they had a Step-Roof outline. I had difficult finding it but one has to look at the roof design, not the building itself. And I found it was right cross the street from McDonalds on Scott Street in Napoleon, Ohio. It was total remodeled to modernize the look of late 1970s appearance: Brick and outlines which explained when it was designed and built. That exterior front remains today as the sides are still the same as it was built in 1956! See photos!
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: N/A. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 17,705 SF.. Built: 1956. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblocks - Walled Arena - like Building (At the time)
Roof: Segmental Arch with Flat
Acres: 1.0000 AC.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1956 to N/A.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you. You can also use this form.
Sources:
Facebook group - Remembering Ohio Roller Skating Rinks of the Past and Present.
Zillow - Real Estate Records.
Re/Max - Real Estate Records.
Date of issue: 1 January 2022. (First posting for 2022).
Update: 08 February 2022.
For office use only: 6.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.