Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. Beautiful day for this to be taken. I can tell this sign by the ground was for sale sign. Likely was taken before 2014. Source: Flickr.
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. Before 2014. This set of photos taken on a cloudy day. Oh drats! Source: Road Arch.
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. Before 2014. This set of photos taken on a cloudy day. Oh drats! Source: Road Arch.
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. Source:
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. Taken in 2014-ish. Source: MIX 93.1.
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. Taken in 2012.. Source: Google.
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. A Christian church is in the background. Source: Longview News-Journal.
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. Source: Longview News-Journal.
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. After the rink floor removed, and everything else. Being renovated in 2014-2015. Source: Longview News-Journal.
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. Showing original colors behind the new colors. Source: Longview News-Journal.
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX. The skate car comes down in 2014. CC available. Source: Longview News-Journal 05 June 2014.
Rollercade 2100 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX
Rollercade 2100 North Eastman Road, Longview, Texas. This roller rink was around for years and then abandoned for 13 years sitting empty before it became an office place.
It had a skate-shaped automobile that once sat atop a sign pole. The skate car was then donated to shop students at a local high school to renovated it during school year. In 2014, the skate car that was posted on atop of sign poles was removed and finally donated in May 2018, apparently for the school year 2018-2019. They said it was there as an iconic landmark for many years for the locals in Longview, Texas.
The building was finally sold on 25 February 2014 according to Realtor.
The skate car has a Volkswagen chassis and likely has a VW engine.
The car was unfinished even by January 2022! Slow work and because of the Great Virus Lockdown of 2020 to 2022 has forced it to delay to repair the skate car that is shaped like a Quad skate.
Before 1992, the skate car was in fact driven around town and was in parades. But in 1992, the Operator(s) decided to place the skate car on a pole after removing the engine. The skate car finally had the new engine in and had it ready for Christmas 2019 parade. 30 to 40 students took part through the years to restore the skate car.
This Skate car was in fact well known because it starred in a 2011 movie, Skateland. Longview native actor Heath Freeman starred in that movie. However, the rink itself was NOT in the movie. It was filmed elsewhere.
Note, the movie trailer showed the skate car on the pole was seen on :27 into the trailer. As for the movie, I have not seen the movie myself but the interior was correct for its era that they wanted the story be in-- 1980s but the main female character's hair is all wrong. Not feather or not even Farrah hairdo. Wrong hairdo. Funny, when they made that movie, they painted over the skate car with Skateland, different name.
But the skate car was restored back after the 2010 movie was made in around 2009.
Originally the skate car was built by J.T. Strickland who did a few other skate cars.
This page is dedicated to the Late Heath Freeman (1980–2021) who starred in, produced, and wrote the movie, Skateland.
The Interior.
I read one of the article saying it had Hardwood Maple (did not specify what wood but typically it usually has Hardwood Maple. It was torn out when the new owner of the building renovated entirely. Sadly the wood was thrown out as it sounded like that way.
The Exterior.
It was in a Gabled Roof Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblocks - Walled Warehouse - like Building before the current owners bought the building and it looked more modern and updated. It was a very simple one end-as-front-door for the rink with huge fonts with the name, "ROLLERCADE" all in Caps. The fonts appeared to be sort of Helvetica. Not sure.
It was Red fonts on White walls.
Originally, I believe that the skate car had original colors of Blue and Yellow, the rink building was in the same color because of the matching Red and White colors in later years. Please correct me if I am wrong.
The Skate car original colors were Blue and Yellow especially the letters for the name of the car.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Hardwood Maple. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 20,000 SF. Built: 1966. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: N/A.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblocks - Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gabled.
Acres: 2.7700 AC.
Organ: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1966 to 2002.
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:
Longview News-Journal - Finally something to do with the empty skate rink building. 05 September 2015.
MIX 93.1 - Finally Skate car donated, etc. 17 May 2018.
CBS 19 - Skate car renovated by students. 12 January 2022.
IMDb - Skateland movie.
:27 - Skate car was featured in the movie.
Yelp - Reported closed.
Longview News-Journal - New life for the former rink. 03 February 2015.
Realtor - Real Estate Records.
Forth Worth Weekly - About the movie Skateland (2010).
Road Arch - Rollercade Skate Car photos and very brief description.
KLTV 7 - University also worked on the skate car.
Date of issue: 30 January 2022.
For office use only: 10/1.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
It had a skate-shaped automobile that once sat atop a sign pole. The skate car was then donated to shop students at a local high school to renovated it during school year. In 2014, the skate car that was posted on atop of sign poles was removed and finally donated in May 2018, apparently for the school year 2018-2019. They said it was there as an iconic landmark for many years for the locals in Longview, Texas.
The building was finally sold on 25 February 2014 according to Realtor.
The skate car has a Volkswagen chassis and likely has a VW engine.
The car was unfinished even by January 2022! Slow work and because of the Great Virus Lockdown of 2020 to 2022 has forced it to delay to repair the skate car that is shaped like a Quad skate.
Before 1992, the skate car was in fact driven around town and was in parades. But in 1992, the Operator(s) decided to place the skate car on a pole after removing the engine. The skate car finally had the new engine in and had it ready for Christmas 2019 parade. 30 to 40 students took part through the years to restore the skate car.
This Skate car was in fact well known because it starred in a 2011 movie, Skateland. Longview native actor Heath Freeman starred in that movie. However, the rink itself was NOT in the movie. It was filmed elsewhere.
Note, the movie trailer showed the skate car on the pole was seen on :27 into the trailer. As for the movie, I have not seen the movie myself but the interior was correct for its era that they wanted the story be in-- 1980s but the main female character's hair is all wrong. Not feather or not even Farrah hairdo. Wrong hairdo. Funny, when they made that movie, they painted over the skate car with Skateland, different name.
But the skate car was restored back after the 2010 movie was made in around 2009.
Originally the skate car was built by J.T. Strickland who did a few other skate cars.
This page is dedicated to the Late Heath Freeman (1980–2021) who starred in, produced, and wrote the movie, Skateland.
The Interior.
I read one of the article saying it had Hardwood Maple (did not specify what wood but typically it usually has Hardwood Maple. It was torn out when the new owner of the building renovated entirely. Sadly the wood was thrown out as it sounded like that way.
The Exterior.
It was in a Gabled Roof Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblocks - Walled Warehouse - like Building before the current owners bought the building and it looked more modern and updated. It was a very simple one end-as-front-door for the rink with huge fonts with the name, "ROLLERCADE" all in Caps. The fonts appeared to be sort of Helvetica. Not sure.
It was Red fonts on White walls.
Originally, I believe that the skate car had original colors of Blue and Yellow, the rink building was in the same color because of the matching Red and White colors in later years. Please correct me if I am wrong.
The Skate car original colors were Blue and Yellow especially the letters for the name of the car.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Hardwood Maple. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 20,000 SF. Built: 1966. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: N/A.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Cinderblocks - Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gabled.
Acres: 2.7700 AC.
Organ: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1966 to 2002.
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:
Longview News-Journal - Finally something to do with the empty skate rink building. 05 September 2015.
MIX 93.1 - Finally Skate car donated, etc. 17 May 2018.
CBS 19 - Skate car renovated by students. 12 January 2022.
IMDb - Skateland movie.
:27 - Skate car was featured in the movie.
Yelp - Reported closed.
Longview News-Journal - New life for the former rink. 03 February 2015.
Realtor - Real Estate Records.
Forth Worth Weekly - About the movie Skateland (2010).
Road Arch - Rollercade Skate Car photos and very brief description.
KLTV 7 - University also worked on the skate car.
Date of issue: 30 January 2022.
For office use only: 10/1.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.