All courtesy of The Ocean Floor, a pet fish shop. You can see they did strop the wall and revealed the original Rollerland rink appearance. The colors were well preserved and true colors of its time. Vogue Green was very common back then and they used that for fonts as upper part of the wall Pinky Beige color with Deep Maroon were shown.
Both courtesy of The Ocean Floor. Remember this was where you skated, Rollerland Skaters? Good to see the floor is there. You should check it out as while you can see beautiful fishes, corals, and more fishes. All the cousins of that movie character (a certain Clown Fish) are there!
Courtesy of The Billboard. A classified ad for a roller skating instructor that Rollerland was looking for to hire. This ad appeared in September 1, 1956, page 59.
Rollerland 2347 West Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ
Currently a fish shop, Rollerland was a rink at 2347 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, Arizona. This rink had much storied history because of its design, its own history, and more. Even the current fish shop was excited to share history on their Facebook page about it. More specific here at this post in Facebook.
The Ocean Floor, back then was called, Payless Aquarium (no relations to Payless Shoes), bought the building in the 1980s (did not reveal year though), so apparently when the rink closed in 1980s, this beautiful fish shop bought the rink.
Yes, you should go see it because they said they still keep the floor you have skated on! If I have a chance, I will travel someday and should make a stop at this fish shop and I can see the floor. The only true remaining you can see because the exterior is covered up since they bought it.
In 2018, a storm blew off their cover (see above in photos) where it was. The winds blew it off because of their basket-like tank up front which is a 3D thing on their wall. Must be it was heavy and that weakened the wall standing so they built a new wall and its cute looking now. Sorry skaters but Rollerland was truly unique and history preserved behind walls and all. This rink.. er, fish shop might someday move or closed, it makes it easier for next generation rink owner to purchase and redo the floor and remove the wall and show the rink on there! Would that be great! remove and you will see the original there and it makes it easier to paint over to the original color. Bring the classic back. Never know!
Kudos to the Ocean Floor that they wanted to preserve history of the rink there while being a fish store.
Truly needs dates of open, closed, why closed, size of rink.
The Interior.
I do not have any photos to show but clearly thanks to the Ocean Floor store, they preserved Marble floor. Photo showing the sanded down floor. Rest I do not know what it was like. Anyone have photos?
The Exterior.
This being a very unique rink, Free-Span Steel Truss Cinderblock-Walled Warehouse - like Building with Arched-curved roof. It remains there with this style. It is now a fish shop selling fishes and tanks and fish food. Still, you can see the evident of the rink there.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Maple. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 16,830. Built: 1950. Demolished: Still standing, now a fish pet shop..
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Cinderblock-Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Arched-curved.
Acres: 0.76 acres.
Operated: 1950 to mid 1980s..
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding actual date of open, closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos.
Anyone has pictures and/or information please let me know at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Facebook - The Ocean Floor (originally Payless Aquarium), Realty Trac, The Billboard - September 1, 1956, page 59; Xome;
© 2019-2020 Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. God Matters. Jn 3:16.
The Ocean Floor, back then was called, Payless Aquarium (no relations to Payless Shoes), bought the building in the 1980s (did not reveal year though), so apparently when the rink closed in 1980s, this beautiful fish shop bought the rink.
Yes, you should go see it because they said they still keep the floor you have skated on! If I have a chance, I will travel someday and should make a stop at this fish shop and I can see the floor. The only true remaining you can see because the exterior is covered up since they bought it.
In 2018, a storm blew off their cover (see above in photos) where it was. The winds blew it off because of their basket-like tank up front which is a 3D thing on their wall. Must be it was heavy and that weakened the wall standing so they built a new wall and its cute looking now. Sorry skaters but Rollerland was truly unique and history preserved behind walls and all. This rink.. er, fish shop might someday move or closed, it makes it easier for next generation rink owner to purchase and redo the floor and remove the wall and show the rink on there! Would that be great! remove and you will see the original there and it makes it easier to paint over to the original color. Bring the classic back. Never know!
Kudos to the Ocean Floor that they wanted to preserve history of the rink there while being a fish store.
Truly needs dates of open, closed, why closed, size of rink.
The Interior.
I do not have any photos to show but clearly thanks to the Ocean Floor store, they preserved Marble floor. Photo showing the sanded down floor. Rest I do not know what it was like. Anyone have photos?
The Exterior.
This being a very unique rink, Free-Span Steel Truss Cinderblock-Walled Warehouse - like Building with Arched-curved roof. It remains there with this style. It is now a fish shop selling fishes and tanks and fish food. Still, you can see the evident of the rink there.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Maple. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: 16,830. Built: 1950. Demolished: Still standing, now a fish pet shop..
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Cinderblock-Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Arched-curved.
Acres: 0.76 acres.
Operated: 1950 to mid 1980s..
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding actual date of open, closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also photos.
Anyone has pictures and/or information please let me know at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Facebook - The Ocean Floor (originally Payless Aquarium), Realty Trac, The Billboard - September 1, 1956, page 59; Xome;
© 2019-2020 Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. God Matters. Jn 3:16.