Rolling Wheels Skate Center, Stilwell, Oklahoma. Both interior and exterior. All 4 above- source: Helm Properties Realtor.
Rolling Wheels Skate Center, Stilwell, Oklahoma. Admission. Basic all by hand, not by a professional or not by print outs.. Source: Rolling Wheels Skate Center Facebook.
Rolling Wheels Skate Center, Stilwell, Oklahoma. More of the interior. All 10 photos - source: Helm Properties Realtor.
Rolling Wheels 611 N 4th St, Stilwell, OK
Rolling Wheels was located at 611 North 4th Street, Stilwell, Oklahoma. It was established in 1984 according to Manta but Realtor said the building was built in 1986. So, I will give both dates of start. Must be they registered in 1984 and it took a while to organize the business. Perhaps the owners had another job or another business and they were busy. And they had to secure loans for the business including the property and building to built. Those take times. So, they actually opened for business one of those evenings in 1986.
But the ownership changed hands perhaps along the way and/or more recent in February 7, 2016 that the new owners purchased the rink.
But they did not own it that long. They closed in May 26, 2018, Exactly three years ago yesterday. Sad. They finally sold it in 2020.
The Interior.
It has beautiful Log Cabin layout of non-painted Maple with worn Polyurethane coat. The carpet is quite interesting. It is not the traditional carpet rinks have today but it looked 1990s carpet. I am not sure. The pattern looked like that from the 90s. Not sure. But it is interesting. I like the pattern that you will never see it again.
The walls were all painted in gloss color since you can see on the wall looked so reflexive and shining. The gloss functions as like a mirror to make those disco lights flashes well on walls. That is good. They have several bold colors though. Rich Purple, Bee Yellow, Blue, and True Green off the rink but on the Rink it was mostly Industrial Blue. Really big difference. It does not go together. But I understand they want it dark in order to make it more of a night club feel than a standard roller rink you grew up in 1970s.
Almost each wall sections have its own color. But the dinettes itself were Royal Blue. It seem to clutter close together in small area though compared to other rinks I have done in past few days which were really spacious and far apart even before COVID. Quite strange I stay. They had more room to spread a little bit.
They have a lot of benches covered with plain carpet. I supposed that Gray carpet was the same as the floor before they had that colorful 1990s carpet down. They have benches just only separated the rink and the seating area. Remember, this is small rink building with the focused 13,750 Square Feet which is normal average size of a rink globally. Yes, it is 13,000 even you looked up on Google. It will give you that size.
It seems to be somewhat good organization of layout. Some a bit confusion in the photos though but skaters would know and remember how it was like. This was a very simple rink actually. Sadly they closed.
The Exterior.
It is a Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building with Gable roof. It has Light Tan walls and Bold Dark Red fonts for the name. The front is in the rear and the road side is the rear. That is because the road is lower than the ground level where the rink is. You had to turn in and it goes up a bit and then you drive into the big dirt parking lot (no pavement!) and there was a tree growing in middle of the circle. It is a loop there. Next door if you are on that loop is the manufactured home park even with recreational vehicles there. (Yes, I found one Google image showing that famed 1970s GMC Motorhome which was the 1957 Bel-Aire of Recreational Vehicles at the time.)
Direct across from the front door of the rink is another larger building. I do not see the front for that one. It appeared to be in the rear.
They could have had the back on the road side redone to make it look more like a front with the name on it to make it easier to advertise better and attract skating patrons -- both children and parents and of course, adults to come to the rink. Some businesses are smart to have both fronts and no back depending on where they are. I know of a shopping plaza that has two fronts because of the way it is designed and they are on a big corner on a busy exit from the superhighway and a very long historic route so they have to have two fronts. Right next door is one of the world's largest car dealership and it has 4 fronts. Because it used to be a shopping mall. Malls are like that. Well, same thing. But differently in this case.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Non-painted, Polyurethane coated Maple. Floor Layout: Log.
Building Size: N/A. Built: 1986. Demolished: Still standing
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: 2.2800 Acres.
Operated: (Overall)-- (likely registered) 1984; opened 1986 to May 26, 2018. Building sold in 2020.
Reason for Closure: N/A. (Opinion, I can see the lack of fans thumb ups or any reactions on their Facebook however, there are a very few fans replied there).
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink. Also photos before they closed Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Manta; Realtor; Yelp; Facebook;
Date of issue: 27 May 2021.
For office use only: 19 p (3 f, 2 rw, 14 re).
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
But the ownership changed hands perhaps along the way and/or more recent in February 7, 2016 that the new owners purchased the rink.
But they did not own it that long. They closed in May 26, 2018, Exactly three years ago yesterday. Sad. They finally sold it in 2020.
The Interior.
It has beautiful Log Cabin layout of non-painted Maple with worn Polyurethane coat. The carpet is quite interesting. It is not the traditional carpet rinks have today but it looked 1990s carpet. I am not sure. The pattern looked like that from the 90s. Not sure. But it is interesting. I like the pattern that you will never see it again.
The walls were all painted in gloss color since you can see on the wall looked so reflexive and shining. The gloss functions as like a mirror to make those disco lights flashes well on walls. That is good. They have several bold colors though. Rich Purple, Bee Yellow, Blue, and True Green off the rink but on the Rink it was mostly Industrial Blue. Really big difference. It does not go together. But I understand they want it dark in order to make it more of a night club feel than a standard roller rink you grew up in 1970s.
Almost each wall sections have its own color. But the dinettes itself were Royal Blue. It seem to clutter close together in small area though compared to other rinks I have done in past few days which were really spacious and far apart even before COVID. Quite strange I stay. They had more room to spread a little bit.
They have a lot of benches covered with plain carpet. I supposed that Gray carpet was the same as the floor before they had that colorful 1990s carpet down. They have benches just only separated the rink and the seating area. Remember, this is small rink building with the focused 13,750 Square Feet which is normal average size of a rink globally. Yes, it is 13,000 even you looked up on Google. It will give you that size.
It seems to be somewhat good organization of layout. Some a bit confusion in the photos though but skaters would know and remember how it was like. This was a very simple rink actually. Sadly they closed.
The Exterior.
It is a Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building with Gable roof. It has Light Tan walls and Bold Dark Red fonts for the name. The front is in the rear and the road side is the rear. That is because the road is lower than the ground level where the rink is. You had to turn in and it goes up a bit and then you drive into the big dirt parking lot (no pavement!) and there was a tree growing in middle of the circle. It is a loop there. Next door if you are on that loop is the manufactured home park even with recreational vehicles there. (Yes, I found one Google image showing that famed 1970s GMC Motorhome which was the 1957 Bel-Aire of Recreational Vehicles at the time.)
Direct across from the front door of the rink is another larger building. I do not see the front for that one. It appeared to be in the rear.
They could have had the back on the road side redone to make it look more like a front with the name on it to make it easier to advertise better and attract skating patrons -- both children and parents and of course, adults to come to the rink. Some businesses are smart to have both fronts and no back depending on where they are. I know of a shopping plaza that has two fronts because of the way it is designed and they are on a big corner on a busy exit from the superhighway and a very long historic route so they have to have two fronts. Right next door is one of the world's largest car dealership and it has 4 fronts. Because it used to be a shopping mall. Malls are like that. Well, same thing. But differently in this case.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Non-painted, Polyurethane coated Maple. Floor Layout: Log.
Building Size: N/A. Built: 1986. Demolished: Still standing
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: 2.2800 Acres.
Operated: (Overall)-- (likely registered) 1984; opened 1986 to May 26, 2018. Building sold in 2020.
Reason for Closure: N/A. (Opinion, I can see the lack of fans thumb ups or any reactions on their Facebook however, there are a very few fans replied there).
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink. Also photos before they closed Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Manta; Realtor; Yelp; Facebook;
Date of issue: 27 May 2021.
For office use only: 19 p (3 f, 2 rw, 14 re).
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.