All courtesy of the Guzzardo Family. Some are featured from the Summit, Mississippi location while others from Natchez, Mississippi location.
Skate City Natchez, MS
This rink, Skate City was in Natchez, Mississippi. It was the second of the two Skate City owned by the same Guzzardo Family that owned the Skate City in Summit, Mississippi.
This one was in Natchez, I do not know the address was.
It was pretty much identical to the Summit location for the building and interior design and blueprint. However, this Rink was pretty much bigger because of adding second floor. Rink floor was slightly smaller though.
Natchez location cost a slight more because they opened a little later than the Summit as prices rose as time went by. Today, it would run about a million US Dollars. All shown in USD (United States Dollars).
After it closed, it became Mr. G, a bar and the later, a fitness gym. When Mr. G was opening, they had the Late comedy man Jerry Lewis to open that night for grand opening. An irony because Both Skate City rinks were huge in support for Jerry Lewis' MDA telethons.
The Interior.
As it was similar to the Summit rink, it had that Sky Blue painted Poly coated Concrete floor. With that similar Starburst "flower" on the ceiling with Mirror "Diamond" Ball. Pretty much everything similar. It had colorful carpet, ahead of time before Neon-light (or Black-light) carpet, many arcade coin operated video games, and many late 1970s/early 1980s theme appearances.
This location had second story that Summit did not have at all and slightly smaller because of lack of more storages in the rear.
The Exterior.
For sure, the exterior it was very similar design to the Summit location with that Googie style Trusses that served canopy outside in front for people to drive under to keep it dry for children and passengers to step out. But the building was larger, it had more storages in the rear than the original Summit location and more importantly had second floor.
The parking lot layout was not parallel to the parking lot as it was to Summit location but lay 90 degrees turn differently than the building itself. But the concept for drive thru under canopy was the same.
Googie Architecture style Steel truss. Googies Architecture usually have exposed Trusses on the outside rather than just inside but also can be interior too because of its uniqueness of its design. Even architects themselves do not know what a Googie is and I sure do and they have degrees and I do not. So, you decide which. I say street smart is actually can be smarter than the arm chair education aka colleges. To understand what Googie is all about, check it here: Googie.
The Stats:
Rink Size: 12,375 SF. Floor: Sky Blue painted Poly coated Concrete floor. Floor Layout: Standard.
Building Size: 27,500 (both floors but single floor--2,900 SF making it 24,600 SF on first floor).
Built: 1981. Demolished: N/A.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Steel-Walled Googie Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- Filed On August 7, 1981, opened in Fall 1981 to 1990s?
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, Also more photos. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Bizapedia; Googie Architecture; email from the Guzzardo Family; Curbed - Learn about Googie Architecture; Booklet on Skate City rinks;
Date of issue: 26 April 2021.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:16.
This one was in Natchez, I do not know the address was.
It was pretty much identical to the Summit location for the building and interior design and blueprint. However, this Rink was pretty much bigger because of adding second floor. Rink floor was slightly smaller though.
Natchez location cost a slight more because they opened a little later than the Summit as prices rose as time went by. Today, it would run about a million US Dollars. All shown in USD (United States Dollars).
After it closed, it became Mr. G, a bar and the later, a fitness gym. When Mr. G was opening, they had the Late comedy man Jerry Lewis to open that night for grand opening. An irony because Both Skate City rinks were huge in support for Jerry Lewis' MDA telethons.
The Interior.
As it was similar to the Summit rink, it had that Sky Blue painted Poly coated Concrete floor. With that similar Starburst "flower" on the ceiling with Mirror "Diamond" Ball. Pretty much everything similar. It had colorful carpet, ahead of time before Neon-light (or Black-light) carpet, many arcade coin operated video games, and many late 1970s/early 1980s theme appearances.
This location had second story that Summit did not have at all and slightly smaller because of lack of more storages in the rear.
The Exterior.
For sure, the exterior it was very similar design to the Summit location with that Googie style Trusses that served canopy outside in front for people to drive under to keep it dry for children and passengers to step out. But the building was larger, it had more storages in the rear than the original Summit location and more importantly had second floor.
The parking lot layout was not parallel to the parking lot as it was to Summit location but lay 90 degrees turn differently than the building itself. But the concept for drive thru under canopy was the same.
Googie Architecture style Steel truss. Googies Architecture usually have exposed Trusses on the outside rather than just inside but also can be interior too because of its uniqueness of its design. Even architects themselves do not know what a Googie is and I sure do and they have degrees and I do not. So, you decide which. I say street smart is actually can be smarter than the arm chair education aka colleges. To understand what Googie is all about, check it here: Googie.
The Stats:
Rink Size: 12,375 SF. Floor: Sky Blue painted Poly coated Concrete floor. Floor Layout: Standard.
Building Size: 27,500 (both floors but single floor--2,900 SF making it 24,600 SF on first floor).
Built: 1981. Demolished: N/A.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Steel-Walled Googie Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gable.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- Filed On August 7, 1981, opened in Fall 1981 to 1990s?
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, Also more photos. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Bizapedia; Googie Architecture; email from the Guzzardo Family; Curbed - Learn about Googie Architecture; Booklet on Skate City rinks;
Date of issue: 26 April 2021.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:16.