Courtesy of GM. Noticed the building is still standing but was much renovated into shopping plaza. with much windows and doors up front. Only Google Map has the more updated photos, sorry no photos of the rink.
Paper flyer and photo courtesy of a fan of Starlight Arena, Edgewood, MD on That rink's Facebook group. Only evidence I have of the place, no photos. Oh well. Only the modern shopping plaza.
Skateland Rosedale 8101 Pulaski Highway, Rosedale, MD
There is not a lot of information relate to this Skateland. It is part of a franchise chain of Skatelands in Maryland. Usually in those Brown and Orange buildings. But not this one. This was opened in 1975 (supposedly) because of the building was built that year.
I have nothing to go on here about the rink on 8101 Pulaski Highway in Rosedale, Maryland. Anyone? Photos, dates?
Currently it is a shopping plaza with mostly healthcare related subjects including an urgent care center, a martial arts facility training all the future JCVDs, Chans, and Norrises. And a fitness center building up muscles for the present day and future muscle showoffs.
Somewhere (related to martial arts post somewhere) saying that the former rink after they closed, the rink floor collapsed. Someone said that to the former skater from the martial arts center after they discovered the floor was destroyed somehow. I figured out why. It was raised floor. Many rinks with wood floor are built that way. It is usually maple wood which is hardest wood available in the US. (Other wood harder are usually not found in the US or way expensive and hardest is the Brasilian Maple which is Dark Red-ish Brown). But to prevent moisture on the rink such as damp, they are built on raised wood I-beams to air out in the space between the floor and the base floor. Must be the damp there was quite bad or because of flooding? Who knows. This is my opinion of why the floor collapsed there.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Wood Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: 21,000 Built: 1975
Demolished: Still standing, heavily renovated into plaza. Only floor was damaged naturally and rebuilt floor.
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Warehouse Building.
Roof: Flat
Acres: 2.08
Operated: 1975 to N/A
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Information regarding
Sources: Loopnet, Skatelight Arena Facebook page.
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There is not a lot of information relate to this Skateland. It is part of a franchise chain of Skatelands in Maryland. Usually in those Brown and Orange buildings. But not this one. This was opened in 1975 (supposedly) because of the building was built that year.
I have nothing to go on here about the rink on 8101 Pulaski Highway in Rosedale, Maryland. Anyone? Photos, dates?
Currently it is a shopping plaza with mostly healthcare related subjects including an urgent care center, a martial arts facility training all the future JCVDs, Chans, and Norrises. And a fitness center building up muscles for the present day and future muscle showoffs.
Somewhere (related to martial arts post somewhere) saying that the former rink after they closed, the rink floor collapsed. Someone said that to the former skater from the martial arts center after they discovered the floor was destroyed somehow. I figured out why. It was raised floor. Many rinks with wood floor are built that way. It is usually maple wood which is hardest wood available in the US. (Other wood harder are usually not found in the US or way expensive and hardest is the Brasilian Maple which is Dark Red-ish Brown). But to prevent moisture on the rink such as damp, they are built on raised wood I-beams to air out in the space between the floor and the base floor. Must be the damp there was quite bad or because of flooding? Who knows. This is my opinion of why the floor collapsed there.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Wood Floor Layout: N/A
Building Size: 21,000 Built: 1975
Demolished: Still standing, heavily renovated into plaza. Only floor was damaged naturally and rebuilt floor.
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Warehouse Building.
Roof: Flat
Acres: 2.08
Operated: 1975 to N/A
Reason for Closure: N/A
Wanted: Information regarding
Sources: Loopnet, Skatelight Arena Facebook page.
© 2019-2020 Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved.