Courtesy of Tempe Museum of History. Roller World back in its hey days. Photo likely taken in 1970s since newspapers were still using Black and White films even through out the 1980s due to cost of ink. I love the logo, the 1970s style building was perfect fitting with the logo. But.. what color it was for each parts of the wall?
Courtesy of Polly Parks. Final website view in 2006.
Roller World 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
Surfside Skate 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
Surfside Skateland 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
Skateland 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
Tempe Skateland 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
Skateland Tempe 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
Surfside Skate 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
Surfside Skateland 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
Skateland 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
Tempe Skateland 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
Skateland Tempe 1625 East Weber Drive, Tempe, AZ
The address at 1625 East Weber Drive in Tempe, Arizona was the home of Roller World followed by Skateland, take your pick of variant of names people have called that rink home. Quite a bit everywhere I find those names. Really. But only two or maybe three generations of rinks. For sure Roller World was the first followed by Surfside Skateland.
Roller World started by none other than Frank B Cernik of Skateland fame. Frank owned many Skateland rinks in Arizona as well as rinks in Midwest in Nebraska. To see that history about Frank, See Frank B. Cernik. He started with the traveling tent roller rinks then later, he started rinks, one by one and many were the Skateland. This is why you saw some Skateland rinks in Arizona has that script style font as you can see here. That was one of many Skateland and this is why today you see many rinks that has no relations with the same name, Skateland as well as some were really Frank's Skatelands.
But interesting thing is that Frank named this rink Roller World and the design of that font was Groovy Style font. A type of Balloon font style. See photo. Ah, I remember seeing logos and even advertisements back in the 1970s with this font. True groovy! Peace! Ok, I never was a hippie. Haha.
That logo was perfect for its time as roller skating found its decade to be memorized forever. The 60s to early 1980s thanks to Disco. It was related to Disco type of font. I love that Roller World logo. The Skateland under Frank B. Cernik was a Classic 1950s Script font.
The building was a truly Skateland appearance. No kidding. But it was slightly different appearance.
After Roller World was sold to Richard & Pauline "Polly" Parks and of course Dusty Parks. They owned from 1998 to around 2006.
Then it became some automobile dealership then another dealership take over.
The Interior.
As Roller World, I do not know what the look but the Surfside had very oceanic feel with a mural of a huge wave going to crash over the name and logo of Surfside. That font is unique and I cannot figure what font that was. It was very interesting. This reminds me of another rink, none other than USA Skateland that had ocean beach feel with surfers and water crafts. But the mural was quite different. Very different. USA Skateland had more realistic as if it was a professional artist painted but at Surfside, it was more cartoonish version of it. But I love this one--the cartoonish version of the wave. It had a stronger contrasting compared to the other rink. It does look and feel 1960s mural-like. To each its own. Both rinks have very beautiful beach wave very original and unique and different.
The Exterior.
It was a flat roof, Free-Span Steel Truss Cinderblock with Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building. A Cernik Skateland design. Since I only have a Black and White photo, I do not see any color photo. It look liked it came from a newspaper. The colors I do not know for Roller World and Surfside Skateland. None but I do know the fact they did change colors a few times. It became all Dark Gray for Cinderblock and Darker Gray sheet metal walls and Vibrant Red extension front door. Then it changed to Medium Gray for Cinderblock and Vibrant Red for entire Sheet metal walled section. Slowly evolving from darkness to lighter for businesses after Surfland Skateland closed. I am a little troubled with the car dealerships' choice of colors. It was bit dark for bright Arizona. Dark colors can heat up inside the building much more heat. Should be painted lighter colors. But more important as they say Dark as Dark Gray and Black with Red are satanic colors. Not happy with those colors. If they used Very Light Gray and Bright Red, then it would be a maybe or ok colors to use.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Clear coated Concrete. Floor Layout: Standard, Roller Hockey layout..
Building Size: 23,685 SF. Built: 1974. Demolished: Still standing, now as automotive dealership.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Cinderblock with Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building. A Cernik Skateland design.
Roof: Flat.
Acres: 87,381 SF / 2.006 Acres.
Operated: 1978 to 2006 (total).
Roller World: 1978 to 1998.
Surfside Skateland: 1998 to 2006.
Reason for Closure:
Roller World: N/A.
Surfside Skateland: 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 - Tempe Museum (on Roller World); Yelp - Surfside Skate; Google Map (wont go far back as 2007ish); FRRP. Frank B. Cernik information; Realty Trac; Loop Net 1;
A very interesting non-skating rink business for sale near where the skating rink was. Check here in Loop Net.
© 2019-2020 Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. God Matters. Jn 3:16.
Roller World started by none other than Frank B Cernik of Skateland fame. Frank owned many Skateland rinks in Arizona as well as rinks in Midwest in Nebraska. To see that history about Frank, See Frank B. Cernik. He started with the traveling tent roller rinks then later, he started rinks, one by one and many were the Skateland. This is why you saw some Skateland rinks in Arizona has that script style font as you can see here. That was one of many Skateland and this is why today you see many rinks that has no relations with the same name, Skateland as well as some were really Frank's Skatelands.
But interesting thing is that Frank named this rink Roller World and the design of that font was Groovy Style font. A type of Balloon font style. See photo. Ah, I remember seeing logos and even advertisements back in the 1970s with this font. True groovy! Peace! Ok, I never was a hippie. Haha.
That logo was perfect for its time as roller skating found its decade to be memorized forever. The 60s to early 1980s thanks to Disco. It was related to Disco type of font. I love that Roller World logo. The Skateland under Frank B. Cernik was a Classic 1950s Script font.
The building was a truly Skateland appearance. No kidding. But it was slightly different appearance.
After Roller World was sold to Richard & Pauline "Polly" Parks and of course Dusty Parks. They owned from 1998 to around 2006.
Then it became some automobile dealership then another dealership take over.
The Interior.
As Roller World, I do not know what the look but the Surfside had very oceanic feel with a mural of a huge wave going to crash over the name and logo of Surfside. That font is unique and I cannot figure what font that was. It was very interesting. This reminds me of another rink, none other than USA Skateland that had ocean beach feel with surfers and water crafts. But the mural was quite different. Very different. USA Skateland had more realistic as if it was a professional artist painted but at Surfside, it was more cartoonish version of it. But I love this one--the cartoonish version of the wave. It had a stronger contrasting compared to the other rink. It does look and feel 1960s mural-like. To each its own. Both rinks have very beautiful beach wave very original and unique and different.
The Exterior.
It was a flat roof, Free-Span Steel Truss Cinderblock with Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building. A Cernik Skateland design. Since I only have a Black and White photo, I do not see any color photo. It look liked it came from a newspaper. The colors I do not know for Roller World and Surfside Skateland. None but I do know the fact they did change colors a few times. It became all Dark Gray for Cinderblock and Darker Gray sheet metal walls and Vibrant Red extension front door. Then it changed to Medium Gray for Cinderblock and Vibrant Red for entire Sheet metal walled section. Slowly evolving from darkness to lighter for businesses after Surfland Skateland closed. I am a little troubled with the car dealerships' choice of colors. It was bit dark for bright Arizona. Dark colors can heat up inside the building much more heat. Should be painted lighter colors. But more important as they say Dark as Dark Gray and Black with Red are satanic colors. Not happy with those colors. If they used Very Light Gray and Bright Red, then it would be a maybe or ok colors to use.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Clear coated Concrete. Floor Layout: Standard, Roller Hockey layout..
Building Size: 23,685 SF. Built: 1974. Demolished: Still standing, now as automotive dealership.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Truss Cinderblock with Steel-Walled Warehouse - like Building. A Cernik Skateland design.
Roof: Flat.
Acres: 87,381 SF / 2.006 Acres.
Operated: 1978 to 2006 (total).
Roller World: 1978 to 1998.
Surfside Skateland: 1998 to 2006.
Reason for Closure:
Roller World: N/A.
Surfside Skateland: 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 - Tempe Museum (on Roller World); Yelp - Surfside Skate; Google Map (wont go far back as 2007ish); FRRP. Frank B. Cernik information; Realty Trac; Loop Net 1;
A very interesting non-skating rink business for sale near where the skating rink was. Check here in Loop Net.
© 2019-2020 Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. God Matters. Jn 3:16.