Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Courtesy of Rink-History.
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. This was the place where they first used roller skates to do carnival. Courtesy of Billboard - 13 March 1943, p. 44, 1st column, 3rd article.
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Courtesy of Billboard - 20 March 1943, p. 44, 1st column, 2nd article.
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Courtesy of Billboard - 28 October 1944, p. 41, first article (2nd column of 2)
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Raw copy of the article, magazine experienced edge damage. Photocopying was in poor condition and so dark. Courtesy of Billboard - 01 March 1947, p. 80 , 4th column, 2nd article. Photoshopped copyrighted by Rink-History (lightened, clear balance).
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Courtesy of Billboard - 05 March 1949, p. 78, 4th Column, top article.
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Courtesy of Billboard - 18 March 1950, p. 82, 3rd Column, 5th article (briefing).
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Courtesy of Billboard - 15 July 1950, p. 54, 3rd column, final article.
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Courtesy of Billboard - 09 December 1950, p. 40, 4th Column, 3rd article.
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. What? It was Christmas that week Billboard Magazine published about Halloween? Remember, no emails, folks! Snail mail! And thousands to catch up! Courtesy of Billboard - 23 December 1950, p.41, 3rd column, 4th article.
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Lawsuit for an injury. Ha, that was the fastest I ever heard the jury made decision. Clearly they wanted to get out so I am sure when they were lead to jury room, then they did not sit down, they voted without a meeting and wrote down on paper, called bailiff and returned to court like that! One of the earliest sue-happy lawsuits. Courtesy of Billboard - 28 June 1952, p. 44, final column, top story.
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Courtesy of Billboard - 13 February 1954, p 68, 2nd column, bottom article
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ. Courtesy of Billboard - 29 January 1955, p. 86, 3rd column, 2nd article.
Ventnor Athletic Center Ventnor City, NJ
Ventnor Athletic Center was located in Ventnor City, New Jersey. I do not have the street but it was started by Judy Young Link’s parents, grandparents and other family members built a skating rink in Ventnor City, named the Ventnor Athletic Center, in 1935. July Young Link and her husband owns and operates Young’s Skating Center which is operational today in Mays landing, New Jersey.
“Our family lived above the skating rink. I went to sleep every night to organ music. You could definitely hear it upstairs,” she said. “I had the advantage of running downstairs and getting ice cream, though.”
- July Young Link, Young's Skating Center website.
It was Edmund W. Young, Jr. who started the rink.
Previously, they operated two roller rinks in Pennsylvania. It did not say what rinks they were. I will eventually find out.
William Wagner was the Owner / Operator from 1944 on because of his 5th anniversary of membership with RSROA. Likely he joined when he bought the rink. I found all this in Billboard.
So, this may have happened:
1935 to 1944 - Mr. and Mrs. Edmund W. Young Jr.
1944 to N/A. - William Wagner.
There are SO many mentioning of the rink in Billboard. When you read on, its in source page that you will find there are quite a bit of Billboard articles. They are all clickable. Be sure you can find by page, column, and where in the column. This many because they themselves were quite well marketing and publicity.
More information will be added when I hear back.
The Interior.
Due to its era, likely it was Maple Hardwood floor was used. Layout and design was not known.
The Exterior.
N/A.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Non-painted Hardwood Maple. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: 1935. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel - Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gabled.
Acres: N/A.
Architect: N/A.
Contractor: N/A.
Interior Designer: N/A.
Organ: N/A.
10 Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Duck Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Candlestick Bowling Lanes: None.
Pocket Billiard Tables: N/A.
Air Hockey Tables: N/A.
Foosball Table: N/A.
Basketball Speed: N/A.
Amusement Rides: None.
Driving Range Slots: None.
Miniature Golf Course: None.
Arcade: (Number unknown)
Skee-Ball: N/A.
Fascination: None.
Restaurant: None.
Cocktail lounge: None.
Laser Tag: None.
Bounce Houses: None.
Bumper Cars: None.
Go-Kart: None.
Motel: None.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Theater (movie/stage): None.
Dance Center: None.
Picnic Grove: None.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1935 to 1957 or after. (Nothing mentioned after February 1957 in Billboard or anything).
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also, photos/articles. Also send me any updates such as reopening, sold, name changes, or whatsoever occurred with this rink or any rinks. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at Rink-History©. Before you email, please state this rink name AND THE CITY AND STATE (or COUNTRY) so I can know where or what rink you are talking about. Thank you. We welcome both active and defunct rinks.
Sources:
Young’s Skating Center - website, link leads you to history page.
Billboard - 2 May 1942, p. 46, 3rd column (very long, 2 columns of many names, related to meeting. Best you click here and read.
Billboard - 13 March 1943, p. 44, 1st column, 3rd article about carnival.
Billboard - 20 March 1943, p. 44, 1st column, 2nd article. Similar article.
Billboard - 19 August 1944, p 44, 2nd column. first article (1 and 2 columns) Best you read here.
Billboard - 28 October 1944, p. 41, first article (2nd column of 2).
Billboard - 6 July 1946, p. 78 and 79 (Brown reelected as board president, meetings, huge article covers 2 pages! If desired, you can read them here). member is listed.
Billboard - 01 March 1947, p. 80 , 4th column, 2nd article.
Billboard - 05 March 1949, p. 78, 4th Column, top article. received pin 5th anniversary.
Billboard - 30 July 1949, p. 63, from main article on first column. 3 columns long! List of all members attending meeting. 3rd column, find on bottom. Best you click here to read them.
Billboard - 18 March 1950, p. 82, 3rd Column, 5th article (briefing).
Billboard - 15 July 1950, p. 54, 3rd column, final article.
Billboard - 09 December 1950, p. 40, 4th Column, 3rd article.
Billboard - 23 December 1950, p.41, 3rd column, 4th article. Whole page is Christmas ads but article about Halloween! Haha.
Billboard - 28 June 1952, p. 44, final column, top story.
Billboard - 13 February 1954, p 68, 2nd column, bottom article.
Billboard - 29 January 1955, p. 86, 3rd column, 2nd article.
Billboard - 9 February 1957, p. 60, 4th column (RSROA Awards, etc). Long article, best read here when you click it.
Date of issue: 21 July 2023.
Updated: 22 July 2023.
For office use only: 12.
Worth to visit:
None. I have no street address. May have been torn down.
DISCLAIMER:
International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© (formerly known as Dead-Rinks) and Mark Falso are not responsible for your physical and legal injuries you may have caused. We do not endorse such illegal activities including breaking and entry of former rinks, malls, abandoned buildings, etc. Please always obey laws and regulations and property owner's signs. Some states allow purple paint on fence which means they even have guns on their property and have rights to shoot you. Please DO NOT attempt to enter property without permission!
For abandoned rinks, after you receive permission, do WEAR safety OSHA equipment including a safety glasses, pair of safety gloves, an orange vest or a jacket, and a construction helmet.
Thank you for understanding.
Dead Rinks is now International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© because many former names have become new names at the same rinks that are still active and due to much confusion, We have decided that International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© fits better for all rinks including defunct, closed, inactive, rebooted, and rinks that are still active today. For short on this site, it is International Roller Skating Rinks History© Bear with us as we change the entire site page by page each day. Thank you for understanding.
Second of all: The contents including words and photos above on this page and/or on any pages are purely educational entertainment purposes only. I provide what information from other websites, skaters, and operators and it may end up with different results between two (or more) sources. It is not our responsible for errors we caused. All sources are shown on each page. All opinions and statements of mine are also stated and are for purely educational entertainment only.
Rinks that are closed are considered dead. Rinks that are/were sold and with new management names new name(s), the former are considered dead. Previous operating rink that closed but came back years later, are considered dead because the reopening is considered rebooted, nothing to do with the former. Since we are rebooted to allow alive rinks, active rinks, we welcome those active rinks as well. It will be described.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
Any music associated with any YouTube or any other videos provided on International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© are not the property of International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group and/or International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© therefore we do not own the rights to the music.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved become property of International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© and are watermarked but they are credited to you (or where the source is from). Thank you for understanding. To understand more about this, please go to this page: Disclaimer.
© Copyrighted by International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation©, an International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 17. Deut. 32:7.
“Our family lived above the skating rink. I went to sleep every night to organ music. You could definitely hear it upstairs,” she said. “I had the advantage of running downstairs and getting ice cream, though.”
- July Young Link, Young's Skating Center website.
It was Edmund W. Young, Jr. who started the rink.
Previously, they operated two roller rinks in Pennsylvania. It did not say what rinks they were. I will eventually find out.
William Wagner was the Owner / Operator from 1944 on because of his 5th anniversary of membership with RSROA. Likely he joined when he bought the rink. I found all this in Billboard.
So, this may have happened:
1935 to 1944 - Mr. and Mrs. Edmund W. Young Jr.
1944 to N/A. - William Wagner.
There are SO many mentioning of the rink in Billboard. When you read on, its in source page that you will find there are quite a bit of Billboard articles. They are all clickable. Be sure you can find by page, column, and where in the column. This many because they themselves were quite well marketing and publicity.
More information will be added when I hear back.
The Interior.
Due to its era, likely it was Maple Hardwood floor was used. Layout and design was not known.
The Exterior.
N/A.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Non-painted Hardwood Maple. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: 1935. Renovations: N/A. Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel Trusses Steel - Walled Warehouse - like Building.
Roof: Gabled.
Acres: N/A.
Architect: N/A.
Contractor: N/A.
Interior Designer: N/A.
Organ: N/A.
10 Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Duck Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Candlestick Bowling Lanes: None.
Pocket Billiard Tables: N/A.
Air Hockey Tables: N/A.
Foosball Table: N/A.
Basketball Speed: N/A.
Amusement Rides: None.
Driving Range Slots: None.
Miniature Golf Course: None.
Arcade: (Number unknown)
Skee-Ball: N/A.
Fascination: None.
Restaurant: None.
Cocktail lounge: None.
Laser Tag: None.
Bounce Houses: None.
Bumper Cars: None.
Go-Kart: None.
Motel: None.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Theater (movie/stage): None.
Dance Center: None.
Picnic Grove: None.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1935 to 1957 or after. (Nothing mentioned after February 1957 in Billboard or anything).
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also, photos/articles. Also send me any updates such as reopening, sold, name changes, or whatsoever occurred with this rink or any rinks. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at Rink-History©. Before you email, please state this rink name AND THE CITY AND STATE (or COUNTRY) so I can know where or what rink you are talking about. Thank you. We welcome both active and defunct rinks.
Sources:
Young’s Skating Center - website, link leads you to history page.
Billboard - 2 May 1942, p. 46, 3rd column (very long, 2 columns of many names, related to meeting. Best you click here and read.
Billboard - 13 March 1943, p. 44, 1st column, 3rd article about carnival.
Billboard - 20 March 1943, p. 44, 1st column, 2nd article. Similar article.
Billboard - 19 August 1944, p 44, 2nd column. first article (1 and 2 columns) Best you read here.
Billboard - 28 October 1944, p. 41, first article (2nd column of 2).
Billboard - 6 July 1946, p. 78 and 79 (Brown reelected as board president, meetings, huge article covers 2 pages! If desired, you can read them here). member is listed.
Billboard - 01 March 1947, p. 80 , 4th column, 2nd article.
Billboard - 05 March 1949, p. 78, 4th Column, top article. received pin 5th anniversary.
Billboard - 30 July 1949, p. 63, from main article on first column. 3 columns long! List of all members attending meeting. 3rd column, find on bottom. Best you click here to read them.
Billboard - 18 March 1950, p. 82, 3rd Column, 5th article (briefing).
Billboard - 15 July 1950, p. 54, 3rd column, final article.
Billboard - 09 December 1950, p. 40, 4th Column, 3rd article.
Billboard - 23 December 1950, p.41, 3rd column, 4th article. Whole page is Christmas ads but article about Halloween! Haha.
Billboard - 28 June 1952, p. 44, final column, top story.
Billboard - 13 February 1954, p 68, 2nd column, bottom article.
Billboard - 29 January 1955, p. 86, 3rd column, 2nd article.
Billboard - 9 February 1957, p. 60, 4th column (RSROA Awards, etc). Long article, best read here when you click it.
Date of issue: 21 July 2023.
Updated: 22 July 2023.
For office use only: 12.
Worth to visit:
None. I have no street address. May have been torn down.
DISCLAIMER:
International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© (formerly known as Dead-Rinks) and Mark Falso are not responsible for your physical and legal injuries you may have caused. We do not endorse such illegal activities including breaking and entry of former rinks, malls, abandoned buildings, etc. Please always obey laws and regulations and property owner's signs. Some states allow purple paint on fence which means they even have guns on their property and have rights to shoot you. Please DO NOT attempt to enter property without permission!
For abandoned rinks, after you receive permission, do WEAR safety OSHA equipment including a safety glasses, pair of safety gloves, an orange vest or a jacket, and a construction helmet.
Thank you for understanding.
Dead Rinks is now International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© because many former names have become new names at the same rinks that are still active and due to much confusion, We have decided that International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© fits better for all rinks including defunct, closed, inactive, rebooted, and rinks that are still active today. For short on this site, it is International Roller Skating Rinks History© Bear with us as we change the entire site page by page each day. Thank you for understanding.
Second of all: The contents including words and photos above on this page and/or on any pages are purely educational entertainment purposes only. I provide what information from other websites, skaters, and operators and it may end up with different results between two (or more) sources. It is not our responsible for errors we caused. All sources are shown on each page. All opinions and statements of mine are also stated and are for purely educational entertainment only.
Rinks that are closed are considered dead. Rinks that are/were sold and with new management names new name(s), the former are considered dead. Previous operating rink that closed but came back years later, are considered dead because the reopening is considered rebooted, nothing to do with the former. Since we are rebooted to allow alive rinks, active rinks, we welcome those active rinks as well. It will be described.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
Any music associated with any YouTube or any other videos provided on International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© are not the property of International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group and/or International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© therefore we do not own the rights to the music.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved become property of International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation© and are watermarked but they are credited to you (or where the source is from). Thank you for understanding. To understand more about this, please go to this page: Disclaimer.
© Copyrighted by International Roller Skating Rinks History Foundation©, an International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 17. Deut. 32:7.