Water City Skate as it appeared before lockdown and forced to close due to violations. What violations? This was a real beautiful interior. I love the Barrel Vaulted ceiling. Unique design. All courtesy of Water City Skate.
Water City Skate as it appeared before lockdown and forced to close due to violations. What violations? This was a real beautiful interior. I love the Barrel Vaulted ceiling. Unique design. All courtesy of Water City Skate.
Water City Roller Hockey and Skating Rink 2801 2nd Ave, Marina, CA
Water City Skate 2801 2nd Ave, Marina, CA (aka)
Water City Skate 2801 2nd Ave, Marina, CA (aka)
This unique rink on 2801 2nd Avenue in Marina, CA was around for more than 25 years till 2020 which had to close due to COVID in March 2020 but then quickly the town quickly posted a noticed that it is unfit for human occupy because of the building codes "violations" situation. That was reported in 2020 but on May 20, 2021, it was because of Fire and safety code violations. That made the town quickly seized the building. The town says it is not habitable for humans to be in the building. Right now, the town residents are fighting to keep this facility open as a rink in this beautiful unique building in Mid-California between San Jose and Santa Barbara, California. People do not want a gym. They spoke in a town meeting on May 20, 2021 when I was writing this and I finally got the answer right after their meeting was completed.
But on May 20, 2021, announcement they offered 150,000 USD said they would cost 3 Million USD to do repairs. Apparently the building belonged to the town. This building part of Fort Ord US Military base. The residents urged that the Roller Sports are to be included in the redesign. I pray they do include that. Then this rink will be staying in the Active Rink because those are still running or restarted or rebooted rinks will be part of this list and eventually removed from Dead Rink lists.
It was a gym back before the rink began and it was called Fort Ord Gym. But in 1995, the two families including Mark converted this gym into a rink.
UPDATE! --
I received an email from Mark who was the Owner, Operator, and Founder of this fantastic center. This is what he has to say --
Founded in 1995
Put a flag in the ground introduced, educated, and provided.
Yes, [I] started, ran it for a quarter of a century. The lack of vision from our landlord(city of Marina) is Stunning.
[We had]
Hockey...
Soccer...
Derby...
Lacrosse...
Public benefit...
Scouts...
[and] much much More.
Tragedy.
Mark
Mark, I am so sorry to hear about this. I love what you have done with this rink and the interior.. It was beautiful. It is ashamed of the landlord aka the City of Marina. Shame on them. I hope nothing but the best for you, Mark. (He provided the link and the link is shown below.
The Interior.
It has true full-size NHL rink for roller rink. The floor appeared concrete but I am not sure. Funny thing, the off-rink floor is all wood! Everything quite opposite in this unique rink. I love the expansive huge ceiling clearance that has chain-link fence style steel trusses. It makes it architecturally beautiful in this roller rink.
It is beautifully architecturally inside. But it does have that Roller Hockey Rink feel to it although it is multi-uses. I wish it can remove those walls to make it feel more spacious.
The Exterior.
It is a Semi-Circular (Half Barrel) Arch with skirts on each side. I would call that Omega Roofline because of the shape of the Greek Ω which I noticed there is no such name for this style Arch listed on the internet so I am inventing a new name for this roof: Omega Roofline. A-Frame already has that with the Greek name as well.. the Alpha or known as Alpine roofline for A-frame homes and even a recreational vehicle manufacturer that makes the A-roof popups trailers.
So, the Greek letter. A rink similar to this roof is pretty close as well that is in Minnesota. I cannot recall the name but has very similar design as this one but this one in Marina in this profile is much bigger and true stadium size because of the large building and roof itself.
The exterior looked aged faster than the interior to tell you the truth because of its appearance. The appearance function differently with this look.
The Stats:
Rink Size: FULL NHL. (85' X 200'). Floor: Roller Court Floor Layout: NHL style layout with Roller Derby layout.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free-Span Chain-Link Fence-like Steel Trusses Steel and Wood-Walled indoor stadium - like Building.
Roof: Ω Arch roof style.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1995 to March 2020 (not COVID, but "code violations" forcing it to close "permanently" unless repairs are done).
Reason for Closure: Originally due to COVID but they quickly said it was fire and safety code violations which made the rink uninhabitable. They wanted to get rid of roller sports but the town are asking to include the roller sports there. Hopefully they will reopen!
Wanted: Also photos. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Monterey County Weekly - Town needs completely overhall due to sights (Feb 12, 2021);
Monterey County Weekly - Funds for the rink repairs and more reasons why it was closed (May 20, 2021);
Water City Skate - website.
KION 5/46
Water City Roller Hockey - Website provided by Mark, the Owner.
Date of issue: 20 May 2021. Update: 09 November 2021.
For office use only: 3 ps.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.
But on May 20, 2021, announcement they offered 150,000 USD said they would cost 3 Million USD to do repairs. Apparently the building belonged to the town. This building part of Fort Ord US Military base. The residents urged that the Roller Sports are to be included in the redesign. I pray they do include that. Then this rink will be staying in the Active Rink because those are still running or restarted or rebooted rinks will be part of this list and eventually removed from Dead Rink lists.
It was a gym back before the rink began and it was called Fort Ord Gym. But in 1995, the two families including Mark converted this gym into a rink.
UPDATE! --
I received an email from Mark who was the Owner, Operator, and Founder of this fantastic center. This is what he has to say --
Founded in 1995
Put a flag in the ground introduced, educated, and provided.
Yes, [I] started, ran it for a quarter of a century. The lack of vision from our landlord(city of Marina) is Stunning.
[We had]
Hockey...
Soccer...
Derby...
Lacrosse...
Public benefit...
Scouts...
[and] much much More.
Tragedy.
Mark
Mark, I am so sorry to hear about this. I love what you have done with this rink and the interior.. It was beautiful. It is ashamed of the landlord aka the City of Marina. Shame on them. I hope nothing but the best for you, Mark. (He provided the link and the link is shown below.
The Interior.
It has true full-size NHL rink for roller rink. The floor appeared concrete but I am not sure. Funny thing, the off-rink floor is all wood! Everything quite opposite in this unique rink. I love the expansive huge ceiling clearance that has chain-link fence style steel trusses. It makes it architecturally beautiful in this roller rink.
It is beautifully architecturally inside. But it does have that Roller Hockey Rink feel to it although it is multi-uses. I wish it can remove those walls to make it feel more spacious.
The Exterior.
It is a Semi-Circular (Half Barrel) Arch with skirts on each side. I would call that Omega Roofline because of the shape of the Greek Ω which I noticed there is no such name for this style Arch listed on the internet so I am inventing a new name for this roof: Omega Roofline. A-Frame already has that with the Greek name as well.. the Alpha or known as Alpine roofline for A-frame homes and even a recreational vehicle manufacturer that makes the A-roof popups trailers.
So, the Greek letter. A rink similar to this roof is pretty close as well that is in Minnesota. I cannot recall the name but has very similar design as this one but this one in Marina in this profile is much bigger and true stadium size because of the large building and roof itself.
The exterior looked aged faster than the interior to tell you the truth because of its appearance. The appearance function differently with this look.
The Stats:
Rink Size: FULL NHL. (85' X 200'). Floor: Roller Court Floor Layout: NHL style layout with Roller Derby layout.
Building Size: N/A. Built: N/A. Demolished: Still standing.
Type of Building: Free-Span Chain-Link Fence-like Steel Trusses Steel and Wood-Walled indoor stadium - like Building.
Roof: Ω Arch roof style.
Acres: N/A.
Operated: (Overall)-- 1995 to March 2020 (not COVID, but "code violations" forcing it to close "permanently" unless repairs are done).
Reason for Closure: Originally due to COVID but they quickly said it was fire and safety code violations which made the rink uninhabitable. They wanted to get rid of roller sports but the town are asking to include the roller sports there. Hopefully they will reopen!
Wanted: Also photos. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Monterey County Weekly - Town needs completely overhall due to sights (Feb 12, 2021);
Monterey County Weekly - Funds for the rink repairs and more reasons why it was closed (May 20, 2021);
Water City Skate - website.
KION 5/46
Water City Roller Hockey - Website provided by Mark, the Owner.
Date of issue: 20 May 2021. Update: 09 November 2021.
For office use only: 3 ps.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 and 16.