Northern - (218) Bemidji, MN Smart Skate - 218-751-6666 Brainerd, MN Brainerd Skate Center - 218-829-5105 Buhl, MN Buhl Skating Rink - 218-258-2264 Fergus Falls, MN Silver Skate Roller Rink - 218-739-2681 Grand Rapids, MN Pla-Mor Roller Rink - 218-326-2909 Hibbing, MN Hibbing Roller Rink - 218-263-9860 Mentor, MN Maple Lake Pavilion - 218-637-2491 (seasonal) Park Rapids, MN Skateland Of Park Rapids - 218-732-4668 Perham, MN Perham Roller Rink - 218-346-2045 Perham Area Community Center - 218-346-7222 Wadena, MN Wadena Roller Rink - 218-631-9903 Warroad, MN The Gardens - 218-386-3862 Willow River, MN Willow River Roller Rink (aka Korbys Rink-N-Range) - 218-372-3555 Southern - (507) Austin, MN Roller Hockey Rink - 507-435-1881(rec dept) (seasonal) Brownsdale, MN United Skates Roller Skating Center - 507-567-2539 La Crescent, MN Doctor Skates - (closed?) Mankato, MN Skatin' World - 507-625-2507 Marshall, MN Key Roller Rink - 507-537-0419 New Ulm, MN Izzy-Dorry's Rink - 507-354-6626/354-1733 Owatonna, MN Owatonna Roller Rink - 507-451-9871 Redwood Falls, MN Candy Cane Skate Center - 507-637-2129 Windom, MN Skateland Roller Dome - 507-831-1337 Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area - (612) + Central outside Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area - (320) Alexandria, MN Roller Max (aka Alexandria Arena) - 320-762-8896 Anoka, MN Lilli-Putt Amusement Park - 612-434-4791 Brooklyn Park/Minneapolis, MN Skateland Skate Center North - 612-425-5858 Burnsville, MN Skateville - 612-890-0988 Cambridge, MN World On Wheels Skate Center - 612-689-4200 Coon Rapids/Minneapolis, MN Cheap Skate - 612-427-8980/427-8981 Lake City, MN Countryside - 612-345-3877 Long Prairie, MN Dreamland Roller Rink - 320-732-2004 Minneapolis, MN Rhythmland Roller Skating Rink - 612-789-3870 Rollerdome (aka H.H. Humphrey Metrodome) - 612-825-3663 Saints Bloomington Family Roller Skating Center - 612-888-9311 Minnetonka, MN Cheep Skate Of Minnetonka - 612-544-3158/544-3159 Montevideo, MN Monte Roller Rink - 320-269-5018 Monticello, MN Monticello Roller Rink - 612-295-3858 Ortonville, MN Sioux Historical Pavillion - 320-839-2223 Osseo/Minneapolis, MN Osseo Park Arena - 612-425-7306 Roseville/Minneapolis, MN John Rose Minnesota OVAL - 612-484-0269 (seasonal) Rush City, MN Rush City Roller Drome - 320-358-3818 St. Louis Park/Minneapolis, MN Roller Garden - 612-929-5518 Saint Cloud, MN Skatin' Place - 612-252-9768 Saint Paul, MN Skatedium Roller Skating Rink - 612-489-7633 Saints North Family Roller Skating Center - 612-770-3848 Willmar, MN Wheel Fun Skate Center - 320-235-8520 Woodbury, MN Wooddale Recreation Center - 612-735-6214
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Minnesota (218) - Northern
Duluth
Minnesota has innumerable skating rinks, but most of them are ice rinks
of one sort or another. The rinks listed should be all roller rinks,
but an ice rink may have slipped in, or some seasonal ice/roller rinks
omitted.
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directory 2/96,
also checked against the 1995-96 RSA rink directory and the 1995 USAC/RS
directory.
This should be essentially all the rinks within the 218 area code.
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Bemidji, MN 56601-5626
Smart Skate
3301 Hannah Avenue NW
218-751-6666
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Brainerd, MN 56401
Brainerd Skate Center
Brainerd is a town located along the Missippi in central Minnesota.
Washington Street
218-829-5105
This a apparently a converted movie theatre in downtown Brainerd.
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Buhl, MN 55713
Buhl Skating Rink
522 Memorial Drive
218-258-2264
?Probably an ice rink - no answer.
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Fergus Falls, MN 56537-1060
Silver Skate Roller Rink
1960 College Way
218-739-2681
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Grand Rapids, MN 55744-3297
Pla-Mor Roller Rink
1422 East Highway 169
218-326-2909
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Hibbing, MN 55746
Hibbing Roller Rink
Fairgrounds
218-263-9860
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Mentor, MN 56736
Maple Lake Pavilion
Maple Lake
218-637-2491
This is a seasonal roller skating rink, open during summer lake season.
[ lofgren@glerl.noaa.gov (Brent Lofgren) ]
I think I have only been inside once. It has a wooden floor, and was
much smaller than the other roller rink with which I was more familiar,
The Rink in Grand Forks (which is more recently a carpet store). Its
interior dimensions were (very rough estimate) 60 ft x 30 ft. Maybe a
bit more.
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Park Rapids, MN 56470-1534
Skateland Of Park Rapids
302 Park Avenue S
218-732-4668
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Perham, MN 56573-1732
Perham Roller Rink
400 4th Street SE
218-346-2045
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Perham, MN 56573
Perham Area Community Center
620 3rd Avenue SE
Perham is a small railroad town located in western Minnesota,
about 75 miles east of Fargo, North Dakota.
218-346-7222
[ web gleanings ]
The Perham Area Community Center provides an indoor swimming pool and
water slide, rollerskating rink, field house, racquetball courts,
walking track, and fully equipped weight room.
This is possibly the same as the Perham Roller Rink, though they're
not in quite the same place???
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Wadena, MN 56482
Wadena Roller Rink
Highway 71 North
218-631-9903
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Warroad, MN 56763
The Gardens
707 Elk Street NW
218-386-3862
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Willow River, MN 55795
Willow River Roller Rink (aka Korbys Rink-N-Range)
7957 Countryside Lane
218-372-3555
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Minnesota (507) - Southern
Mankato, Rochester
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directory 2/96,
also checked against the 1995-96 RSA rink directory and the 1995 USAC/RS
directory.
This should be essentially all the rinks within the 507 area code.
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Austin, MN 55912
Roller Hockey Rink
Hormel Drive
507-435-1881(rec dept)
Seasonal
Outdoor
[ net gleanings ]
The roller hockey rink is available for your leisure use and is located
on Hormel Drive.
[ grr ]
Austin has seasonal outdoor rinks in a number of city parks, some of
these may also be usable as outdoor roller rink.
The Riverside Arena is a seasonal indoor rink that serves various civic
purposes off-season. Roller hockey is mentioned, but it's restricted
to school-age kids and there's no mention of more general public skating.
See http://fox.co.net/austin/gov/parks/prprog.html for more information
about the Austin Parks and Recreation department facilities.
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Brownsdale, MN 55918
United Skates Roller Skating Center
316 Market Street SE
Brownsdale is a very small town about 5 miles northwest of Austin.
507-567-2539
Concrete Floor - Small with Posts - Poor Condition
[ sbeckstrom@aol.com (Sonya Beckstrom) - edited ]
This has to be by far, the worst and perhaps smallest rink I have ever
skated at, and I've been to about 200-250 rinks in my time. This rink
was very small, extremely narrow and still had 11 wooden posts running
down the center of the floor to hold the building up. I think it may
have been a barn or a horse stable, it has that wierd a configuration.
The floor is concrete, extremely bumpy, cracked and coated with paint
and rust.
I only skated for about 15 minuts and didn't dare turn around. However,
the rink owner was very pleasant and we talked for a couple of hours on
rink operation. Even though the rink was horrendous, he said he usually
had a lot of business because he was out in the middle of nowhere and
there was nothing else to do.
I do not recommend this rink and think it should have been shut down!
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La Crescent, MN 55947-1560
Doctor Skates
1116 South Oak Street
Closed?
Disconnected, no current listing
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Mankato, MN 56001-4840
Skatin' World
1800 Adams Street
507-625-2507
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
According to a newspaper article, this rink was to close in June 1996.
The owner complained of stagnant business and plans to use the space
to expand a Pet supply business.
Another article mentioned plans to build a new rink in Mankato.
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Marshall, MN 56258
Key Roller Rink
Highway 19
507-537-0419
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New Ulm, MN 56073
Izzy-Dorry's Rink
509 20th N
507-354-6626/354-1733
Fri 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Sat 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Owatonna, MN 55060-3954
Owatonna Roller Rink
120 18th Street SW
507-451-9871
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Redwood Falls, MN 56283-1350
Candy Cane Skate Center
211 North Dekalb Street
507-637-2129
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Windom, MN 56101-9801
Skateland Roller Dome
RFD 1
507-831-1337
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Minnesota (612) - Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Minnesota (320) - Central outside Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area
St. Cloud, Red Wing
These entries still need to be split into 612 and the new 320 area code,
sometime between 3/7/96 and 9/15/96.
Phone numbers and addresses checked against a CD-ROM directory 2/96,
also checked against the 1995-96 RSA rink directory and the 1995 USAC/RS
directory.
This should be essentially all the rinks within the 612+320 area code.
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Alexandria, MN 56308-5033
Roller Max (aka Alexandria Arena)
1310 North Nokomis NE
320-762-8896
Thurs 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Adult Nite
Fri 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Sat 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Sun 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Arena also operates as convention/meeting center.
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Anoka, MN 55304-1523
Lilli-Putt Amusement Park
18036 Palm Street NW
612-434-4791
IAAPA Member
The Lilli-Putt Amusement park includes Roller Skating, Miniature Golf,
Bumper Boats, Go-Karts and and Arcade.
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Brooklyn Park/Minneapolis, MN 55428-1228
Skateland Skate Center North
7308 Lakeland Avenue N
612-425-5858
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Burnsville, MN 55337-1610
Skateville
201 South River Ridge Circle
612-890-0988
USAC/RS Artistic Coach
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Cambridge, MN 55008-2622
World On Wheels Skate Center
830 Central Ave SW
612-689-4200
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Coon Rapids/Minneapolis, MN 55433-3488
Cheap Skate
3075 Coon Rapids Boulevard NW
612-427-8980/427-8981
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Club
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Lake City, MN 55041
Countryside
Highway 63 South
612-345-3877
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Long Prairie, MN 56347
Dreamland Roller Rink
Highway 71 South
320-732-2004
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Minneapolis, MN 55418-4542
Rhythmland Roller Skating Rink
1835 Central Avenue NE
612-789-3870
RSA Member Rink
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Minneapolis, MN 55415
Rollerdome (aka H.H. Humphrey Metrodome)
900 South 5th at 11th Avenue
612-825-3663
Seasonal
In-line and conventional skates permitted
The Rollerdome is an winter stadium concourse skating event sponsored by
Rollerblade(tm) and other in-line organizations. The season runs through
March, with skating in a nearly daily basis. There are two concourse
levels of the H.H. Humphrey Metrodome open for skating, one is reserved
for adults only. The skating entrance is at 5th Street and 11th Avenue.
Both in-line and conventional skates are permitted and in-line rentals
and safety gear are available.
The event is sponsored by Rollerblade Inc and some or all of the proceeds
benefit the March of Dimes.
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Minneapolis, MN 55420-2211
Saints Bloomington Family Roller Skating Center
311 West 84th Street
612-888-9311
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Minnetonka, MN 55305-3370
Cheep Skate Of Minnetonka
11100 Cedar Lake Road
612-544-3158/544-3159
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
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Montevideo, MN 56265-1350
Monte Roller Rink
102 Miawakon Avenue
320-269-5018
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Monticello, MN 55362
Monticello Roller Rink
102 Thomas Park Drive
612-295-3858
RSA Member Rink
Apparently this rink is/was for sale in 1996. I don't know if it's
still open.
MONTICELLO ROLLER RINK
Over 11,000 Sq. Ft. of air conditioned building with 10' ceilings.
2-3 acres of land.
$240,000
Call Roger Lundeen 612-682-3990.
Burnet Realty-Buffalo
612-682-2882
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Ortonville, MN 56278
Sioux Historical Pavillion
?
320-839-2223
?This is probably an ice rink of some sort - no answer.
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Osseo/Minneapolis, MN 55369-4064
Osseo Park Arena
10390 County Road 81
612-425-7306
?This is probably an ice rink of some sort - no answer.
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Roseville/Minneapolis, MN 55113
John Rose Minnesota OVAL
2660 Civic Center Drive
612-484-0269
Seasonal - Outdoor
Concrete
In-line skates permitted - available for rent
Mon 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
4:00 PM - 8:30 PM Dollar Night
Tues 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
4:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Wed 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thurs 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
4:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Fri 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
4:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Sat noon - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Sun noon - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 8:30 PM
*** hours are somewhat longer during the summer months, call...
The John Rose Minnesota OVAL is the largest outdoor multipurpose skating
facility in the western hemisphere. Located in the Minneapolis/St.Paul
suburb of Roseville, the facility has 110,000 square feet of skating
surface providing a variety of year round skating opportunities for
training, competition and daily public skating.
The OVAL is also an active venue from April to October as the rapidly
growing sport of in-line skating becomes the focus of activity! The
smooth concrete skating surface provides public skating sessions,
instruction, racing, stunt areas, and roller hockey opportunities in
a safe, supervised area.
Daily schedule is subject to change and if weather permitting, call
612-484-0269 for current information.
[ grr ]
This is an huge oval speed track, but the recreational skating probably
allows lots of fun opportunities. They mention only in-line skating,
but I don't know that they prohibit quads.
See http://www.ci.roseville.mn.us/oval/ for more information about the
facility and ice related details.
[ motorblade@aol.com (Fritz) ]
The Oval in Roseville has a skate park in the center of a track, it is
run by the Easy Stride Skate School.
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Rush City, MN 55069
Rush City Roller Drome
?
320-358-3818
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Saint Cloud, MN 56301-9513
Skatin' Place
3302 Southway Drive
612-252-9768
RSA Member Rink
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St. Louis Park/Minneapolis, MN 55146-2195
Roller Garden
5622 West Lake Street
St Louis Park is in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. From downtown,
take I-494 west, get off at the Rt 100 - Beltlane Highway exit, head
south on Rt 100 to the first exit - Minnetonka Boulevard. Head west,
and then bear to the left onto West Lake Street. Roller Garden should
be in the second block.
612-929-5518
RSA Member Rink
USAC/RS Artistic and JO Clubs
[ aboulanger@ldeo.columbia.edu (Albert Boulanger) - edited ]
I have gone to Roller Garden in St Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis,
the times I have been in town (2x). I noticed a general slump in the rink,
with a big cut in the adult sessions, due to the recession and the inline
craze. I had a good time there in 1989 or so and a pretty lackluster time
when I went back in 1994.
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Saint Paul, MN 55117
Skatedium Roller Skating Rink
1251 Arundel
612-489-7633
RSA Member Rink
According to several newspaper articles, this rink is being forced to
close as of September 1996. The owner is planning to reopen at a new
location.
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Saint Paul, MN 55109-2133
Saints North Family Roller Skating Center
1818 Gervais Court
612-770-3848
RSA Member Rink
Office 150 Eaton 612-224-3369 Peter Boo?
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Willmar, MN 56201-5404
Wheel Fun Skate Center
1300 Lakeland Drive SE
320-235-8520
RSA Member Rink
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Woodbury, MN 55125
Wooddale Recreation Center
2122 Wooddale Drive
612-735-6214
RSA Member Rink
Wed and Fri evening, Sat and Sun daytime and evening sessions.
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