Closed West Virginia Roller Rinks

RINK NAME: Black's Roller Skating Rink (Closed)
OWNER: Robert Black
LOCATION: Ashland, West Virginia

RINK NAME: Camden Park Roller Rink (Closed)
BUILT: 1959 (to replace a rink burned a year earlier)
CLOSED: destroyed by another fire on April 23, 1996
OWNER AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE: John Boytlin
OPERATOR IN THE 1940s and 1950s: Robert Black
LOCATION: Huntington, West Virginia
ARTICLES:
- https://www.herald-dispatch.com/special/lost_huntington/lost-huntington-camden-park-roller-rink/article_a1485fb1-57da-526f-a30d-29141dd24561.html
- https://www.facebook.com/ceredomuseum/photos/22-years-ago-today-a-devastating-fire-destroyed-camden-parks-popular-roller-skat/2016874971972354/?_rdr

RINK NAME: Craigsville Roller Arena (Closed)
ALSO KNOWN SD: Craigsville Skating Rink
LOCATION: Craigsville, West Virgiia, United States

RINK NAME: Rendezvous Roller Rink (still closed?)
CLOSURE: July 30, 2024 Facebook post said "closed until further notice"
WEB SITE URL: none (rink's social media site is their web site)
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook
301 Tyler Highway
Sistersville, West Virgiia, United States

RINK NAME: Skate-A-Way Fairmont (Closed)
WEB SITE URL: none (their social media site is their web site)
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook
ADDRESS: 718 Carlone Street
LOCATION: Fairmont, West Virginia
NOTE: has/had a beginner's rink

RINK NAME: Skate Shack Roller Rink (Closed?)
ALSO KNOWN AS: Green Valley Skating Center?
CLOSED: was it sold after being closed during the Covid epidemic?
WEB SITE URL: skateshackfamfun.com (no archives availab lr)
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook
ADDRESS: 469 Airport Road
LOCATION: Bluefield, West Virgiia, United States
ARTICLE:
visitmercercounty.com - company - skate shack

RINK NAME: Wheeling Roller Rink (1924-1988)
ALSO KNOWN AS: Milam Roller Rink (when ownd by Cecil Milam in 1940s)
BUILT: 1924
CLOSED: 1988
LOCATION: South End of Wheeling Island, West Virginia
NOTES:
- after closure used as a storage facility by wheeling island casino and racetrack
- rink building destroyed by a fire on December 31 (2020?)
ARTICLES:
- https://weelunk.com/wheeling-around-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-historic-island-roller-rink/
- https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/wheeling-island-skating-rink-fire/

References

- forgottenrollerrinksofthepast.com - west virginia closed roller rinks
- rink-history.weebly.com - west virginia dead roller rinks