Axle Roller Rink, 9840 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles, Illinois

• Owner: M & R Entertainment[1]
• Manager: Pete Theodore[2] (1973), Bill & Elaine Simpson[3]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• Organist: [?]
• DJ: [?]
• Floor size: 25,000 sq ft.[2]
• Floor type: Maple wood.[2]
• Primary reason for closing: Insurance rates became too costly.[5]
• Opened: Dec 7, 1973[1] - August 8, 1984[6]

• 1984 - Became SYMS Clothing store.[7]
• By 2015, it was Savers Thrift Store. (Google Street View) (Facade altered.)
• As of 2018-Currently, it's a Salvation Army store. (Google Street View)

M & R Entertainment also had two other rinks in Illinois:
• (Norrige) Axle Roller Rink, 4510 N. Harlem, Norrige, Illinois (1974-1985) (Formerly The Hub, 1950-1974)
• (Countryside) Axle Roller Rink, 9950 Joliet, Rt. 66 East of La Grange Rd., Countryside, Illinois (1974-1978)

Image at top of page courtesy Bill Reffke & the The Axle Roller Rink FB group. (Link below)

















Images courtesy Andrew Jordan Weinstock &
The Axle Roller Rink FB group. (Link above)






















The End.


Then & Now.


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