Coliseum Roller Rink, 412 Chesapeake Av, Davis Island, Tampa, Florida

• Owner/Investor: Davis Island Coliseum Corporation, C. F. Cullen, president.[1] (1925)
(Also built under the direction of C. F. Cullen, are the St. Petersburg & Orlando Coliseums.)
• Owner/builder: Harry Winchell[2] (1924-1934+?) • Owner: Harry J. Warner[3] (1950s?-1957)
• Operator: Harry J. Warner & Frank Byran[5] (1947)
• Manager: Ted Bruland[13] (1946)
• Pro/Coach: Harold & Mary Denison[5] (1945), Ted Bruland[12] (1946)
• Organist: [?]
• Floor size: 150' x 170'[4]
• Floor type: Log cabin, maple wood.[6]
• Primary reason for closing: Building sold & became a bowling alley.[8]
• Opened for skating: 1936[7] - 1957[8]
Building opened on December 15, 1925.[?]

Building Timeline:
• 1925 - Building opened for music, dancing and special events.[1]
• 1932 - Lease signed by a motion picture studio! (Very short lived.)[9]
• 1933-1934 - New lease signed by Rex MacDonald and Bill Stambaugh[10]
(Music, dancing and special events.)
• 1936 - Skating started. (First ad found)[7]
• 1957 - Became Coliseum Lanes, bowling alley & Peacock Lounge.[8]
• 1965 - Closed & vacant.[11]
• 1967 - Fire destroyed the building. [11]



The Davis Island Coliseum began as an investment opportunity.





Let the good times begin!

Postcard.




Lease signed by a motion picture studio!



The end came quickly to the motion picture studio.









And finally, roller skating came to the Coliseum.






The end of roller skating at the Coliseum.




A devastating fire brings an end to the Coliseum.



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