Fireside Roll-Arena, 850 Roselle Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois

• Building owner: Loeb Corp., Elk Grove Village.[1]
• Leased by: Fireside Industries Inc.
Partners include, Ray (Pres.) & Barbara Jane Hawley Keegan & Irv & Marge Basich[2]
• Manager: [?]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• Organist: Bonnie Raatz, Ted Ziegler, Steve Sourigny[4]
• DJ: [?]
• Floor size: 26,789 sq ft.[6]
"Fireside was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest indoor roller rink."[6]
• Floor type: 1 1/2" tongue & groove rock maple[3]
• Primary reason for closing: Insurance was too expensive.[7]
• Opened: 1975[5] - 1985[6]

Now it's Valli Produce, a bank and possibly more businesses, as they divided it up.


The Plan....


Opening Soon...




Grand Opening!





The Owners,
Barb Kegan, Ray Kegan, Irv Basich and Marge Basich.
Photos below are courtesy Sandra Levin





"The Roller Coaster"
It's under the sign that says, "Welcome to Fireside".

Practice rink.








Photos below courtesy Schaumburg Township District Library

Rodgers Olympic Theater Organ
and
The organists who played it.





The Fireplace at Fireside.



Then and Now...

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