Hub / Axel Roller Rink, 4510 North Harlem, Chicago, Illinois (Norridge)


Hub Roller Rink, 4510 North Harlem, Chicago, Illinois (Norridge)
• Operator: William A. Benson & Charles A. Bender[1]
• Manager: Madalen Riedler[1]
• Pro/Coach: Tony Miller[1], Virgl Sandidge RIP[2]
• Organist: Leon Berry RIP[1]
• Floor size: 96' x 265' Maple[1]
• Opened: October 25, 1950[4] - 1974[3]
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The Axle
• Owner: M & R Entertainment[3]
• Manager: [?]
• Opened: 1974[3] - October 31, 1985[3]

Quote:
"Because the roller rinks rarely showed a profit, lawsuits and high insurance premiums convinced the company to shut them down"[5]
Now a shopping mall and small stores.

M & R Entertainment also had two other rinks in Illinois:
• (Niles) Axle Roller Rink, 9840 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles, Illinois (1973-1984)
• (Countryside) Axle Roller Rink, 9950 Joliet, Rt. 66 East of La Grange Rd., Countryside, Illinois (1974-1978)







In 1974 the Hub became the Axle



Closed in 1985


Now a shopping mall and small stores.
2018 image courtesy Google.


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