Redondo Skating Arena, Redondo, Washington

• Operator: Weston and Lauree Betts[1], Pat Pattison[2]
• Manager: [?]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• Organist: Eved Oliver[2]
• DJ: [?]
• Floor size: [?]
• Floor type: Fan style, maple wood
• Primary reason for closing: Fire[2]
• Opened: (skating): 1936[1] - 1951 fire[2]
"Built in the early 1920's as a recreational and dance hall facility."[1]






Courtesy Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society[3]




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Sources

(1)Larry Pattison 12-17-2018 @ The Rink Registrar
Redondo Skating Arena and Recreation Center. Owned by Weston and Lauree Betts. Located on the water between Des Moines, WA and Tacoma, WA. Built in the early 1920's as a recreational and dance hall facility. Roller skating was incorporated in the facility 1936. The building burned to the ground in January of 195x. (see[2]) Weston and Lauree had 3 children. The oldest, Evelyn, married Carroll "Pat" Pattison.
(2)The Daily Chronicle Jan 20, 1951
(3)Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society (History link above)

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