Riverside Stadium, 300 26th St., N.W., Washington, DC

• Operator: E. J. Farr, S. G. Leoffler Jr. & Layne E. Leoffler (Leased from S. G. Leoffler Sr.)[1]
• Manager: [?]
• Pro/Coach: Louis Bargmann & Phyllis Rowley[1]
• Organist: Penny Martin[1]
• Floor size (Main): 200' x 100'[1]
• Floor size (Figures): 50' x 80'[1]
• Floor size (Beginners): 50' x 50'[1]
• Floor type: Maple wood.[2]
• Primary reason for closing: [?]
• Opened (for Roller Skating): 1942[1] - Skating News, Dec 1951, says inactive on RSROA listing)
            -Also, all equipment for sale, Billboard Mar 29, 1952.[4]

"Operated as an ice rink before being converted to a roller rink."[1]

"Riverside Stadium came to an end in the early 1960s, demolished to make way for construction of the National Cultural Center, renamed in 1964 as the Kennedy Center following the assassination of President Kennedy." [3]

Selling extra equipment?
Upgrading for Nationals?

1949 Nationals









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