Rocket Skating Club, 815 N. Virginia Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• Owner: Lippert Brothers[1](1951), Carl Clark (1962) [7]
• Operator: T. T. Johnson[1]
• Pro/Coach: Richard & Tere Lynch[5] (1952), Paul Bauman, Dorotha Gentry, Verna Julian[6] (1953), Gary Castro[9] (1956)
• Organist: Dean Murdock[4](1951)
• Floor size: 80' x 180'[7]
• Floor type: Floating, Rotunda style, Maple wood.[3]
• Primary reason for closing: [?]
• Opened: 1950[3]
• Closing: Exact date unknown, but no ads or articles found past March 1965

• After Rocket Skating Club closed, it became an ice skating rink called Star Arena. [8]
• Used as storage for many years until 2010 when it then burned down.[8]

The Comet Skating Club was also operated by T. T. Johnson and in 1964 sold to coach Gary Castro.
The Comet Skating Club still open in 2021 and is Skate Galaxy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.










After Rocket Skating Club closed, it became an ice skating rink called
Star Arena and later used as storage for many years until it burned down.


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