Route 100 / RollerMotion Skating RInk, 1609 Trexlertown Road, Macungie, Pennsylvania

• Operator: Carol & Bruce Schaeffer[1]
• Manager: [?]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• Organist: Corey Fridinger
• DJ: [?]
• Floor size: 75' x 175'[2]
• Floor type: Maple wood[2]
• Primary reason for closing: "I'd like to retire"."Taxes, the cost of music licenses - everything's going up," Schaeffer says. "Years ago, we could hold our own, but not anymore, not without piles of people coming in. And despite all of the signs stating 'skate at your own risk,' we still have to deal with injury lawsuits."[3]
• Opened: 1973 - 2013

History Timeline:
• 1973 - Carol's parents opened the rink as Route 100 Skating Rink.
• 1980 - She started working full time at the rink.
• 1990s(late) - Eventually she and her husband Bruce took it over.
• 2006 - Re-named to Rollermotion when Route 100 was re-routed and the road it sits on was changed to Trexlertown Road.
• 2013 - Closed.
• 2015 - It was sold for $900,000 & became the Allentown-based Life Church.




Courtesy RIP Rt 100 aka Rollermotion Facebook group




Courtesy RIP Rt 100 aka Rollermotion Facebook group


Organist Corey Fridinger




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