Skate (State) Arena Skating Center, 300 NJ-70, Lakewood, New Jersey

• Operator: E. M. Polhemus & C. Guerrieri[1] (1960 - 1971), Dolores & Jenner Vincent (1971[2] - 2000)
• Manager: Bob Fitzgerald[3] (1961)
• Pro/Coach: Frank De John[4] (1967), Dorothy & Malone Freeman, Bob Fitzgerald[5] (1979), Carey Elder[9] (1992 - )
• Organist: Wendel Cody[7] (1960), Sonny Maresco[8] (1980)
• Floor Type: Maple wood[11]
• Primary reason for closing: "She & her husband want to retire, and their son wants to have a career in computer science instead of running a roller rink".[10]
• Opened: 1960 - 2000[10]

Opened as "State Arena" and the next year it was called "Skate Arena". It appears that the rink went by both names for several years as indicated by the Ad's & articles. The phone number and address remained the same.

Currently it's Harley-Davidson of Ocean County

1960 Skate Magazine RSROA New Members

1961 Skate Magazine

1998 Website



They removed the ceiling, but at least they kept the floor.

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