Skylite Roller Skating Center, 648 Park Ave, Worcester, Massachusetts

• Operator: Richie P. (RIP 2003) & Mary Jane Fors and Evard S. Dodge.[1] (1980-2003), Mary Jane Fors[1] (2003-2020)
• Manager: [?]
• Pro/Coach: Richie Fors, Butch Tetreault[2]
• DJ: Cliff H.J. West[4]
• Floor size: [?]
• Floor type: Appear to be sheets? (looking at what may be seams in the 2015 photo) with coating & later, Sport court floor. (2017-2020)
• Primary reason for closing: "The roller skating center had been temporarily closed, due to the coronavirus, leading up to the announcement of its permanent closing."[3]
• Opened: 1980[2] - 2020[4]

"Mrs. Fors said the rink was her husband's dream.
He won national championships roller skating and taught others to skate in Taunton, she said.
They had been married for 25 years when he died in 2003, and she wondered if she should keep running the rink on her own. They'd worked at it together and she wasn't sure."

-https://www.telegram.com/article/20100823/NEWS/8230344 (Aug 23, 2010)

• Building was originally Metro Bowl, a bowling alley.
(More photos and info at the Facebook group. Link below.)


Building was originally Metro Bowl.


Removal of the alleys.....


After a major transformation, skating begins!
(Photos courtesy Skylite Memories.
More photos and info at link above.)


2015 Website Image



2015, Before floor fix.


2015, After floor fix.


2017, Sport Court floor.




2020


2020



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