Skate America Rink, 1260 Hicks Blvd, Fairfield, Ohio


But first it was:
Tri-Skateland, 1260 Hicks Blvd, Fairfield, Ohio
• Operator: Elmer & Kay Hammett and Fred & Florence Talbot (1965-1990), Joleen Harris (Elmer & Kay's daughter)[1] (1990-2010).
• Manager: Ed Goens[2]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• Organist: [?]
• DJ: [?]
• Floor size: 13,000 sq ft.
• Floor type: Log cabin style, Maple wood, clear coated. (See image)
• Primary reason for closing: Continued as a skating rink.
• Opened: 1965[1] - 2010[2]
While searching, I found this incomplete 2008 website page for what appears to have been an attempt to be more than a skating rink. It was "The Event Center at Tri-Skateland". (Website image below.)
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The Rink in Fairfield, 1260 Hicks Blvd, Fairfield, Ohio
• Operator: Joleen Harris[1] (Elmer & Kay's daughter) (2010-2014).
• Manager: Ed Goens[2]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• DJ: [?]
• Primary reason for closing: Continued as a skating rink.
• Opened: 2010[2] - 2014[4]
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Skate America Rink, 1260 Hicks Blvd, Fairfield, Ohio
• Operator: Skate America Inc.[5]
• Manager: Lee Moore[5]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• DJ: [?]
• Primary reason for closing: [?]
• Opened: Dec 2014[4/5] - Feb 2017[7]
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• 2017 - Closed and sold to Tabernacle Bible Church.[8]




1981 image courtesy Dottie Kellogg Stimmel.






While searching, I found this incomplete 2008 website page for
what appears to have been an attempt to be more than a skating rink.


2010 "Tri-Skateland" website image.


2010 "The Rink" (Name Change) website image.



By Dec 31, 2014, it was Skate America.
(Images below are from the website.)























2016 image courtesy Google.


The End.[7]


Closed and sold to Tabernacle Bible Church.

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History page from the Talbot's Indiana rink,
which they owned until 2020.

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