Vancouver Skate Center, 305 NE 81st St., Vancouver, Washington
(Hazel Dell Shopping Center aka J-M Plaza.)

• Shopping Center owners: Clint John & G.E. Marshall[1]
• Operator/leased by: Richard & Jan Thompson, Clinton & Gloria John[2]
• Manager: [?]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• DJ: [?]
• Floor size: 85' x 188'[3]
• Floor type: Concrete, sound board, tongue & groove particle board with 17 coats of plastic.[3]
• Primary reason for closing: "Primarily because liability costs have zoomed from $3,000 in 1985 to $36,000 this year." [1988][5]
• Opened: Dec 26, 1976[4] - 1988[5]

• Became a bingo hall. [5]


New shopping center, complete with a roller rink!










The end has come, all too soon.







2022 photo courtesy Google.


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