Wheeling (Milam) Roller Rink, State Fair Grounds, Wheeling, W. Virginia

"While most of us were getting ready to party into the new year,
another part of skating history burned on December 31, 2019"

• Operator: Cecil Milan (1932-1944)[1], William Schreyer, Richard B. Young (1945-1951 RSROA)
(no rink listing 1952-1959)
• Manager: [?]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• Organist: Ralph Shriner (1940's)[1]
• DJ: [?]
• Floor size (Main): 60' x 215'[2]
• Floor size (Beginners): 15' x 180'[2]
• Floor type: [?]
• Primary reason for closing: [?]
• Opened: 1932[2] - 1980's?

"Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino Racetrack Senior Marketing Director, Carrie Scanlon, tells 7News that the casino owns the building and it was used as storage."


When it opened, it was known as Milam Roller RInk


Courtesy Milam Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling WV

Building was being used as storage by the
Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino Racetrack.








The fire - December 31, 2019






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