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The Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center is a 12,000-square-foot roller rink located in Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey. Managed by United Skates of America , its current iteration has operated since 1996.
The 12,000-foot roller rink building is located within the park, and has a contract with Essex County for Branch Brook. [9] In 2013, NJ.com described the rink as "a symbol of revitalization for Newark" and "a literal savior of urban skating", exemplifying its relationship to the community, including roller derby, style skating, gospel skaters ...
At the time, it operated 18 roller skating centers in 9 states, with a staff of 50 full-time employees and 500 part-timers. [1] USA has purchased shuttered rinks in order to refurbish and reopen them. In 2023, Dvorak travelled from Ohio to New Jersey to attend the ribbon cutting of the USA's recently-acquired Jackson Skating Center.
The complex is managed as part of the Essex County Park System. Activities at the complex include a zoo, ice skating/hockey rinks, a safari-theme miniature golf course, a forest adventure park, a restaurant, paddle boats, a nautical theme playground, and a 1.75 miles (2.82 km) walking loop around the Orange Reservoir.
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Rent is currently $25,000 a month and that number is sure to rise if the new owner decides to keep it as a skating center. Mitchell said he went to scout a new location, which wanted $135,000 a month.
The station is located on the site of the original Newark City Subway streetcar loop and station known as Franklin Avenue. In 2001, NJ Transit replaced the loop, Franklin Avenue station and the nearby Heller Parkway station into one straight facility known as Branch Brook Park, named after the nearby park.
While the ice-skating rink could open from 6 a.m. to midnight, the warehouses are proposed to be 24-hour operations. Fishinger said from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. there would be 11 truck trips.