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  2. Empire Roller Disco - Wikipedia

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    The Empire Roller Rink in 2006. The Empire Roller Disco was a 30,000-square-foot roller rink located at 200 Empire Blvd., in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. [1] The birthplace of roller disco, [2] it was the first venue to showcase jammin', a skate style invented by its attendee and employee Bill "Mr. Charisma" Butler. [3] [1]

  3. Roll-A-Palace - Wikipedia

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    In 1979, Cue magazine praised the rink as "a fabulous $2 million roller disco in a former movie theater" and "the front-runner of the roller-disco craze". [5] Similarly, in that year's ranking of various roller discos, Cue described New York's Empire Roller Disco, the birthplace of roller disco, [12] as "not as snazzy as the Roll-A-Palace". [13]

  4. Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace - Wikipedia

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    Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace is a seasonal outdoor roller skating rink that opened in April 2022 in New York City's Rockefeller Center. It marks the revival of the original Flipper's, which operated as a roller disco in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981 and was dubbed " Studio 54 on wheels" by actor Jaclyn Smith .

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  6. Bill Butler (skater) - Wikipedia

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    Bill Butler, also known as Mr. Charisma, is a roller skater and choreographer credited with the invention of jam skating. [1] [2]The National Museum of Roller Skating referred to Butler as "an original influencer" in jam skating, stating that "Butler’s iconic moves and styles inspired many of the popular moves and styles of today".

  7. Roller disco - Wikipedia

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    New York's Empire Roller Rink, considered the birthplace of roller disco. A roller disco is a combined discothèque and skating rink, where attendees are encouraged to participate in roller skating while dancing, or to observe skilled dancers from the sidelines.

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