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The present roller rink was "designed" circa 1992. [5] [clarification needed] It became the Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center in 1996, which may have been the year it was purchased by United Skates of America, Inc., who are credited with revitalizing the property.
United Skates of America, Inc. is a national roller skating rink chain founded in 1971. [1] As of 2024, it is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It operates 12 family entertainment centers in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Rhode Island.
In 1941, the Swanson family opened the Empire Roller Skating Center in a former garage across the street from Ebbets Field. [4] [5] By the 1940s, the rink (renamed as the Brooklyn Rollerdome) hosted skate and beauty contests in addition to regular skate sessions.
Rochester went crazy for roller skating in the 1970s and '80s, and United Skates of America in Greece started it all.
Renée Forrestall was reunited with her old roller skates after giving them up nearly 40 years ago in her teens.
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United Skates is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown about African-American roller skating culture. The film was executive produced by John Legend and features Salt-N-Pepa , Coolio and Naughty By Nature .
Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty; Medios y Media/Getty; Tristan Fewings/BAFTA/Getty. Jaques Audiard, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Zoe Saldaña