Lincoln roller skating enthusiasts who have been keeping the local flame of the centuries-old activity alive merely in their hearts ever since Skate Zone shut down in 2017 have new hope.
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Troy Wiltshire holds onto his mother, Jessi, and skates around the rink at Skate Zone on April 30, 2017, the skate rink's last day.
Skate Zone
300 N. 48th Street
A Spectrum retail store will be the first tenant for a retail building under construction at the former Skate Zone site at 300 N. 48th St. Construction on a hotel at the site is likely to start in the next two to three months.
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Skates line the former Skate Zone rink on Saturday, July 22, during the business' closing auction.
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Marci Goodrich-Volker digs through the pile of skates with her son, Matthew Volker, during Skate Zone's auction on Saturday, July 22. The family owns Skateland Roller Rink in Shenandoah, Iowa, which Goodrich-Volker said was passed down to her family from her grandparents. The business is over 60 years old.
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Six-year-old Cozette Cruz tries on a pair of skates during Skate Zone's closing auction on Saturday, July 22.
Skate Zone's final day
Skate Zone owner Dick Hartsock hosted an open house Sunday to remember and celebrate over 60 years worth of memories at the rink. Sunday was the business' last day being open.
Skate Zone's final day
Troy Wiltshire holds onto his mother, Jessi, and skates around the rink at Skate Zone on April 30, 2017, the skate rink's last day.
Skate Zone's final day
Hannah Nazarenus, 13, speeds around Skate Zone's rink Sunday afternoon. Locals flocked to Skate Zone Sunday to celebrate the rink's last day of business.
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Gary Brakhage (in tie-dye shirt) chats with friends in the snack bar at Skate Zone on the next-to-last adult skate on April 20.
Skate Zone
Skaters young and old have signed a wall at Skate Zone. The rink, Lincoln's only public roller skating facility, will close April 30.
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Rental skates show wear and tear at the Skate Zone.
Skate Zone
Developers want to tear down the former Skate Zone building at 300 N. 48th St. and built a hotel and small retail building.
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Alicia Utterback, at 15, has been skating competitively for less than a year after undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia but was getting ready at Skate Zone for the 2003 National Junior Olympics Inline Speed Skating Championships at Pershing.
