Skate-A-Palooza, 151 Reuben Bell Dr., Matamoras, Pennsylvania


But first it was:
Skateland, 151 Reuben Bell Dr., Matamoras, Pennsylvania
• Operator: [?]
• Opened: 1979[?]
(Exact closing date not yet known.)
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Big Wheel North Skating Center
• Operator: [?]
• Opened: ?? - 2001
(Exact opening date not yet known.)
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Gotta Roll Skate Center
• Operator: Tri State Entertainment Corp., Stephen Lanza (Pres.) & Troy Sayles (VP) [3]
• DJ: DJ Mike & John.[3]
• Opened: 2001 - 2003[5]
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• RV Dealership.
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The American Roller Skating & Sports Center
• Operator: Jay Machin[6]
• Opened: 2008[6]
(Exact closing date not yet known.)
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Skate-A-Palooza Family Event Center
• Operator: Israel & Alicia Lopez[8]
• DJ: Vinny Lopez/Dj Blaze, Ryan Hossann/Dj Ignition[8]
• Primary reason for closing: [?]
• Opened: 2011[8] - 2011*
(*Exact closing date not yet known, but the website was only available for one year, 2011.)

After skating ended, it became:
• Citadel Defense Gun Shop.
• Vacant for a while.
And by 2018 (and still today), Community Self Storage/U-Haul.

2011 image at top of page courtesy Google.



This building was first know as Skateland in 1979.



Then came Big Wheel Skating Center,
as this 2000 Website image shows.



Soon followed by Gotta Roll,
2001 Website image.


In 2003, Gotta Roll Skate Center was closed.



For a while, the building was an RV Dealership.



In 2008, back to roller skating as
The American Roller Skating & Sports Center.




By 2011, it had become
Skate-A-Palooza Family Event Center.









Skating ended and it become
Citadel Defense Gun Shop in 2011.


2011 Citadel Defense. The photo had no explanation,
but it looks to be before they moved in.




It wasn't long before Citadel Defense closed and the building sat vacant until it became a Self Storage/U-Haul in 2018.

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