Rialto Roller Rink, 82 Walnut Street, Springfield, Massachusetts

• Operator: Leo Doyle/Deutelbaum[1] & Vera Zytkiewicz[2] (Part Owner) (1938-1948), Vera Zytkiewicz (1948[2] -1994) (RIP: Jan 1907-Jul 1994), Vera Zytkiewicz Estate[3] (1994-1996)
• Manager: Vera Zytkiewicz[4] (1946)
• Pro/Coach: Austin Bassing[6] (1946), Armand Champa[7] (1948), Ned Norworth[8] (1949), Frank Moors[5] (1953), Bill Linehan & Peter Gullo [12] (1958), Edgar Watrous
• Organist: Homer Shenton[6] (1946),Gil Bajek[7] (1948), Roger Johnson, Peter Gulto, Bill Lenihan[9] (1958), Elliot Lockwood[10] (1958)
• Floor size: 18,000 sq ft.[11]
• Floor type: Rotunda, Maple wood.[9]
• Primary reason for closing: Vera Zytkiewicz died in 1994. "It's a story about more than a dying roller rink. It's about heirs trying to wring value from their inheritance against the wishes of their late grandmother."[3]
(Full story near bottom of page.)
• Opened: 1938[1] - Closed 1996[3]

The Rialto Roller Rink building formally operated as a public garage and later, a trucking company.[15]
(Dixon's Walnut Street Garage)

• Today, an elderly housing complex stands where the Rialto once stood.
All that remains are the memories.










Sunday Republican 1949


Skate December 1949




1959 Free Skating




Muhammad Ali stopped by in 1966.
Posed for pictures and signed autographs.










Love that neon.
Courtesy Gordon Wilson.

Closed.

Then & Now.


Look what I found on ebay..... Only $399!!! each
"1940's Rialto Skating Springfield Ma Rink Historic Agnoli Signage"

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