Sefferino Rollerdrome, 2827 Gilbert Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio

• Operator: William F. Sefferino[1]
• Manager: [?]
• Pro/Coach: [?]
• Organist: [?]
• DJ: [?]
• Floor size: 248' x 135'[4]
(After two decades the floor size ended as 90' x 250')[3]
• Floor type: Hard wood[5], Rotunda style. (see photos below)
• Primary reason for closing: Retired & sold to Crocker-Fels. (Hospital supplies)[7]
• Opened: March 1937[5] - October 1956[6]

"As early as 1940, Billboard magazine reported that speed skaters, a temperamental lot, demanded so much powder to help with floor grip that female patrons left the rink gray-haired, looking like they had aged in just a few hours."
-Chicago Rink Rats: The Roller Capital in Its Heyday, By Tom Russo
-------------------------------------
Not a roller rink during this time:
• 1957 - (Leased to) Crocker-Fels - Hospital supplies.[6]
• 1968-1977 - Garvin-Powers Corp. - Machine Shop.
-------------------------------------
After over 20 years, back to roller skating!
Royal Skating Palace, Inc., 2827 Gilbert Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio
• Operator: Hilda Huber, Eleanor Rigney, Peggy Stapleton[9]
• DJ: W.C. Lewis[8]
• Primary reason for closing: Continued as a skating rink.
• Opened: 1978[9] - 1982?
-------------------------------------
Rollerworld / Roller World Skating Center, 2827 Gilbert Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio
• Operator: Mike J. Dorso Jr.[12]
• Primary reason for closing: [?]
• Opened: 1983? - ???
(Exact opening & closing of Rollerworld not yet known.)
-------------------------------------
Not a roller rink again:
• 1990's-Current - Playhouse Scenery Shop for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
(Photos below.)

Photo at top of page courtesy Google.













Roller skating ended and new tenants moved in.


Roller skating has returned and called Royal Skating Palace!




Roller skating continues and called
Rollerworld / Roller World Skating Center!





By the 1990's, skating ended, again.


Aerial photo courtesy google.


Inside the "Playhouse Scenery Shop for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park".

Back to top of page