Westview Playland / Westview Rollercade, 4721 West Waco Dr., Waco, Texas

• Owner: Westview Playland, Inc., Bob Whitley (President)[1]
• Gen. Mgr.: Ralph Barker[1]
• Mgr.: Bob Sams[8]
• Asst. Mgr.: Bob Reese[1]
• Pro/Coach: Phil Lawhorn, Bob Reese[1]
• Organist: [?]
• Floor size: 70' x 170'[1]
• Floor type: Wood
• Primary reason for closing: [?]
• Opened: 1961[1] - 1966[2] (Aug 1966, Last ad for Westview Rollercade.)
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• 1966 - Stardust Ballroom.[3]
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Back to skating again!
Westview Rollercade, 4721 West Waco Dr., Waco, Texas
• Operator: Mr. & Mrs. H. M. Pittman[4]
• 1967[4] - 1977 (Last ad for Westview Rollercade)
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• 1981 - Fog Club. Fog Enterprises, Inc. (Hollis Godfrey)[7]
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Back to skating again!
Skatin' Place, 4721 West Waco Dr., Waco, Texas
• Operator: Ralph & Peggy Barker[5] (Ralph Barker passed in 1999)
• Pro/Coach: Ralph & Peggy Barker[6]
• Primary reason for closing: [?]
• 1982[5] - 1996[9]
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• 2007 - Young Champions Academy. (was the Skating Rink) & Royal Mouldings wood supply. (was the Playland)
Now, it's a Salvation Army Store (was the Skating Rink) & Ideal Self Storage. (was the Playland)














Westview Playland, photo courtesy Historic West Waco.






End of skating, but not for long....

Back to skating!

Skating continues and Westview now called Skatin' Place.


2007 - Young Champions Academy. Photo courtesy Google.


Then & Now


This Google aerial photo shows the buildings that were the Westview Playland.


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