Orbit Skate Center
ORBit Skate Center
- Orbit Skate Center is a roller rink located in Palatine, IL
History
- Built in 1972 as the largest roller rink in the Midwest, Orbit Roller Rink has a 200x100 foot rotunda maple floor that was installed by a man named Tilly from Texas who was known for his superior skating floors.
- During the days of Disco, the rink was filled to capacity. Many people have learned to skate at Orbit Roller Rink including Tara Lipinski who switched to ice skating early on when her teachers and parents saw her
- The original owners of the rink retired in 1992 and a new family took it over renaming it to Orbit Skate Center and remodeling the entire inside of the building. They painted outer space murals on the end walls that are 40 feet high by 100 feet wide. The main artist was Donald Gill of Glendale Heights, Illinois. Donald Gill also did the logo for Orbit Skate Center in 1992.
Amenities
- The Orbit offers a variety of things to do. Of course, there is a full skating rink, with the center designed for skating backwards and Jamskating. Other than the rink, the Orbit offers a redemption center called the Outer Limits, a snack bar with common snack foods such as M & M's and Chilly Willies, homemade Pizza, along with healthy choices like fruit juice and Sun Chips.
- You can also have birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, and job promotion parties at the Orbit. They also do fundraising for such organizations as United Way, Ronald McDonald House, sponsor the Cosmonauts in the Race for the Cure each year and donate over 50,000 free bookmarks to students at the local schools that become a Free Pass after the child reads 5 books.
- The rink's website is http://www.orbitskate.net
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