Arena Gardens - Old photos (interior)
Arena Gardens
One of the last photos - and perhaps last skates - taken of the inside of the Arena Gardens before its demolition in 1953. Note the sign at back left denoting the storied venue's upcoming closure.
The Arena Gardens rink, showing the steel girders covered. This was likely after Adam Weismuller bought the venue and initially introduced rollerskating there in the 1930s.
The Arena Gardens hosting the Closed Car Salon, an auto show of enclosed cars, which were still a relatively new thing at the time