Holiday Skate’s Final Roll | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews A beloved 50-year-old roller rink in Orange County, Holiday Skate, is closing its doors on August 3rd after a zoning change forces its transformation into townhomes. Owned by Donald Telford, who bought it just last year, the rink has been a cultural cornerstone since 1972—home to roller disco, family memories, and a tight-knit skating community. For skaters like 12-year-old Madison Albies, who trains five hours daily for Team USA dreams, the loss is personal and urgent. Generations of families, including the Rushes and newcomer Olga Oreshkina, have found belonging here. A community petition seeks to save it, but city officials say it’s a private matter. As skaters scramble for new spaces and the rink’s legacy fades, its closure symbolizes a broader trend: independent entertainment venues vanishing for housing, leaving locals to travel farther for what was once local. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/b3a976e7d1813754