Epic Indoor Skatepark Closing

[ticklefingers]

Rumor is Epic is closing. It was fun while it lasted

[east is in the house]

always a bummer when this happens. jack up some ramps or try to get the owners to sell you them for cheap. you won't regret that shit down the road

[Edward Sebastian]

spend a zillion dollars building a crazy ass skatepark: check
charge ridiculous admission price to skate it for a short period: check
build it 20 miles away from a city full of skateboarders: check


FAIL

[MexicanSpaniard]

I've never heard of a pay to skate indoor park lasting more than a few years.

[somekid]

and most don't deserve to anyway.

[ruiner2]

air conditioning is expensive

[riding bitches]

I've never heard of a pay to skate indoor park lasting more than a few years.

skatelab

[Sold Out]

flash in the pan ! Didn't the just open like last year?

[somekid]

third lair in minneapolis has been around for a long time, too. not sure exactly how long, but i'm thinking at least 6-7 years.
but that's only because the weather in the midwest makes some kind of indoor shit a necessity in the winter. 
trying to open an indoor pay to play park in cali where there's 364.5 nice days a year is just foolish.

[crest]

spend a zillion dollars building a crazy ass skatepark: check
charge ridiculous admission price to skate it for a short period: check
build it 20 miles away from a city full of skateboarders: check


FAIL

[ticklefingers]

spend a zillion dollars building a crazy ass skatepark: check
charge ridiculous admission price to skate it for a short period: check
build it 20 miles away from a city full of skateboarders: check

plus opening right before summer in sacramento with 3 brand new concrete parks within 50 miles

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Indoor parks never last in northern CA. There is too short of a season where it is a necessity.

[Edward Sebastian]

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spend a zillion dollars building a crazy ass skatepark: check
charge ridiculous admission price to skate it for a short period: check
build it 20 miles away from a city full of skateboarders: check

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plus opening right before summer in sacramento with 3 brand new concrete parks within 50 miles

exactly, with all the free parks and skate spots in sac why would you bother driving out to rocklin and paying $20 to skate?

[Pavementi]

The Hangar is indoor, isn't it?  And free?

It's covered but one side of the building is totally open. It's supposed to be $2-3 to ride all day but you rarely have to. Usually when there's a new guy at the door, he'll make you pay but that's not often.

[mooraga]

epic fail

that place was opened on february this year... bummer

[Judd]

Dear Epic Skatepark,
Need a tax write off? Donate all the ramps to the Hangar and make Beebs and Sactown homies even more psyched on the it! Hell it's on the Berrics: http://www.theberrics.com/dailyopspost.php?postid=1428
We'll let your son/ family skate for free! Please?

Love Judd

[bandini]

Big fucking surprise. The helmet rule would have been bad enough on its own, but the "11 bucks for a 2 hour session" idea was really a genius move.

For rainy days, the Hanger works for me...

[barkeep11]

epic fail

that place was opened on february this year... bummer

OUCH!

[get some]

some of the ramps from epic are getting sold to another family that's putting up a new park on sunrise/folsom blvd. that will also be indoors and will likely be about $10/ few hours. Expect to see/hear of it opening in the next few months then it's closure once spring comes.

[somekid]

smart family. "well, countless others have tried and failed, but i'm sure we can do it."

[ticklefingers]

some of the ramps from epic are getting sold to another family that's putting up a new park on sunrise/folsom blvd. that will also be indoors and will likely be about $10/ few hours. Expect to see/hear of it opening in the next few months then it's closure once spring comes.

I dont think they get it. It's just not going to work out.

[Judd]

Nobody gets it. I met with this guy through the hangar one day. He said, I quote," I just went to the local skatepark. And literally, not seem weird or anything, I saw dollar signs floating around."

At that point, I hung up the phone. Good luck to all! Call Cream City or the Tampa guys to see how it's really done!

[Prison Wallet]

Is Four Seasons still open up in Madison?

Indoor parks a about a shitty business venture as it gets. The few who make it are an anomaly.

[Thom Verlaine]

Indoor parks never last in northern CA. There is too short of a season where it is a necessity.

Sir, there is never a season of any size that you NEED to skate indoors in northern California.

Don't take that shit for granted.

[tonysean]

I've never heard of a pay to skate indoor park lasting more than a few years.

vans in orlando
vans in cali
woodward atlanta
woodward denver
woodward dallas
woodward philly
skatepark of tampa
skatepark of greenville
skatelab

theres lots that have stayed open for awhile that i dont feel like looking up the names of.

[Donkey Lips]

now where will i do fly-out to foam pits?

[Livin The Psychedelic Lif]

Dear Epic Skatepark,
Need a tax write off? Donate all the ramps to the Hangar and make Beebs and Sactown homies even more psyched on the it! Hell it's on the Berrics: http://www.theberrics.com/dailyopspost.php?postid=1428
We'll let your son/ family skate for free! Please?

Love Judd

haha yes!
I hate visiting sac and having some new person working at the door and charging me.
Or usually zach does too.

Tell that guy he is a douche for me judd.

Hopefully his attitude  has changed.

[Upgrayedd]

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I've never heard of a pay to skate indoor park lasting more than a few years.

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vans in orlando
vans in cali
woodward atlanta
woodward denver
woodward dallas
woodward philly
skatepark of tampa
skatepark of greenville
skatelab

theres lots that have stayed open for awhile that i dont feel like looking up the names of.

factory in newnan ga. Even though the ownership was changed recently. Imma miss seeing patty, she was a saint of a lady.

[Tuna]

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I've never heard of a pay to skate indoor park lasting more than a few years.

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skatelab

yeah except skatelab is only fun one night a week, every other night is overcrowded with little shits who bought their new skatelab shirt at walmart. Also, as far as indoor parks go the layout is pretty lame. That park in berlin from the gang of fourstar tour looks fun as hell.

[frenchtoast]

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a new park on sunrise/folsom blvd.

why would they open a park that is so close to matherfield park....

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