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re: Leo's Ice Rink Closing
Posted on 12/23/17 at 10:46 pm to lsunurse
Posted on 12/23/17 at 10:46 pm to lsunurse
quote:
Yeah I can remember going roller skating at the regular Leo's and always looking over at the ice rink wishing it would open one day.
Yep! Every time. I think we asked the guy about when it was going to open every time too. 
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Posted on 12/23/17 at 10:49 pm to prplhze2000
LSU Ice Hockey is dead forever now
Posted on 12/23/17 at 10:52 pm to Clark W Griswold
Where will Gary and his milk crates go skating at now?
This post was edited on 9/25/20 at 7:39 am
Posted on 12/23/17 at 11:12 pm to PhilemonThomas
Hokey pokey
Posted on 12/23/17 at 11:18 pm to lsunurse
We use to frequent the roller rink in the 80's and it opened occasionally. But man my sister and I stayed at Leo's. I think she even raced for the Leo's speed team. I loved the paper bag tag. Can you imagine any place doing that now?
Posted on 12/24/17 at 9:49 am to Clark W Griswold
I’m sad too-what a great place. Someone needs to keep it going.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 9:56 am to Clark W Griswold
I remember going roller skating at the old Leo’s off North Street as a kid.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 10:30 am to Mike da Tigah
Where was it on North St?
Posted on 12/24/17 at 10:35 am to BayouBengals03
quote:yeah probably not if NOLA never has gotten one
Another ice rink will pop up in a nicer area of town. There is a market.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 10:40 am to Clark W Griswold
quote:
How does a business last for 70 years in this town and then close? Every time we go it's packed. My kids are sad.
I went every Sunday from like 10yrs old till my mid teens. I used to do back flips on skates and always raced the boys because the girls were too slow. Mr. Perry (Leo's son, I believe) was always so nice.
My car got stolen in 2011, and I was pissed because my speed skates got taken. I love skating.
"No scratching, biting, or hair pulling!" he always said for the girls races.
His dad (Leo) fell off a ladder during Andrew and was hurt pretty bad.
The ice skating rink didn't open until I was in high school or college. My sister learned to ice skate there, but she was born in 1997.
This post was edited on 12/24/17 at 10:44 am
Posted on 12/24/17 at 10:44 am to PhilemonThomas
quote:
Where was it on North St?
If you turn left off of N Foster to North Street, it was ,about a block on the left before you get to the grave yard on the right. It was a reddish orangish building. I want to say it’s still standing, but not sure.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 10:46 am to PhilemonThomas
Where was it on North St?
Across from Roselawn Cemetery. Off of S. Foster. It is still there. I hated the wooden floors. Leo's was probably the best skating rink in the country (the newer one).
Across from Roselawn Cemetery. Off of S. Foster. It is still there. I hated the wooden floors. Leo's was probably the best skating rink in the country (the newer one).
Posted on 12/24/17 at 10:54 am to liz18lsu
Is the skating rink staying open?
Posted on 12/24/17 at 10:56 am to Mike da Tigah
quote:
I remember going roller skating at the old Leo’s off North Street as a kid.
Same here. I remember this elderly couple would come in both looking like they could barely cross the street without taking a break, but once they got those skates on and took to the floor, they were Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on wheels.
People would kindly get out of their way or just go off to the side and watch. I've come to realize what joy these two had with such a simple pleasure and the sadness that must have overtaken them when they couldn't do it anymore.
Hopefully, someone will fill the void left by the closing of this business and to you Perry, you and your family did well.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 10:56 am to Clark W Griswold
One less place to play Egyptian Lover jams. :(
Posted on 12/24/17 at 11:06 am to liz18lsu
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My sister learned to ice skate there, but she was born in 1997.
Pics?
Posted on 12/24/17 at 11:09 am to upgrayedd
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Pics?
I almost asked after I did the math real quick. Hard to believe someone born in 1997 is legal
Posted on 12/24/17 at 11:09 am to upgrayedd
quote:
Pics?
Pothead millennial with no ambition. No pics needed.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 11:11 am to liz18lsu
quote:
Pothead millennial with no ambition.
Posted on 12/24/17 at 11:23 am to liz18lsu
No, no. They're still needed.
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