Skateland

This is to place to go for adult skating! Thursday nights from 9 – 1:30pm. Just leaving (1÷8÷16 @ 12:07am). Great music, great atmosphere, everyone is having a great time skating and jamming to great music. Diverse crowd. Been skating since a little girl, moss the East side rink, this one is a treasure. Looks old on the outside but the fun is always new.

I hadn’t been here in over 6 years and its still the same… Most of the lockers were broken, took money, wouldn’t close etc. The dj was great! Nice variety of r&b and rap. Would have been nice to hear more pop songs. Overall great family fun. Employees seem overworked and lack attention to detail b/​c it was super packed there was little order as far as service

Great staff everyone was very helpful. My son and friends were having some trouble with some games and the staff member came right over to help us with the game. Food wasn’t the best but the kids enjoyed it. we will be back!

Facilities are relatively old– old school! Not bad experience at all.

SHORT REVIEW: Admittedly, I haven’t ever been to the ultra-​hip, smooth ATL-​style skating rinks, so this place is the full breadth of my experience, and it’s not all that bad. Go and have a good time when the kiddies aren’t there.
LONG REVIEW: There! Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let me expound on that and tell you why.
— FACILITY: Skateland seems like the usual mix of ingredients lending themselves to a location able to be called a skating rink:. a large oval, wooden floor. lots of music. «food.» and yeah, well, kids. When you arrive, leave as many unneeded items on your persons as you can in your car (preferably your trunk, because that’s just smart anywhere you go), because their lockers aren’t that great at their only job: locking. From the time you’re outside the establishment you should be able to begin formulating some presumptions about what you’re getting ready to get into. And I don’t mean that in a negative way… just you should expect bright colors, grimy floors, unkempt bathrooms, tchotchkes, and lots of distractions, on top of your skating cardio routine. You’ll have to fill out a Liability Waiver before you even step into the space, so prepare for that necessary evil. Once you’re in,
— SKATES: If you can help it, like bowling shoes, I’d bring my own skates. You don’t have to, of course, as they definitely disinfect their wares after each and every wear. But for the germaphobes among us, you just might want to come prepared with your own wheels.
— MUSIC: They play a variety of tunes in this place, largely dependent on the age of the crowd and the person pushing the «Play» button. Nevertheless, I’m sure you’ll find a mix of adrenaline-​pumping music to sweat to and smooth tunes to cruise to here.
Overall, I don’t mind it. If you’re used to nice things and places, I think you should be more than fine enjoying your time here. Just go on a Sunday night when the kids aren’t allowed, and go in with an open mind and empty pockets; everyone’s just there to have a good time and… you guessed it, skate.

Ok. So all in all it was nothing too special. Music. Skating. Kids.
My boyfriend and I thought we’d try to switch up the cardio routine and go skating. Problem 1. The line to get in took FOR-​EV-​ER. Everyone has to fill out a little card with their skating experience and contact info. I get it. Liability and legal stuff but there needs to be a more efficient way of doing this.
Problem 2. The lockers. Yea. Just don’t bring along anything that you can’t put in your pockets. 75 cents later I realized my first option didn’t work and it honestly didn’t look like the other ones did either.
Problem 3. The walkers all the kids use to help them skate. I mean of course this place is filled with kids. Rightly so. But the walkers their parents rent for $ 5 are in the way. Kids fall every two seconds. It’s worst than Indianapolis potholes trying to navigate around them.
Problem 4. The music. I listen to current hip hop. I’m aware of «what the kids listen to now a days.» The music just was not entertaining get the crowd involved type of music. I felt like the «DJ» (a kid playing iTunes tracks) just played the songs he felt like listening too while he text messaged on the job.
Anyway. Again. Not a bad experience. I’ll do it again. It was a good workout. Something different. But there was also a lot of room for Skateland to improve.

lots of fun. floor needs to be refinished… but, it was exactly what i thought it would be for an old school roller rink.

Came here for a B’day party for little kids (early afternoon on a Saturday) and the atmosphere was more fun. The music was definitely better — think Radio Disney style: Listenable, current, and upbeat, without the unnecessary double entendres.
No crowd whatsoever. Not sure if this is because of the shady area, or just the time of day. This place is probably scarier during the day because you can clearly see how bad the neighborhood and parking lot is.
Pizza here is good considering it’s just frozen food service style pizza they put through their oven.
The prizes for the games are quite terrible. Limited arcade, but fun stuff for the kids, Ski Ball, etc.
The tripods for the kids to learn balance are a rip off for $ 5. They are so cheap and become a crutch after too long. Not to mention it slows them down. It’s better to let ‘em fall.
The floor is noticeably in need of a wax, even though it is smooth and even.
I will have to come during an adult session and try it out again.

I was invited for a group event with kids starting at age 6+. It sounded like a good idea. It didn’t take long for me to wish there were more options in our fair city. It took forever to get through the door in 4 degree temps. By the time we got inside all areas were ‘spoken for’ and we opted for a locker. Hint * you can’t open it once you lock it, so keep what you really need with you.
There must’ve been at least 5 birthday parties going on, congesting all throughways and the entire rink with little kids and wheels ‘walkers’ ($ 5 a pop, btw). Not an easy skate for someone such as myself, who obviously has spent a year or two too many off of wheels.
As a group, we paid one admission to include skates, a slice of pizza & a drink. I stood in line for 45 minutes to get to the front of the line, as did everyone else. They seriously lost major points for their lack of efficiency. Why have two registers and not take advantage of them?!
If I go again, and I imagine I will at some point considering it’s the only skating rink left in town, I’ll plan on eating before I get there & bringing my own water bottles /​snacks in a backpack! P. S. Don’t forget the hand sanitizer.

My therapeutic foster care agency held our annual Christmas party at Skateland this year. The price was reasonable, our children and families had 3 hours of privately reserved skating to themselves, and all the pizza and soda they wanted. The staff was very accommodating and all the kids and families had a wonderful time. I would definitely encourage youth-​serving social service agencies in Indy to consider Skateland for future events.

It’s a pretty nice rollerskating rink. Friday night for sure is the best deal here and the music was great, not your average lame elevator music. The locker situation is annoying, so just leave things in the car and stash your shoes under a bench. I think the biggest downside is the area isn’t the greatest and although you can clearly see it from the highway, it was kind of difficult to navagate directly to the rink. So bring a group of friends, go on a Friday night and bring your gps.

Terrible skating place, all around.
The parking lot of tons of people in it just milling around. Lots of broken glass and such.
The staff said barely two words to us, and the concessions weren’t open all night. Drink machines are $ 2, which are standard price when you go to an AMUSEMENT PARK of value, not a hole in the wall.
We made the mistake of going on adult night, which is their code for people to attend that are expert skaters. I can get around fine especially after I take a few practice laps, but these people are expert skaters and enjoy showing off. After it got a little busier, I was asked to stay in the middle since I was a «beginner» and keep the outside wall open for advanced people. There wasn’t any signage indicating this, and I couldn’t understand why they would want slower people in the middle since the majority of the skaters were in the middle, and there wasn’t any wall to grab onto if you were going to try to stop or fall. Plus, you have to cross across the rink traffic to get into the middle. I’ve never skated anywhere that asked newbs to go into the middle — they always stuck to the outside wall. It would be OK if they designated that area just for newbs, but even in the area I was supposed to be, I was getting run into and clipped by fast skaters, many of whom were skating backwards and not looking where they were going.
Otherwise, it’s a pretty standard shit hole of a skating rink — dirty, old, worn, broken lockers, and disgusting bathrooms: pretty much what I expect when I go rollerskating. For that, I would have given this place 3 stars. But making me skate in the center of the rink without designating it as the area for beginners made me rage.
My advice: go somewhere in a safer area. If you must go here, don’t go on adult night unless you own your own skates.

Not sure what to do on a Friday night? Seven words: All You Can Cram Family Pizza Jam. For only $ 8, Skateland offers all-​you-​can-​stuff-​your-​face-​with pizza and sody-​pop and a way to work it off: three hours of rollerskating around piles of kiddos on a wooden roller rink!
I did have a pretty great time here, despite the bad music, mediocre pizza and the fact that the diet coke was served in child-​sized thimbles (i had to keep going back to re-​fuel for my hundreds of trips around the rink). Whatever your skate level, you won’t feel out of place at Skateland. I’m not sure what skate rentals cost since I brought my own. Overall, I’d say this is a great deal of entertainment if you can find your way here – it’s hidden behind a bunch of stores and storage facilities near 38^th Street and 465 and my Google map gave me bunk directions. I would give Skateland four stars if they would play better music, serve yummier pizza and offer adult-​sized cups to the adults (or maybe two out of three), but I know I’m not the target demographic for this one. This place is cool, though, for all ages. Go here.