Gresham Skate World

Wow!, best place ever! Highly recommended it. Great fun place… unfortunately i can’t skate right now because of a broken tow that wont heal but that was not from skate world! :) highly recommend this place to everyone!!! –riley

I have to say that after my most recent visit I am extremely saddened by the condition and staff of this once great place for kids. Let me first say that I grew up a Skate World kid. I’ve taken my kids on numerous occasions… had birthday parties there and tried to allow my children to experience this once great place…
Well 1^st problem… I got an email that said the skating prices for January 1^st was $ 2 from 12−5pm. When I mentioned this I was looked at like I was wrong and made to feel stupid. I pulled out my phone, pulled up the email and showed them… they still questioned it. Asked me where I had gotten it so I scrolled up to the top and showed that it was from Skate World. Said it must be a coupon I showed them it wasn’t. Said it must be an email only offer, but it did not say that anywhere. I let them know I had told a bunch of people about it and they had planned to come skate for $ 2. I was told they knew nothing about it, but would honor it. Then after we were inside one of the women asked me if I could pull the email up again so I did. My next group of friends that came in got the same questioning, but was let in. In the mean while one of the women called someone above her and it was told to me that in order to get the special, people would have to have the email… I had just had another child show up so they let him in, but that was the response. When my next group of friends came in they were refused the deal, but since the kids were already ready to skate she paid the full price. Now I’ve worked retail before and this type of thing is called «bait and switch» seems to me that #1 your employees should know the specials and #2 you should honor your own ads.
Another thing I noticed while there was that an employee was wearing a half necklace of hickies… any time I have worked for an employer, that would get you sent home… I guess in this place where employees are working directly with kids though it’s not a big deal.
There was a leak in the ceiling that was being caught by a bucket and blocked off with cones on the skating floor as well as a light fixture that was hanging from the ceiling in another area and about to fall. Not to mention all of the tore up carpeting and holes in the walls. I am very disappointed in this place that was once Gresham’s glory.

Doesn’t matter that this place is a little retro and lack-​luster. The floor is in good condition which is what really matters. I haven’t rented skates there so I can’t say much about that. I wish they had some food that was a little more fresh and sustaining for being there for a full session. Even just pizza or chicken tenders would be nice. Regardless this place is awesome, the price is fantastic, lockers are only a quarter, and the rink is huge! Totally worth it if you can get past how old school and grimy it can be. ^_^

First of all, they recently painted the floor with some kind of a gloss finish (green) paint and that has made the floor really slippery. The floor used to be blue to make it feel like you were skating on a lake next to (the) Mt. Hood (mural). No roll-​on plastic and the floor is not washed on a regular basis.
The original timberline mural is still hanging on by a thread despite all the graffiti on it. Those awful 70s colonial revival lanterns were finally taken down!
Dirty, the place needs better maintenance and someone care about it.
But hey, it’s a roller rink. I’m just glad we haven’t lost this one. Still happy to see the rink hanging on. :)

Great time for the price. REALLY needs updating but for what they charge you can’t go wrong.

I mean, what do you really expect public skating? It’d be cool if they rented roller blades too, you can bring your own but they only have roller skates. My feet felt violated when put them in the filthy dirty skates, again what could I really expect? The D. J was playing that dumb «so what we get drunk, so what we smoke weed. Were just having fun. Blah blah young and wild and free». Ok… The vast majority is like 7 – 12 yr olds… Put some kidz bop or Katy perry on… That songs awful to begin with but to play in a child filled environment is redonk. But the kid who worked there was dancing while skating like a boss. He did a flip. He prob gets paid min. Wage. Shame. Anyways– it’ll make ya feel dirty… skating is a blast but make sure you can skate some because the adults can’t hold onto the wall ;) kids only

YAY SKATE WORLD!!!
I had such a blast skating. Even though I wasn’t very good at it for the first hour or so! It was so cute and had a vintage feel. I wish we had one of these in my area! I just wish they didn’t play as many silly games and just let us skate!

This place deserves props. It is as classic as they come– Red carpeted walls, cool gothic lighting and a shiney slime green floor. Can’t get much better than this place for 80’s roller rink nostalgia. They even still do overnight skate sessions. RAD! Come support this place! Went for retro nite and the place could use a few extra patrons. Prices are CHEAP!

Gresham skate world is a great place for the family. The staff was very friendly and helpful to the customers and the children. I enjoyed how they played games with the kids and gave them prizes afterward. Very clean and fun place for every member of the family!

This place needs more adult supervision. I wrote a review on their other listing as well. It’s always suspect when a company has more than one. I’d go elsewhere.