Terry Schroeder, the owner of Midwest Skate Park in Rochester, Minnesota says if business doesn’t turn around he’ll have to close the park next year when the sub-lease agreement for the warehous ends.
The 4,000-square-foot park at 1020 Seventh St. N.W. is no longer making enough money from skating fees and merchandise sales to support itself, Schroeder said. Business declined sharply this winter, he added, as the novelty of the park has worn off and a shaky economy has made parents less willing to give kids money for skateboarding. . . “It hurts to think that the kids won’t have a place,” he said recently.
Yes it does.
[Link: Post-Bulletin]
