DJ sets, live music performances, concerts and roller boogie nights.

The days of ice skating at Rockefeller Center are over—a groovy roller skating rink has opened in its place through October with live DJs, concerts and performances as well as lessons.

Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace, an iconic West Hollywood roller rink that became a “mecca of uninhibited fun,” operates the new roller rink. The rink is smaller than the traditional ice rink at Rockefeller Center. Instead of keeping that size, it has space for the public to watch the skaters at rink side from tables and chairs and from the Esplanades and Plaza on the upper level. MORE …