Crystal Palace Skating Center

This place has existed for so many years, I think you would need a true local to figure out when it opened. I knew kids that went there when I was a teen, but roller skating lost is luster when I was around 10 years old.
Met a friend there with our kids. It was $ 11 to skate, which includes skates. $ 2 off if you have your own skates. There is a snack bar that only takes cash and charges $ 2 for a soda in a styrofoam cup, which my daughter proceeded to spill because there was no lid.
The kids had fun. Gave them a couple of dollars for the games. We went home and my daughter was pooped.
However, the places has carpet from the space-​age of the 70s. The metal benches are being held together by duct tape. The bathroom «soap» are small particles. I don’t purposefully go there, but if my kids are invited, I find my suck it up factor and go.

The roller skating facilties are fine, but the concession stand is very sub par. They offer limited Pepsi products, but only serve in Styrofoam cups. Lids? Oh no, that would cost more money. I think they would rather have you spill and buy another drink, than offer a lid. It’s almost 2016, please start taking debit/​credit. I hope the owner of this business, reads his/​her lousy reviews and considers making small changes. I’m confident your Pepsi vendor will supply cups with lids for pennies.

What better place to have a 45^th birthday celebration for a friend?
It had been years since I was here, and it’s like going back to 1985!
This place is old school cool!
Sadly, it was one of the hottest days, and I worked up a sweat either from the A/​C not working overtime or trying to skate like I did in 1985!
I was mostly successful.
I was hoping to hear my fave skating songs from the 80s, but the crowd was mostly not from the 80s. Still, I had the DJ play an 80s song for a birthday shout out.
The snack bar didn’t have bottled water that I saw, which would have been nice!
Also, I wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving my car or any valuables in the parking lot at night.
The building is set way back from the street also.

This place was great fun! Contrary to a few reviews, the skates were in excellent condition, the place was very spacious and clean, the employees were very nice. My kids had never skated before and they had a great time.

Came here a lot to visit family in Henderson, and they took us to Crystal Palace. It definitely needed some renovation done, but they might’ve been going for that old-​school vibe to it which is cool. It tends to get crowded on certain nights, lots of little kids and high schoolers that are waaay too hyper and are all over the place acting crazy. Music was good to me (but it can be inappropriate for familes that come to listen to honestly), customer service was ehh but definitely could’ve been better. But I’d come back if I felt like skating when I come down and visit again.

We came here to celebrate a very big birthday! Turning 10 is something to celebrate! We thought what better way to celebrate than to come do what Adrianne loves most!
The hostess was terrible! She has asked if we needed anything ONCE! We cleared the table from having pizza, we set the table for our own cake!
The cashier at the refreshment center does not have change, you have to go to her with singles OR get out of the line you just waited in to go to the main cashier for change than guess what… Back to line you go!
The limbo was started at a location that an average 3 year old could not get through! The reason given, the line is too long! Seriously? Thanks for making the birthday girl cry because you couldn’t do a simple game for the children!
Lastly! You state we can bring in our own food but zero drinks. I had water, a water I just purchased, I stated that it was a drink that I needed for my health as my supplements are in it. The rude, snotty woman at the front door told me to stand outside while allowing my 10 year old daughter to go in alone OR throw it away. Well that cost me about $ 10! Thanks for your compassion. You know it doesn’t cost anything to be nice!
This was the first time in many years that I came to Crystal Palace and I guarantee this is the LAST time all of us from the party return! Just think how many people all of us tell this horrible experience too! Social media and word of mouth at its finest!
I advise you invest in your employees so your customers return!!!

This is a fun place to take your family on Tuesdays for Family Skate Night! $ 22.00 and you get 4 entries with skate retail, a pizza and 4 drinks. Considering there are few things for kids to do in Vegas, this is a good time. Everything was clean and well maintained, no groups of teenagers being rowdy… there were older couples and families when we attended!

Perhaps IF I didn’t remember this place in the 1970’s when it was called Playland … it wouldn’t be so bad but, the «music» … IF you can call it that is SICKENING! I remember classics like Elvin Bishop, The Hollies, Donna Summer Etc to skate to, not this CRAP. The «new» (to me) wood floor is too much like a basketball court, I liked the old blue floor. It IS nice to see the children still having fun like I remember but, it would be so nice if they had a «70’s night» or year ;) ps, what happened to the big «skateboard» thing in the back?

This skating rink is a F*cking joke !!! Its ghetto as hell and the management is the worse. Teenieboppers running around cursing fighting and a making out everywhere. The rules are you can’t wear hats you can’t wear headphones. Can’t make song requests and they won’t play hip hop. They play the same music over and over and its all garbage. Sounds like kids bop 20 lol. The sound system is ridiculous and is horrible. Food is gross and overpriced. The skating rinks in california are way better because On the holidays like 4^th of July, MLK DAY, memorial day, labor day they have $ 1 skating. These overpriced bastards charge like $ 12. F*** that.

My family and I still attend Wednesday night skating, and occasionally Sunday afternoon/​evening, but the condition is still pretty much the same. The only thing that has slightly changed is that there isn’t teenagers making out on the sides of rinks (probably because school is in).
The music is still eh. They use the same music, and don’t have basics. When asked if they had a few different Top 40 tracks (I believed I asked for Centuries by Fall Out Boy, Bang Bang by Jesse J, and Take me to Church by Hozier), they had none of them and played the same stuff they always do.
The floor must be getting replaced because part of it near the floor looks different and one of my friends almost tripped on where they stopped.
The food is gross and over priced, the bathrooms are nasty, the skating rink floor was nasty, and nothing has changed. If this wasn’t a tradition, and it wasn’t one of the few things I do with my family, I wouldn’t go to this location by choice.

Came in on Friday at 700pm and the place closes at 9pm they still charged me full price. Went inside to see the place totally packed. Metro was on scene for crowd control. Not good for me and my 8 year old. They didn’t have me size skate and the asshole behind the counter told me to come back later. I paid to skate not wait give me a refund. No body gets refunds. So I took a larger skate and skated two laps and I was done. I got my kids and left. What a shit hole. Do not go here drive to the one on rancho. They need new management or something at this hell hole.

I have heard of this place, but never made it over until now. I was there to support a fundraiser for an elementary school. What can I say, it looks just like the skating rinks I grew up with in the 80’s. Not sure what kind of improvements have been since. The evening we were in there the A/​C must not have been working because it was hot as heck and smelled like a gym locker room. But the concession stand prices can’t be beat, the music was current and fun, and ALL the skaters, of every age group, looked like they were having a blast! And you can even bring in your OWN roller blades if you prefer the single row of wheels versus the four wheels. They even knock a $ 1 or so off your price. So as long as you are looking for an old school joint, and not a modern updated place, check it out!

It’s mediocre. Came in on a Sunday cause a friend was having a 90s themed birthday. It would’ve been nice if there wasn’t 12 year olds making out on the pinball machines.
Got a couple pizzas (10 dollars each for just cheese! TF!) And no offense, although the ladies at the concession were really nice, they were mentally slow.
The skating rink itself, was decent but there was way too many disrespectful obnoxious kids with no parental supervision at all.
I love old school hip hop and r&b so the music was PERFECT. The DJ was playing everything from Cameo, Zapp and Roger, LL Cool J. All he needed was some Afrikaa Bambata and I would’ve been breakdancing in the center of the rink.
P. S.just found out that Sundays are hip hop and r&b night, so if you like that old school, that grown folk music, that’s the best night to go.
All in all I had a pretty pleasant time there. I would be back for sure.

Worst place ever and so ghetto!!! Had my daughters party here and will never do it again!! Service was awful. Pizza was burnt and the employes had attitudes!! I will tell everyone I know to never come to this ghetto dirty place!!! I wish I could give this place no stars!!! DONT COME HERE!!!

My kids are here skating an having a good time. Yes I will give a star for being nicer place then the other on Rancho but really they don’t Support the Military an give a discount when the one on Rancho does. How about a little appreciation? For this I give the rating I do. My son spends his time serving this country an my husband saying thanks sometimes is nice but OK.

The skating floor is great and some days the atmosphere is ok. But unfortunately this place lacks in having an Adult Night for those that would like to skate without having to skate into kids all the time. I’ve seen some crazy collisions with kids not looking or just playing games like «Tag» with other kids, cutting off people and pushing each other or going in the wrong directions of the flow of the skating. Refs really don’t do much about it either. Thinking about what’s best for business is if both locations should really consider at least 1 day out of the week, to have an Adult Night… I’m sure business would not suffer, I believe it would actually pick up More.

This place is a blast from the past-​inside and out. It costs $ 9 for adults to roller skate. If you want inline skates, it costs an extra $ 5.
The facility isn’t so bad. They have plenty of tables and there were a lot of kids celebrating their birthdays. I didn’t realize it was just as popular as going to Chuck E. Cheese. But since there were so many kiddos, they were falling on their butts every couple of minutes. I was more concerned with dodging them and making sure I didn’t fall on top of them that I didn’t enjoy skating as much as I should have.
The music selection was a little weird, it was family night and they were playing stuff you would hear on 97.5, not very family friendly.
I really had to pee so I went to the bathroom, but I really wish I didn’t. It smelled like a port-​a-​potty and the soap they provided was some weird detergent like powder stuff.
It’s great for the experience, I don’t think there are many skating centers around town. I probably would go at a time when kids are in school though.

It’s slightly majestic here. I dig the roller skating and music. Now, the people, not so much. Place looks like it hasn’t been cleaned in years. It’s $ 9 for adults, cash only. The bathrooms were kinda gross and the kids behind the counter are both rude and unprofessional.
I wish they would enforce a strict dress code. Seeing 12 year old girls dressed like strippers is kinda eeewwwww.

Why can’t I give it zero stars? It doesn’t deserve one star!
I guess if you’ve only ever lived here, you don’t know any better. Anyone who is a transplant from elsewhere, don’t even bother. If you grew up skating at a rink where people cared about anything at all, this place will just bruise your soul. Here are ten reasons that this place SUCKS;
1. The actual skating floor is in desperate need of professional restoration, and that is the best thing this place has going for it.
2. The music is ridiculously loud. My teenagers complained, so it wasn’t just me.
3. The music is completely inappropriate for families. If I had been in there scheduling a birthday party for a child, I would have been horrified! They actually announced a child’s birthday, and then played a song about having «birthday sex»!!! Unbelievable! If you go on a Friday or Saturday night, you can watch teenagers just about having sex in the seating areas off to the side of the rink.
4. They played a slower song and halfway through, started complaining over the intercom that people were supposed to be skating in couples or backwards. They never made the announcement at the beginning, and don’t clear the floor before the change, so how was anyone supposed to know?
5. They arbitrarily shut off most of the lights on the skating floor (I think they think it looks cool), and in addition to little kids falling all over the place, you can’t see them, so then you run them over!
6. They do very little in the way of games or interaction, and when they do, they do it in the laziest fashion possible. They announced that little Suzy’s birthday group should come to the table for pizza, and just as those kids made it off the floor, they started the Limbo. Then they started it off with the pole lowered half way right from the first round. If you’d like any of those kids to come back, maybe start the pole at the top so everyone gets to go under at least once, dummies!
7. You can spot the regular customers immediately — they’re the one who knew to bring an IPod! Every song on every skating session we’ve ever been to has been the same, and played in the same order. The last time we were there, they played an entire disc twice, so you heard the same list of songs in the same order twice in the same day! When they finally finished the second round and put in a new CD, one song skipped so badly, it took almost 10 minutes to get all the way to the end. The girl that was working the booth was out in the lobby talking to people and never noticed.
8. It is a safety nightmare. There were constantly people hopping the wall, skating in the wrong direction, people in shoes walking their kids around the rink, or worse, carrying small kids around while skating. Then they cut off all the lights on the floor, too! The last time we were there, kids were throwing one of those little rubber super-​balls across the floor to each other, and letting it get loose all over the floor. Occasionally they do have floor guards out on the floor, but they are only interested in skating around taking to their friends, so the ball went unnoticed, even after we complained twice. I’d hate to be your insurance carrier.
9. The music is horrible. Even when it is not horribly inappropriate, its just bad, and played altogether too loud. There is no mix of different tempos, different types of music, or anything. Its the same crap, in the same order every single time. It is a great place for uninterested, absentee parents to drop off their unattended children. It’s a lousy place to attempt to enjoy any family time together.
10. The rental skates are poorly maintained. My son went back up to the window with his because the wheels were visibly loose on one skate. Instead of fixing it or at least setting it aside to look at later, they put it back on the rack. We saw a wheel fall OFF someones rental skate while they were skating!
All they need to do is care just a little to improve this place. When you look across the floor, nobody is having fun! Nobody is laughing, no shuffle skating with friends, no enjoyment at all. Wanna make a fortune? Open a skating rink. If this place had ANY competition at all, they would’ve gone out of business years ago.

When I hear music it makes me dance. Oh sorry, I went back to 1993 when I was skating to that song. It truly brought back major memories to go hear that, and «Jam On It» This place even had the same smell. Not too much of a difference from back in the day, other than the prices went up.
Its a little old school, and old fashion to say the least. You would think over the years maybe they’d updrage the look, but the only thing I seen new was a fooseball table. The actual skating rink floor towards the back also could use a little TLC.
My 11 year old daughter wouldn’t know the difference but us old Vegas vets will. Not bad, but step your game up just a tad.