Powerful winds have blown in and out of the Metro this weekend some people are still picking up the pieces after the storm tore through a local business News 13s Gabrielle Burkhart joins us with an inside look at the damage Gabby Dean this is what it looked like
On Monday right after the storm and it’s costing a longtime local business now the community is trying to help workers are racing the weather battling winds after Monday’s storm left behind this at rollerskate city in Northeast Albuquerque it was pretty incredible I was amazed to seeing all that stuff
Letting out there in the back Ken belieu owns the property a longtime hangout since 1980 for folks to kick off their shoes and trade them in for a pair of roller skates will have hundreds and hundreds here on a given night thankfully no one was injured Monday
Night but since then they’ve had to close it was fierce their massive skating rink is now covered with a tarp to protect it from rain seeping through the damaged roof the roof was attached with wood and bolts going through the concrete roof and it ripped out all of
It out while crews work quickly on repairs the cost is climbing some of the electrical on the roof has to be done very differently we’re doing everything we can to get it done Plante birthday parties are getting rescheduled and refunded employees can’t all come to work as usual
Ballu says insurance will cover some costs but their deductible is sizable a GoFundMe page was created to help save the rink it’s great the community has been very understanding words of support are being posted on skate city’s Facebook page as the community and workers here hope to take advantage of
Skating and summer soon roller skate City does not have an exact reopen date right now they’re estimating at least three weeks back to you all right Gabrielle thank you you can find out more about the rink and their fundraising efforts in this story on our KRQE news app
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