After a delay in Glide & Go Skate City’s opening, owner Alicia Crews said the new Iowa City Marketplace skating rink will open in the coming weeks.
Crews explained that her personal family issues and the building’s fire code compliance had unexpectedly pushed the opening of Glide & Go, originally set for January.
The 27,000-square foot building was previously a JOANN Fabrics and Crafts that shut down in March 2025 due to declining sales and unsustainable debt. Crews repurposed items that JOANN’S had left behind, along with help from Sherwin-Williams, Tate High School, The Home Depot, Ollie’s, and donations from Iowa City ReStore (Habitat for Humanity)…