Lanham Skate Center

9901 Lanham Severn Rd. | Lanham, MD | (301) 577-1733

Skate Away Those Holiday Carbs

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Everyone knows those holiday treats are hard to resist and sometimes the best time of year comes with a few unwanted calories. Thankfully, we’ve got you covered! At Lanham Skate Center, we provide the perfect way to burn those extra calories after indulging over winter break, as well as a great way to get a jump start on your 2019 New Year’s resolutions: roller skating!

Roller skating, like any other form of cardio, burns plenty of calories (more than enough to get rid of any extra you acquired over the holidays), exercises your heart, and gets your blood flowing. Cardio such as roller skating prevents several cardiovascular diseases and improves your overall health. Not only that, but roller skating is also a great strengthening and toning exercise for the muscles in your arms and legs. Roller skating can help increase balance and coordination skills, and also releases endorphins that make you feel elated. Roller skating is a great way for you and your family to workout while also having a really fun time!

If some of your 2019 New Year’s resolutions are to get fit or to simply have more fun with your family, roller skating with us at Lanham Skate Center is the best way to do both! If you’re new to roller skating, check out our lessons to learn or touch-up on skills with your family. In addition to our lessons, you can check out our schedule to find daily prices, events, and more.
Contact us for any comments, questions, or concerns regarding lessons, schedule, and birthday parties, and more.

Spend Time With Family this Holiday Season

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2 little girls in holiday pjs drinking milk togetherThe holidays are upon us! The winter break from school combined with all the fun winter activities around Lanham makes this the perfect time to plan some quality family fun together!

Here are just a few ideas to get you started having holiday fun around Lanham:

  • Holiday Events Around Lanham – There are lots of fun things to do around town. Shoppers will enjoy crossing a few names of their shopping list at one of the many holiday markets. If you’re looking to do something with the kids, then consider a holiday tree lighting or pictures with Santa! If you want to spend a little time away, consider getting a babysitter for the day so you can visit a vineyard!
  • Fun at Home – If the cold weather is too much for you, there are plenty of fun things to do at home with your kids. Consider a fun arts and craft project, a game night, or a fun inside game to entertain the kids during their holiday break.
  • Plan a Holiday Event – The holidays are about community, so now is a great time to plan a community event. Hosting a neighborhood cookie swap or food drive is a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays and get to know your neighbors better!
  • Visit Lanham Skate! – Being cooped up all day because of the weather can lead to hyperactive and unhappy kids. Give them a chance to work off some energy by skating at our Lanham skating center! Skating is a great way to exercise when it’s too cold outside.

No matter how you and your family plan to celebrate, we hope you have a fun and safe holiday. And we hope to see you soon!

How to Throw a Great Holiday Party

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Long row of Santa-shaped chocolatesIf you want to throw an amazing holiday party, then you’ve come to the right place! Whether you’re planning a corporate holiday party, a church event, or just a party for your friends and family, check out these tips for throwing a holiday party to make your get-together one people will be talking about for years to come!

Start by picking a unique location. A good Lanham holiday party venue, like Lanham Skate Center, will give your guests something exciting that’s out of the ordinary! Plus if you host your party at Lanham Skate Center, you’ll have a built-in activity to enjoy.

This brings us to planning games and activities. Ideally, your venue will offer some fun activities, like skating! But you can also make your own fun. Everyone loves some friendly competition so consider having a game or hosting a gift exchange. If you want to spice things up a bit, consider one of these fun alternatives to the usual gift exchange. The musical chairs variant or the holiday trivia gift exchange might even become a fun new tradition for your work, family, or church group.

Remember to always plan ahead. You don’t want to ruin your party before it even begins, so make sure all your guests are invited with plenty of time to commit to going. Remember that the holidays are a busy time, so give them as much notice as possible.

Contact us at (301) 577-1733 for more information about our party packages or book your Lanham party with us today!

Celebrate the Holidays by Giving Back

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4 people wearing “volunteer” shirts with arms around each otherThanksgiving is nearly upon us! During this time of year, many of us reflect on all the things that we have to be thankful for. However, it’s equally important to help those less fortunate than us, which is why we encourage you to give back this holiday season in Lanham.

Here are a few ways to celebrate the holidays with service to your community:

  • Food is a huge part of celebrating Thanksgiving, but there are many who don’t have enough to eat. That’s why Lanham food pantries, soup kitchens, and food banks are so critical to a thriving community. You can help by organizing a food drive with your coworkers or social club. Of course food banks also need volunteers, so giving your time to volunteer in person is also a great option.
  • Volunteer at a local nursing home. There are lots of nearby nursing and retirement homes, such as the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home. Often these homes need people for simple tasks such as visiting with or reading to their residents. A little of your time can go a long way to help others have a good holiday season.
  • Helping build homes. Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland does amazing work building homes for those in need. Consider volunteering to help, either as an individual or with a large group!
  • Host a fundraiser to benefit a local Lanham charity. Lanham Skate Center is a wonderful place to host a charity benefit this holiday season!

For more information about hosting a fundraiser or event at Lanham Skate Center, contact us at (301) 577-1733 today!

Stay Cool After School at Lanham Skate

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Lanham Skate Center - Roller SkatingKeeping your kids active and engaged in wholesome activities after school can be tough. But cutting down on the screen time and getting your little ones some exercise is one of the best things we can do for our kids. At Lanham Skate, our commitment to family fun in a safe environment makes for the perfect after-school activity for all ages! Check out some of the benefits from skating regularly and then check us out.

Meet New People

Spending time with us at Lanham Skate means your kids will be in a fun and safe setting with a chance to meet new friends from every walk of life. Skating brings a diverse group of people together that you and your kids might not meet anywhere else.

Skating provides an awesome chance to make great new friends during after-school skating or any time our skating center is open in Lanham, Maryland.

You Can’t Beat the Fun!

Skating is great for your health and your bank account, but it’s the fun that really sets skating apart from other after-school activities. From beginners who are just learning to more advanced skaters, skating is a great time no matter your skill level. And don’t forget the skating games we play, the new friends you’ll make, our concessions, and our arcade.

Reduce Childhood Obesity

Skating is a great way for your kids to get the exercise they need. Whether it’s on quads or inline skates, cruising around the rink at a moderate pace can burn up to 600 hundred calories an hour. Skating also helps build muscle, increases balance, and develops cardiovascular strength. Overall, skating is a great way to reduce the risk of childhood obesity and keep your little ones healthy and fit.

Fun Facts for National Roller Skating Month

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skate craze!Here at Lanham Skate, we know you love skating but how much do you really know about your favorite pastime? Skating isn’t just a ton of fun, it’s been around forever and has a really amazing history. From its origins through its evolution up to modern day inline and quad skating, you might be surprised by some of these fun facts!

Skating is OOOOOLLLD!

Did you know that roller skating was originally invented all the way back in 1760? That’s older that the United States!

Although it didn’t work out great for John Merlin, the inventor, when he took a hard wipe-out, the idea caught like wildfire. 250 years later, you can find a skating center in just about every town in America.

Skating and the Restaurant Business

In the 1950s, savvy businessmen realized that their servers could work double speed if they were on skates. In reality, it might not have save a lot of time, but it sure made going out to eat a lot of fun. You can still find roller skating carhops and drive-ins here and there if you look for them.

Disco Revolution

Skating hit its all-time peak in popularity in the 1970s when the disco-crazy laced up their high-tops and boogied down on quads. From bell bottoms to funky footwork, disco epitomized the fun of skating.

So Many Styles

Not that it needs to be, but skating is so much more that birthday parties and zipping around the rink on a Friday night. In the ’90s, inline skates added an extreme aspect to skating and things got radical. There’s also jam skating, dancing, derbies, and some great classic hardwood games.

There’s so much more, but we think you’re starting to get the idea. Now that you’re nice and excited about what skating has to offer, roll over to Lanham Skate and have some fun with us today!

Take Your Employees Skating!

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A pair of skates on a yellow backgroundTeam building is important. According to Forbes, it’s the most important investment you’ll make. A good team outing doesn’t just build trust between management and employees, it also builds trust between the employees themselves. This helps to increase communication and encourages collaboration. Better communication leads to more productive employees. This means that ultimately, a good company outing helps to improve the company culture and profits!

Remember that a great company outing should be about the employees. It shouldn’t be forced full of corporate messaging or lessons. Organic fun is more engaging and will make for a more successful company outing. It’s equally important that the team building event takes place outside of the office. Shaking things up and taking people out of their normal routine makes for a more memorable experience, so skip the same old boring office party and treat your team to an exciting outing.

Follow these guidelines for a unique corporate outing in Lanham, all of which we provide at Lanham Skate Center! When you choose to have your corporate outing at Lanham Skate Center, it will get your employees out of the office and out of their normal routines. Giving your employees a chance to cut loose while skating to amazing music is just the type of exciting activity that will shake things up and will keep them talking long after the event.

For more information about scheduling a Lanham corporate outing at Lanham Skate Center call us at (301) 577-1733. We’d love to work with you to craft a memorable, morale-boosting experience that your employees will love!

Fall Fun with Lanham Skate Center

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three friends skatingWe know that in a perfect world, all you would ever do is skate. And at Lanham Skate Center in Lanham, Maryland, there’s nothing we enjoy more than seeing you and your friends tearing it up on the hardwood. But we know that there comes a time that you have to unlace your roller-skates and see what else is going on around town.

Luckily, there are a ton of awesome things to do in and around DC this fall that will surely keep you occupied until the next time you can get to the rink. Check out some our favorites below (and don’t forget to add a trip to Lanham to the list while you’re at it)!

  • Maryland Renaissance Festival – Prepare for a ye olde good time when you turn the clocks back about 400 years. The 2018 Maryland Renaissance Festival runs for six weeks from now until October 2 and is a ton of fun for the entire family!
  • Fiesta DC – Saturday and Sunday, September 15-16, 2018, you can get a taste of Latino culture during this annual celebration timed to coincide with National Hispanic Month. There will be Latino art on display, food, music, and mucho mas!
  • Mount Vernon Fall Harvest Day – See what it was like to celebrate the fall harvest the way our founding fathers would have. At the Fall Harvest, you can get lost in a hay maze, ride in a horse-drawn carriage, and play early American games. It’s a great day full of fun for young and old.

These are just a couple of great ways to do something fun this fall. There’s a lot more going on around town though. So get creative, get motivated, and get out to have some fun now that the weather has cooled off and the days are perfectly crisp. But don’t forget to roll in for a skate while you’re at it!

Do You Have Back-to-School Birthday to Plan?

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birthday bash!With school starting back up, this time of year can be stressful for any parent. But if you have a fall birthday party to plan on top of it, we feel for you. There are some ways to make sure you pull off the perfect back-to-school birthday party, though, and it’s not nearly as difficult as you think!

The first order of business on planning an unforgettable fall birthday blowout is to pick the right outing. At Lanham Skate, in Lanham, MD, we’re pretty sure a day at our skating center has just what you’re looking for.

Birthday Party Packages

At Lanham, we’ve got birthday parties down to a science. We take care of everything from invitations to party bags, food, to skating (for up to 12 guests and the birthday boy or girl!). Ever hear the old saying that the devil is in the details? We always figured it meant that it’s a real devil dealing with all the details of planning the perfect party. That’s why we’re here to help get everything right from the get-go. The only thing you’ll have to worry about is whether you’ve still got it out on the rink!

Don’t Stress, Plan Early!

A great way to make sure you’re ready for the big fall birthday coming up is to start planning now. Add a reminder to book your date with us at Lanham Skate while you’re taking care of the back to school list. Booking now is a great way to ensure you’re staying on top of the special day and it’ll give you plenty of time to get ready. Plus, our party packages are designed for every budget so you don’t have to skimp on the gifts either!

A birthday party at the roller rink is a timeless classic that will definitely keep the little ones smiling all day long. Give us a call today to book now!

Family Fun Month at Lanham Skate

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family skateWe look forward to August every year because here at Lanham Skate, we’re all about family fun! Roller skating has a long history of being a great family activity. Packed with all kinds of great benefits like exercise, increased balance, and healthy competition, there’s a reason skating has stood the test of time. And at Lanham, we’re celebrating the history of our family-friendly pastime with our brand new family night special!

New Family Night on Thursdays

Starting this August, every first, second and fourth Thursday of the month is getting even more fun at Lanham. Our Thursday family skate night special goes from 7 pm-10 pm. We’re offering $5 admission and $5 skate rentals for the whole night! Plus, each third Thursday is gospel night.

Open Skating

Family fun is not designated to Thursdays alone. We have open skating just about every day of the week. A night at the rink is always a good time so don’t feel like you have to wait. Our DJs are always pumping great music and open skating is a great way to get the heart pumping. Check out our online schedule and roll by today for a few laps around the hardwood!

Other Great Benefits of Skating

Skating is obviously fun, but did you know there are some amazing health benefits, too? Increased cardiovascular exercise leads to decreased risk of obesity and heart disease. Skating also helps to improve balance and burn lots of calories.

If you’re interested in finding out more about what’s going on here at Lanham Skate this month, swing by or give us a call today!