SKATE KING CORPORATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1970, BY MATHEW FOGGY, JR. ITS ORIGINAL NAME WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL RINK. WHEN THE COMPANY BEGAN ITS EXPANSION IN 1978, THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO AVOID COMMERCIALIZING DR. KING’S NAME.
THE COMPANY’S NAME CHANGE TO SKATE “KING” IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS AND TO RETAIN THE VISION AND COMMITMENT OF REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SINCE OPENING IN 1970, SKATE KING HAS OPERATED SKATING CENTERS IN ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, LOUISIANA, AND NEW JERSEY.
CURRENTLY, SKATE KING OPERATES IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
