Only a few weeks after the park opened, American Ramp Company's SOLO skatepark in Warren, Pennsylvania is having issues. If an experienced concrete company built this skatepark, would we be seeing these same problems?
"'It's falling apart already."
Thus skater Bryce Blackman summed up his impression of Warren's new skate park, which opened less than a month ago. "I think we got junk for premium prices," Blackman added.
City officials acknowledged on Tuesday that there were issues with the skate park, located at Beaty Field, citing hot conditions during construction for causing problems with the concrete and grout.
"They said they knew what they were doing," Blackman said, "but it was pretty obvious they weren't skaters. They didn't buff the cement until it was smooth, other than in one area. They just poured it and left. They didn't clean or wash the dirt off the (concrete) pad before they put the ramps down. Maybe that's why they are wobbly."
"The ramps aren't built for perfection for all the money that we had raised," said skater Matt Bryant. "We were all expecting that."
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