St. Louis Mills

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St. Louis Mills

Skate Park

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===Skate Park===
===Skate Park===
The [[ESPN]] Skate Park opened with the mall in 2003; however, the mall lacked the proper copyright agreement to use the ESPN name with the park, which led to its renaming to the ''St. Louis Mills Skate Park'' in mid-2005.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/139226906/|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|title=St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 38|date=November 9, 2003|access-date=March 14, 2026}} The park then closed in late 2006 and remained closed until 2007 when a new sponsor named Woodward announced that they would take ownership. Plans for that then fell through in late 2007, and the park remained closed until it was reopened with a new sponsor as "Plan Nine" in April 2009.
The [[ESPN, LLC|ESPN Skate Park]] opened with the mall in 2003; however, the mall lacked the proper copyright agreement to use the ESPN name with the park, which led to its renaming to the ''St. Louis Mills Skate Park'' in mid-2005.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/139226906/|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|title=St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 38|date=November 9, 2003|access-date=March 14, 2026}} The park then closed in late 2006 and remained closed until 2007 when a new sponsor named Woodward announced that they would take ownership. Plans for that then fell through in late 2007, and the park remained closed until it was reopened with a new sponsor as "Plan Nine" in April 2009.


Following the mall's sale to Namdar Realty Group, the skate park was taken over by new management on July 1, 2016, and rebranded as FutureSk8/Earth Surf. The park closed once again in 2017.{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Jeff |title=X Games Skatepark - St. Louis MO. - St. Louis, Closed Skateparks |url=https://www.concretedisciples.com/global-skatepark-directory/closed-skateparks/x-games-skatepark-st-louis-mo/ |access-date=2026-03-14 |website=Concrete Disciples Skatepark Locator and Skate Shop |language=en-US}}
Following the mall's sale to Namdar Realty Group, the skate park was taken over by new management on July 1, 2016, and rebranded as FutureSk8/Earth Surf. The park closed once again in 2017.{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Jeff |title=X Games Skatepark - St. Louis MO. - St. Louis, Closed Skateparks |url=https://www.concretedisciples.com/global-skatepark-directory/closed-skateparks/x-games-skatepark-st-louis-mo/ |access-date=2026-03-14 |website=Concrete Disciples Skatepark Locator and Skate Shop |language=en-US}}
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