Aniyah Bufford, 17, left, and Karieda Scott, 16, chat with one another while roller skating at the Downtown Roller Rink in downtown Sacramento’s Ali Youssefi Square on Friday, June 28, 2024.

"Roller skating, it is kind of a lost art, and it's coming back," said Robert Keith, Director of Rink Operations at Willy Bietak Productions. "We have disco music. We have disco balls.

Features from the old roller-skating rink are still there: The same wooden rink floor, metal lockers to stash coats and purses, carpeted walls.