Glacier Gardens

Glacier Gardens was an indoor arena in San Diego, California.In 1939, the San Diego Figure Skating Club was founded with the arena as its home.It hosted the Pacific Coast Hockey League's San Diego Skyhawks from 1944 to 1950.Elvis Presley, with his backup band, guitarist Scotty Moore, bassist Bill Black, and drummer D. J. Fontana, appeared at the arena on April 4 and 5, 1956 and June 5 and 6, 1956.In the early 1960s, the arena was sub-leased for retail and auctions, then for manufacture of a miniature jeep, the Crofton Bug.
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