This is an unintelligent and flippant response. 
The skate park is not a roller rink. The area has national skate champions who practice at Skate World. For the Eugene/Springfield area to turn its back on the thousands of children who get exercise and artistic recreation at Skate World would only demonstrate the mediocrity and lack of vision of the citizens of this area. There's a reason Skate World has been around for 40 years. Skate World is not free and could not be free of cost. It could be made a public rink and improved for generations of kids and adults to come. Skating is better exercise than most other sports and caters to many children for whom organized sports offers no attraction.