Facility Name - Buffalo Riverworks
Activities available -
Summer
- Pickleball
- Roller Skating on Friday nights (year round)
- Jiu Jitsu and mma (year round)
- On the canal - paddleboarding, kayaking, and waterbikes between the grain silos with room to dock and walk up to Riverworks (see Explore Buffalo's facebook page for tour information, and see Longboards Paddle Co, who will be setting up shop at Riverworks this summer, for equipment rental information).
- open skate
- curling
- adult and youth hockey leagues, as well as "skate and shoot" events
- Fitness events - Don't Miss Mondays with Longboards Paddle Co., who brings in instructors from around the area to teach various fitness classes on Monday nights.
- Roller Derby with the Queen City Roller Girls, Pond hockey, adaptive sled hockey special events (just generally lots of hockey), pro wrestling, mma and boxing events, and many other things (including music and cultural festivals)!
What it costs - price varies based on event and sport.
Level of difficulty - Varies - everything from complete beginner to professional athletes!
Photos of the indoor bar (above) and outdoor seating (below)
Photos from local publication Step Out Buffalo
Information about Riverworks - Developed by the same group that owns Pearl Street Grill and Brewery, the Pan-American Bar and Brawler’s Deli, Riverworks is a 60,000 sq ft, 5000 person capacity facility. Indoors, there are four bars, a full service restaurant, concessions, a ticket office, a stage where they hold live music, and a second floor where banquets are held (with its own bar). Large garage doors behind the main bar open to the outdoors during nice weather, and provide a beautiful view of the river during all seasons. Outdoors, there is a large patio area where they hold live music events during the summer, and several levels of terraced seating space that overlooks the river (my favorite place to hang out with a beer in the summer).
Their food selection is more than just bar fare - their burgers and salads are pretty decent, but my favorite thing to order is the pizza - it's amazing. They stretch their own dough and use really tasty ingredients to create a primo pie.
Riverworks Beef on Weck dip
Photo from Step Out Buffalo
The facility itself also houses a full-size flat roller derby track utilized by the Queen City Roller Girls (with a season stretching from January until June), a martial arts studio, and 2 full-size outdoor hockey rinks (as well as 5 locker rooms). Also frequently seen inside the main area are wrestling and boxing rings that they set up for practices and special events.
Some of the things that you may see at Riverworks - sports events, music festivals, cultural activities, trade shows, conferences, art shows, and everything else under the sun. Want to get moving yourself rather than spectating? Strap on a pair of rental skates and hit the rink (either roller, or ice depending on the season). Or, head out to the ice rinks in your sneakers to try your hand at Curling or Pickleball (again, dependent on what time of year you are there). There is both recreational and league play for both of these sports - no prior experience required.
And some shameless self promotion - Queen City Roller Girls has 3 games left this season if you want to check it out! TOMORROW (Saturday 6/21) is the playoffs - come watch the Devil Dollies take on the Suicidal Saucies, and see who will advance to the Championships! Saturday 5/28 start your Memorial Day Weekend off right with the travel team, the Lake Effect Furies - cheer them on as they battle it out versus the Green Mountain Roller Girls at 1:30PM. And our final home game of the season is Championships - 7PM on Friday, 6/10. This is a game that you do NOT want to miss! Get your tickets here!
Photo by the Amazing Glenn Murray
Suicidal Saucies vs Devil Dollies
Buffalo Riverworks from across the river
Photo by Arthur Kogutowski
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