Skaters gathered to ollie and grind one last time at the Bro Bowl on Sunday in Hillsborough County.

"I'm so disappointed that this is happening," said Julianne Unger, who has accompanied her husband and son to the skate park almost every Sunday for the last two years.

Her son, Aaron, is 7 years old. He started skateboarding when he was 2.

"This is my favorite skate park," Aaron said, as he balanced a skateboard on its nose. "I skateboard because it's awesome, and I learn new tricks every day."

Tucked in the northeast section of downtown Tampa, the Bro Bowl was built in 1978. Now, part of a larger plan to revamp the city park it sits on, the Bro Bowl will soon be demolished.

Fences are expected to go up around the skate park early this week, and demolition will start in the coming weeks. The city of Tampa plans to build a replica skate park on the northern end of the public park, closer to the interstate.

Nick Leon is part of the Bowl Bros, an organization of more than 300 skateboarders who have fought against the change. The group was instrumental in adding the Bro Bowl to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Leon attended all of the meetings with city officials and fought until the end to keep the Bro Bowl in its current form.

"I'm not very happy about the replica of something that's been here for 40 years," Leon said. "You can't replicate history."

Some skaters remain hopeful, though.

"Hopefully everyone will find the new location and we can all locate over there," said 21-year-old Kent Booth, who's been skating for almost seven years. "It's not going to be the same, but it's going to be the same."

Others aren't so sure.

"It'll never be the Bro Bowl," said Eric Carrico, who's come to the skate park for the past 15 years. "It'll just be the wannabe Bro Bowl."