After 71 years in Clark County, including more than 30 as its only indoor roller rink, Golden Skate is gliding into retirement.

Golden Skate’s owners, John and Janie Wainwright, are selling the land to the city, which wants the property for an expansion of its Public Works Operation Center. The Vancouver City Council on Monday authorized a $1.5 million purchase and sale agreement for the 2.2-acre parcel at 4915 E. Fourth Plain Blvd.

“It’s time to do what has to be done,” said John Wainwright, 78, who bought Golden Skate with his wife in 1984. “It’s time to move on.”

Selling Golden Skate to the city — which likely will tear it down, according to city staff — is a “wonderful solution,” said Janie Wainwright, 69.

“We had this deal with them, and we are happy that we made the deal,” she said last week.