<P> The first skate park was opened in 1998 at the Outlets of Orange . It features a 20,000 - square - foot (1,900 m) indoor street course, a Combi pool, which is 12 feet (3.7 m) deep, an area for amateurs, mini ramps, an outdoor street course, and an arcade . The park was updated in 2009 . </P> <P> The company built its first free skate park in Huntington Beach, California which was opened to the public in 2014 . It includes a 17,500 - square - foot (1,630 m) skate bowl and a 25,000 - square - foot (2,300 m) skate plaza . The park is 42,500 square feet (3,950 m) and Vans pays the city US $1 per year for the 20 - year lease . This park is open 7 days a week . </P> <P> There is also a skate park in London, in The Old Vic Tunnels called House of Vans . </P>

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