The Rink-O-Mania scenes were shot at Roller King in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Most of the remodeling completed by the set crew has been kept, and they even renamed it "Skate-O-Mania".
Millie Bobby Brown taught some of the extras in the skating rink scenes how to skate backwards in between takes.
The events at the roller rink were originally said to take place on March 22, which is also Will Byers birthday as mentioned in season 2. After fans pointed this out to the Duffer brothers, they said the date had been picked arbitrarily and that they'd forgotten that was Will's birthday; they said they intend to edit it to a different date going forward.
The Byers' residence is on Lonzo Way. Elliott's house in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). is on Lonzo Street.
The sound coming from the wrestling arcade machine in the Rink-O-Rama is the victory laughter of character Zangief, from the 1991 Street Fighter II game.