In an industry first, Brunswick is bringing bowling to a new setting. Much more than a typical truck stop, the new Petro Stopping Center in Columbia, S.C., features Beltline Lanes and Gaming, with 16 Brunswick bowling lanes and a wide variety of amenities for professional truck drivers, travelers, college students and area residents alike. “A […]
Archive | March, 2017
23 BOWLING EVENTS TO BE AIRED BY CBS SPORTS NETWORK
Professional, collegiate and youth bowling tournaments once again will be nationally televised on CBS Sports Network as part of its agreement with the United States Bowling Congress. The 23-event national television package features live coverage of the U.S. Open, a major event on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour, and live or same-day coverage of the […]
Cyber Report #942
E-dition No. 942 • Thursday, March 9, 2017 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Pinnacle Group Selected for Florida JW Marriott Project Pinnacle Entertainment Group has been selected by JW Marriott at Marco Island, Fla., as its family entertainment advisor. The hotel is planning a $320 million addition to the property, located on the beach on […]
CALIFORNIA’S COVINA BOWL TO END 6-DECADE RUN
When it opened in 1956 with 32 lanes, Covina Bowl was one of the great examples of “Googie” architecture, defined as “a sub-division of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Space Age and the Atomic Age.” Countless coffee shops (Norm’s in Southern California being one example), motels (many along historic Route 66), car […]
PINNACLE SELECTED FOR JW MARRIOTT PROJECT
Pinnacle Entertainment Group has been selected by JW Marriott at Marco Island, Fla., as its family entertainment advisor. The hotel is planning a $320 million addition to the property, located on the beach on Marco Island, which will feature a 12,000-sq.-ft. entertainment center to be known as “10k Alley.” Components will include a high-end sports […]
TURBO EXPO ADDS JOHNSON AND CIMINELLI
U.S. Open champions Liz Johnson and Ryan Ciminelli have been added to the coaching staff for the 2017 Turbo Tech Collegiate Expo in metropolitan Cleveland on July 11-13. Johnson, a five-time Women’s Open champion, and Ciminelli, the 2015 U.S. Open winner, are part of an extensive list of coaches and presenters at the event, which […]
JERRY RICE APPEARS AT CENTER RE-OPENING
AMF Mission Lanes in Milpitas, Calif., has received a major makeover, and reopened as the more upscale Bowlero Milpitas. The Feb. 25 grand re-opening featured an appearance by legendary San Francisco 49ers wide receiver, Jerry Rice.
ROUND 1 TO TAKE OVER MACY’S SPACE IN PEORIA
Round 1 will take over part of the space formerly occupied by a Macy’s department store at the Northwoods Mall in Peoria, Ill. The complex will span 56,000 square feet and include bowling lanes, food and beverage options, and a wide array of arcade games. It will be the 17th U.S. location for the Japan-based […]
PARKING LOT TO REPLACE PA. BOWLING CENTER
“They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.” Those lyrics from Joni Mitchell’s 1970 song, “Big Yellow Taxi,” certainly seem to apply to the fate of Red Crown Bowling in Harrisburg, Pa. The center, which opened in 1959, has been sold by the Kirkpatrick family to J.B. Hunt, who will tear down the building […]
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