Destiny USA bills itself as “New York’s largest destination of its kind with over 250 places to shop, dine and play, visited by 26 million guests every year.” For three years and two months, one of the entertainment options was a 55,000-sq.-ft., bowling-based facility called Revolutions. But that venue, located on the third floor of […]
Archive | May, 2017
KEGEL TO OFFER WORKSHOP FOR COACHES
The Kegel Training Center in Lake Wales, Fla., has been conducting summer camps for years — but until now, always for bowlers. This summer, to complement its bowler camp program, the KTC will host its first Coaches Workshop, with a curriculum to help coaches diagnose and fix the most destructive bowling errors. There will be […]
BJI 2017 DESIGN AWARDS APPLICATION AVAILABLE
Application forms are now available for Bowlers Journal International’s 33rd annual Bowling Center Architecture & Design Awards. Those who have been involved in the building or renovation of a bowling center, bowling-based family entertainment center or a bowling “boutique” that was completed after Aug. 1, 2016 are invited to enter. The entry deadline is Sept. […]
CBS SPORTS NETWORK TO AIR PBA IN PRIME TIME
The Professional Bowlers Association returns to CBS Sports Network for the new Main Event PBA Tour Finals in Orlando, Fla. The network will televise five consecutive, two-hour shows on Tuesday nights involving eight PBA Tour stars beginning on Tuesday, May 30 at 9:30 p.m. Eastern. Players who will compete in the invitational special event are […]
FUTURE OF AMF PARKWAY LANES IN DOUBT
Last year, BowlmorAMF said it was marketing AMF Parkway Lanes in Allentown, Pa., for a sale/lease-back deal. Now, however, the company has decided to put the 25-year-old center up for auction — but without its bowling equipment, furnishings or liquor license. According to Allentown’s 69 News, the auction is scheduled to start June 5 and […]
VETERANS TO BENEFIT FROM PBA50 TOURNAMENT
The PBA50 Tour travels to Farmingdale, N.Y., for the fourth stop of the 2017 season when Farmingdale Lanes hosts the 2017 Johnny Petraglia BVL Open Presented by Brunswick May 6-9. The tournament is named after the PBA legend and Vietnam veteran who has won 14 PBA Tour and eight PBA50 Tour titles. The 70-year-old Hall […]
PROPRIETORS TO LEAD USBC FOR ANOTHER SEASON
The United States Bowling Congress Board of Directors has re-elected Frank Wilkinson of Staten Island, N.Y., as USBC President and Cathy DeSocio of Wichita, Kan., as Vice President for the 2017-18 season. The election of officers for the USBC board took place following the USBC Convention in Las Vegas. Because of terms limits, the 2017-18 […]
PWBA’S 2018 SCHEDULE INCLUDES 6 NEW VENUES
Six new venues will be part of the 14-event schedule during the Professional Women’s Bowling Association’s 2018 season. The 2018 PWBA Tour will begin April 26-28 in Las Vegas, and conclude with the 16-player, invitation-only PWBA Tour Championship from Aug. 29-Sept. 2. Along with nine standard events, four major championships will be contested in 2018, including […]
HOCKEY TEAM WINS WITH ASSIST FROM PDW AND DUFF
The Chicago Wolves can thank Bill Duff, Executive Director of the Chicagoland Bowling Proprietors Association, for their first-round victory in the American Hockey League playoffs. In a roundabout sort of way. It happened like this: The Wolves’ President, Mike Gordon, has worked with Duff on a variety of cooperative promotions, and asked Duff if he could […]
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