Although the pandemic claimed two local centers — Wilsonville Lanes in Wilsonville, and Kellogg Bowl in Milwaukie — bowling is now back in Oregon’s Portland metropolitan area. Under guidelines mandated by the state, centers could operate at 25% capacity or 50 people, whichever number was smaller. When it comes to the state directives, bowling centers […]

Warren Lanes in Phillipsburg, N.J., shut down last March when New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy ordered the closure of all non-essential businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic. When businesses were allowed to reopen with limitations, the doors at Warren Lanes remained closed. But now there is good news: The center has been purchased by Reese […]

You may have noticed that the 2021 PBA Tournament of Champions has a corporate name attached to it: Kia. The automobile company has signed on as an “official media sponsor” of the PBA Tour. Kia passed on advertising during this year’s NFL Super Bowl game in order to increase its charitable donations to help America’s […]

James Matti has acquired Novi Bowl, a 40-lane bowling center in Novi, Mich., from Len Herman and Jerry Harris. Sandy Hansell, founder of The Hansell Group, a nationwide organization of commercial real estate brokers specializing in bowling and family entertainment centers, served as the broker in the transaction. Denis Casey along with his daughter, Hanna, […]

“To get it done as fast as we can.” That’s the goal of Jason Lauchnor, the General Manager of Hampton Lanes in Northampton, Pa., referring to repairing the 24-lane center’s roof, part of which collapsed following a big snowstorm that blanketed the region earlier this month. One of the center’s avid bowlers, Esteban Morales, teamed […]

A winning New York State Lottery “Take 5” ticket was sold at Kerns Avenue Bowling Center in Buffalo. The first four of the winning numbers — 4-6-7-8 — read like a left-handed bowler’s nightmare split. The fifth number was 37. The winning ticket was worth $57, 856.50. Kerns Avenue is a 16-lane center that offers […]

More than 1,200 students from 25 schools took part in the first-ever Nebraska High School Bowling Championships, which took place at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln. The Nebraska School Activities Association oversaw the event, and worked closely with the Lincoln-Lancaster Health Department to establish COVID-19 protocols, which included limiting spectators to family members. Meanwhile, in […]

Four Boot Camps laser-focused on improving revenues and profits in various areas of bowling center and bowling entertainment center operation have been scheduled in conjunction with BPAA’s International Bowl Expo 2021. The Boot Camps will kick off an education-heavy agenda in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday, June 20, and each session will be limited to 32 […]

Technology has helped investigators develop new leads in the 2002 killings of three men at a bowling center in Littleton, Colo. All collected evidence is now being reviewed in the case that saw two employees and one customer of the center killed shortly before midnight on Jan. 27, 2002. “We know there is likely information […]