Fourth Dimension Fun Center, a 37,560-sq.-ft. venue in Frederick, Md., opened in late December with a 50% capacity limit. The facility includes 16 lanes of bowling, a laser tag arena, an escape room, a 6,000-sq.-ft. arcade, a restaurant and a sports bar. “This facility to intended to satisfy a pressing need within the greater Frederick […]

Historic Southport Lanes in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood may live on after all. The venue’s owner, Steve Soble, said last September that it could no longer withstand the pandemic-related closure mandated by the state of Illinois, and would not reopen. But just before the new year, Southport received a $70,000 Business Interruption Grant from the state. […]

Albany Bowl in Albany, Calif., had been in business for 71 years when proprietor John Tierney announced that the center would be closing permanently. Tierney cited the ongoing restrictions placed on businesses by California’s state government, and said after paying a large tax bill and investing $700,000 in infrastructure to ensure a safe environment, “I […]

The BPAA did everything possible to make its 2021 Mid-Winter Summit happen, including a change in venue from the nearly entirely shut-down California (Palm Spring, to be specific) to a more “open” Tennessee (Nashville, to be specific). Ultimately, however, distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines did not take place quickly enough, which meant the coronavirus pandemic […]