With the infusion of $6 million in state funds, two Burlington, Vt., business owners are launching an effort to clean up the South End’s infamously polluted “Barge Canal” and construct two buildings on the site. Silt Botanica, a planned European-style bathhouse, and Backside Bowl, a proposed duckpin bowling center, would share the parcel once it is […]

Bowl-A-Rama in Panama City, Fla., one of three centers destroyed by Hurricane Michael in 2018, was scheduled to reopen on June 22 following a long permitting and building process. In a Facebook post, the center said its hours on its first day of operation would be 1-10 p.m. Bowl-A-Rama’s snack bar will open later, once […]

JR Huyck has joined QubicaAMF as a sales executive for new business development. He comes to the company with a strong background in the industry, including in sales. His passion for bowling came early in life as a competitive bowler and bowling center employee. He then developed a successful sales career, primarily in food service. After 20 […]

Valcke Bowling Service recently was recognized as Brunswick Bowling’s International Capital Equipment Distributor of the Year. “It’s a real honor to work every day with such a strong partner as Brunswick Bowling,” said Valcke Group CEO Henri Valcke. “We are very proud of this award because it [recognizes] all the effort and hard work we […]

Winners Charlotte Powell and Staci Harrington collected $3,000. Fifteen cashing teams shared a total of $19.475 in prize money. But the big winner in the 2022 Xtravaganza tournament was the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in Arlington, Texas, which benefited by a record $102,560 — the first time the event has generated a […]

Bowling Center Management (BCM) magazine writers scored a clean sweep in the Business Division of the 2021 International Bowling Media Association Writing Competition. Dennis Bergendorf garnered the first-place prize for his “One of Us” feature on the Huikko family of Buffalo, Minn., which has transformed an eight-lane bowling center into a multi-attraction special-event destination. Les […]

The 96th annual Chicagoland BPA Golf Outing will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Silver Lake Country Club in Orland Park, Ill. The shotgun start will be at 12:15 p.m., followed by dinner at 6. The cost is $125 per person, or $50 for dinner only. Potential players should note that this year’s outing […]

Bowlero Corp. continues to expand its national footprint, increasing its presence in Kansas to four bowling centers with the acquisition of three venues in Wichita. The deal includes the largest center in the state, Northrock Lanes, which spans 48 lanes and has hosted countless national tournaments through the years. Northrock includes an arcade, sports grill, […]