At the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Bowling Centers of Southern California, proprietors voted to accept the board’s recommendation to reduce the size of the board from 12 members to nine.  This reflects the smaller number of centers in the association today than at its peak, as real estate values and other factors have resulted […]

The strategy of Bowlero Corp. to acquire multiple locations in specific market areas has now found its way to Milwaukee. Bowlero has signed definitive agreements to acquire JB’s on 41 in Milwaukee, as well as the 48-lane Super Bowl Family Entertainment Center in Appleton and the 48-lane Sabre Lanes in Menasha. Bowlero’s business in Wisconsin now […]

Valcke Bowling — Brunswick Bowling’s exclusive distributor in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, parts of Switzerland and many African countries — has acquired Hoops-The Bowling Company. Hoops has represented Brunswick in Germany, Austria, Luxemburg, and parts of Switzerland for decades. “We’re excited about this positive development for the Hoops family and Valcke […]

Applications are being accepted for the Board of Directors of the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America. One regional director, Abby Sieler, has completed her first term and is eligible for a second. She represents the Midwest Region (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Wyoming). Anyone with a minimum 5% ownership of a BPAA-member center in that region may […]

Two member proprietors of the BPA of the Carolinas and Georgia recently were honored by the South Carolina USBC. Linda Gamble of Paradise Lanes in Spartanburg, S.C., received the Daniel Wetmore Memorial State Proprietor/Manager of the Year award, while Larry Nowack of Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Bowl was inducted into the South Carolina USBC Hall of […]

The Nebraska State BPA has introduced a new youth scholarship offering. Beginning in January of 2023, applications will open for the inaugural Donna Hogan Youth Scholarship Award, valued at $1,000. The winner of this award will be announced at the 2023 NSBPA Annual Meeting. The criteria and timelines will be announced in the coming months.

The United States Bowling Congress Scholarship Management and Account Reporting for Tenpins program is making an additional investment earnings allocation up to $750,000 in 2022 to provide additional scholarships for youth bowlers in support of the SMART Pell Grant Match program. In February, SMART announced $1.2 million in funding for the new SMART Pell Grant […]

Ventola Projects has secured another project through its Las Vegas-based distributor, Kool Amusements, with a leading family entertainment franchise, Monster Mini Golf. The new Monster facility, near Charlotte, N.C., will have Ventola’s VAvR LED lighting solution installed, much like its sister locations across the U.S. Monster Mini Golf offers a plethora of entertainment options for […]