An upscale miniature golf and duckpin bowling center will open in this fall near Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines, Iowa. Putts & Pins will include 24 holes of high-tech golf and six duckpin lanes, along with a restaurant and bar. It will occupy two new 17,000-sq.-ft. buildings just north of the mall. 

Time is running out for high school seniors who are either children or grandchildren of BPAA-member bowling center owners to apply for the 2023 Daroll and Dolores Frewing Scholarship. The application deadline is May 1. The scholarship is overseen by the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, and the winner is selected by a […]

As one traverses Pacific Coast Highway through the community of Pacifica southwest of San Francisco, it’s almost impossible to miss the sign for Sea Bowl that features the center’s mascot, Mr. Pin. But soon, that sign will come down as proprietor Davis Szeto has announced that he will close the 32-lane center on May 31, […]

The International Bowling Media Association has selected Mark London for its Luby Hall of Fame Award, Fran Deken for the Alberta E. Crowe Meritorious Service Award, Dave DeLorenzo for its Mike Hennessy Award of Merit, and Carmen Salvino for its Rip Van Winkle Award. London has developed into a multimedia reporter and storyteller since his […]

Tom Strobl, owner of the legendary Thunderbowl in Allen Park, Mich., passed away early Thursday morning of a reported heart attack. Strobl’s family has been in the bowling business continuously since 1942, owning a number of centers in the metro Detroit area. He started working in one of the centers when he was in grade […]

Bowlero Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Andy B’s in Tennessee, Business Wire is reporting. The completion of the acquisition would mark the company’s first center in the Volunteer State. “We are pleased to enter a new market, expanding our national footprint to 34 states,” said Thomas Shannon, founder and CEO of […]