BRUNSWICK BOWLINGEnvoy+ Brunswick Cloud is a comprehensive upgrade kit that reaches the pinnacle of performance of a center’s Envoy machine. Utilizing all-new hardware found only in the company’s premier machine, MAX, this kit installs a technology stack that enables frequent software updates, access to a comprehensive pattern library and communication with Brunswick support staff — […]
Archive | August, 2023
BOWLING FEATURED IN ‘BLONDIE’ AND ‘ZITS’ STRIPS
Bowling received the best kind of advertising — i.e., free — on Aug. 26, courtesy of Dean Young and John Marshall, the writer and illustrator of the comic strip “Blondie,” and Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman, the cartoonist and illustrator of the comic strip “Zits.” The “Blondie” strip saw Dagwood Bumstead and his best friend […]
BOB BARKER’S BOWLING BUSINESS CONNECTION
Beginning in 1953, when Art Linkletter served as the master of ceremonies, the Southern California Bowling Writers Association organized an annual All-Star Awards Banquet, at which the region’s top bowlers and industry contributors were honored. In 1977 — two years after completing an 18-year run as the host of the “Truth or Consequences” TV game […]
MUSEUM WELCOMES ‘FREWING’ RECIPIENTS
The Daroll and Dolores Frewing Scholarship, the richest college scholarship in bowling, is the subject of a new exhibit at the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in Arlington, Texas. The scholarship was established by the Frewings, the founders of US Bowling Corporation, as a way of giving back to the industry and the […]
PBA, FOX SPORTS EXTENDS TV DEAL
The Professional Bowlers Association and FOX Sports have announced a two-year media rights extension for linear television on FOX and FS1, as well as on FOX digital channels. The contract will usher the PBA into the most broadcast windows it has ever televised in a single season on FOX. The package will consist of 30 […]
NEW VENUES OPEN IN UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIA
Roxy Leisure is scheduled to open a new center in Cheltenham, England, this month. In addition to tenpin bowling, the venue will feature American pool, Air Hockey, duckpin bowling, a batting cage, karaoke, shuffleboard, darts and more than 50 arcade games. Also in the U.K., a new entertainment venue called The Light has opened in […]
HIGH 5 COMING TO ALLEN, TEXAS, AND POSSIBLY TO ESTERO, FLA.
A new mixed-use development In Allen, Texas, called the Farm will include the latest venue of High 5 Entertainment when the complex opens in late 2024. High 5 will utilize 41,784 square feet (to be precise) at The Farm, and its attractions will include 24 bowling lanes, a two-story laser tag arena, escape rooms, axe […]
PELTZ NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BBIA
BCM Associate Publisher Barb Peltz has added a title to her business card: executive director of the Billiard and Bowling Institute of America. The position opened up with the recent passing of Bill Supper. Peltz will remain associate publisher of BCM and Pro Shop Operator magazines while taking on the BBIA’s administrative duties. “We are […]
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