SCARB ENTERPRISESRaceway Alley, a new bowling adventure game, is now available from Scarb Enterprises. Players barrel down straightaways and hit turns just right to edge ahead of their opponents. The gameplay challenges one’s shot-making and adaptability as they race toward the finish line, striving to stay ahead of the competition. A single pin could prove the […]
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Products & Services – February 2023
OMEGA CARPETGet your heart going with one of Omega Carpet’s pattern designs shown here. Both Pulse Bowl and Watch Your Step are guaranteed to excite a center’s customers. Contact Omega for more information or to request samples.MORE: omegapatternworks.com VENUE INDUSTRIESVenue Industries has built custom booths and banquettes for more than 10 years. High-quality materials and good design […]
GO BOWLING PREPS FOR NEW NASCAR PROMO IN PHOENIX
The relationship between NASCAR, which averaged 3.7 million television viewers for its races in 2022 (source: Statista), and Go Bowling, the consumer-facing brand of Strike Ten Entertainment, will continue and expand in 2023. In addition to the Go Bowling at The Glen race at Watkins Glen International in New York in August, Go Bowling will […]
DAC’S HISTORIC BOWLING ABBEY GETS AMAZING REHAB
The Detroit Athletic Club — located just steps from Ford Field in the Motor City’s theater, sports and entertainment district — has fully redeveloped and renovated its historic Bowling Abbey. The nearly $9 million project in the club’s 107-year-old clubhouse was completed during a seven-month timeline so the annual bowling season could begin on time. […]
BPAA COMMITTEE PUTS FORTH NOMINATIONS
The BPAA Nominating Committee, chaired by past President Nancy Schenk, has put forth three names to serve as at-large directors: Dan Bedinghaus of Eastgate Lanes in Lovedale, Ohio; Jason Hoff of Evergreen Lanes in Everett, Wash., and Ron Schmittou of Strike and Spare in Hendersonville, Tenn. The committee also put forth this officer slate: Tyler […]
2022 PROPRIETOR OF THE YEAR MacBRAYNE RETIRES
Don MacBrayne, who was named BPAA Proprietor of the Year in 2022, has decided to retire, ending a 50-year career in the bowling business. From a parttime job at a Brunswick-owned center in West Vancouver, B.C., Canada while in high school to Vice President of Operations, MacBrayne spent 40 years with Brunswick and was deeply […]
JOHN FALZONE, ‘FACE OF THE LPBT,’ PASSES AWAY
When women’s pro bowling needed a kick-start in the early 1980s following the demise of the Women’s Professional Bowlers Association, John Sommer was largely responsible for the creation of the Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour. While Sommer remained in the background for the most part, John Falzone served as “the face” of the organization to the […]
BOWLING CENTER TV HAS LAUNCHED
Equipment installation for Bowling Center TV is expected to begin in quarters 2-4 now that formal financing and revenue agreements have been signed. Strike Ten Entertainment President John Harbuck said that well over 800 centers across the country were “in process” for the new service, which enables proprietors to deliver a better customer experience by […]
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