Go Bowling’s expanded relationship with NASCAR proved to be a big hit on multiple platforms as bowling’s consumer-facing brand teamed with the Professional Bowlers Association for a two-hour telecast on FS1 and multiple activations at the Phoenix International Raceway on the weekend of March 10-12. The Go Bowling PBA NASCAR Invitational brought together pro bowlers, […]

The BPAA awarded Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts an exemption into the main field at the 2023 U.S. Open, which was contested at Royal Pin Woodland (formerly Woodland Bowl) in Indianapolis, Jan. 29-Feb. 5. Country music star Jimmie Allen participated in the event’s pre-tournament qualifier after being forced to decline his exemption in order […]

The 2024 USBC Women’s Championships is being moved from Cincinnati to Reno, Nev. Cincinnati now is scheduled to host the event in 2027 at Western Bowl. “We have some exciting renovation plans in the works to take Western Bowl to the next level as a premier tournament destination,” said Strike and Spare Family Entertainment Centers […]

Jay Robinson passed away on March 5 following a two-decade struggle with myasthenia gravis and lupus. He was 79. While Robinson enjoyed success on the PBA Tour, making it to the winner’s circle on three occasions, he also left a lot of 10-pins before Walter Ray Williams Jr. made the practice fashionable. Adding to his […]

Jim Doty, the long-time general manager of Royal Pin Leisure Centers (now Royal Pin Entertainment) in Indianapolis, passed away on March 4 while on an annual “snowbird” trip to Florida. He was 73. Inducted into the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame in 2019, Doty was a serious businessman but could be wickedly funny, and […]

A “BPAA Online Training Bonus” program has been unveiled by the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America to address the post-pandemic challenge of retaining both new hires and long-time staff members. During the “Great Reflection,” employees left the workplace in droves as COVID-19 caused them to re-evaluate whether the businesses for which they worked and their […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]