The deadline for high school seniors to submit their applications for the 2022 Daroll and Dolores Frewing College Scholarship is just days away.  Applications must be received by May 1. The $25,000 annual scholarship, presented by the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, was created by Daroll Frewing, co-founder and CEO of US Bowling […]

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire Main Event, the Dallas-based family entertainment company and bowling chain, for $835 million from Ardent Leisure Group Limited and RedBird Capital Partners. Upon closing of the deal, Main Event CEO Chris Morris will be named CEO of Dave & Buster’s. Main Event currently has […]

Jim O’Reilly of Wabasha, Minn.; Becky Jones of Lubbock, Texas, and John Burns of Odessa, Texas, were selected by the United States Bowling Congress Board of Directors to receive USBC National Recognition Awards. O’Reilly is the Joyce Deitch Unity Award winner, Jones is this year’s recipient of the Helen Baker Award for Outstanding Association Service […]

Green River Bowling Center in Green River, Wyo., recently donated $1,390 to the Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Cancer Fund to support the needs of patients at the Sweetwater Regional Cancer Center. The bowling center hosted a fundraiser last October during the Cancer Center’s annual “Paint the Town Pink” initiative to raise awareness of the importance of […]

Cham Pang Lanes has opened in downtown Phoenix, Ariz. Guests are greeted at a host stand, where a circular bar, mini-sized bowling lanes and overhead disco balls come into view. A DJ fills the venue, where the wait for a lane can be as long as two hours, with music. Visitors pass the time by […]

After being closed for two years, the former Theresa Bowling Center in Theresa, N.Y., is being brought back to life with a new name: 3C Bowl. The name pays homage to the names of the new owners and their expected daughter, Carter, Carlin and Cecilia. In addition to bowling, the revitalized center will feature a […]

After more than six decades in business, TechCity Bowl in Kirkland, Wash., will close permanently on Oct. 2. The family that has owned and operated the business since the 1950s is in the process of selling the property to a developer. TechCity Bowl opened in the late 1950s as Totem Bowl, decorated inside and out with mid-century Native American […]

More than six years after it closed, Vernon Lanes in the Butchertown neighborhood of Louisville, Ky., is back in business. Renovations to the facility took more than a year, and the reopening took place on March 16. All eight pinsetters have been restored, a new HVAC system has been installed, and a full-service scratch kitchen […]

Members of the Professional Women’s Bowling Association have voted to redistribute the prize funds for the United States Bowling Congress Queens and U.S. Women’s Open in 2022 and 2023. The change will move a significant portion of the prize money for the two events from the top spots in order to pay higher amounts to […]