Michigan’s Monroe County Chamber annually awards its Eagle Trophy, emblematic of the Small Business of the Year Award. This week it was announced that the award for 2016 went to Forest View Recreation Bar & Grill in Bedford, Mich. Criteria include that a nominee be an independent, for-profit, small business that has been in existence […]
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CALIFORNIA’S COVINA BOWL TO END 6-DECADE RUN
When it opened in 1956 with 32 lanes, Covina Bowl was one of the great examples of “Googie” architecture, defined as “a sub-division of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Space Age and the Atomic Age.” Countless coffee shops (Norm’s in Southern California being one example), motels (many along historic Route 66), car […]
JERRY RICE APPEARS AT CENTER RE-OPENING
AMF Mission Lanes in Milpitas, Calif., has received a major makeover, and reopened as the more upscale Bowlero Milpitas. The Feb. 25 grand re-opening featured an appearance by legendary San Francisco 49ers wide receiver, Jerry Rice.
ROUND 1 TO TAKE OVER MACY’S SPACE IN PEORIA
Round 1 will take over part of the space formerly occupied by a Macy’s department store at the Northwoods Mall in Peoria, Ill. The complex will span 56,000 square feet and include bowling lanes, food and beverage options, and a wide array of arcade games. It will be the 17th U.S. location for the Japan-based […]
PARKING LOT TO REPLACE PA. BOWLING CENTER
“They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.” Those lyrics from Joni Mitchell’s 1970 song, “Big Yellow Taxi,” certainly seem to apply to the fate of Red Crown Bowling in Harrisburg, Pa. The center, which opened in 1959, has been sold by the Kirkpatrick family to J.B. Hunt, who will tear down the building […]
EL PASO CENTER TO CLOSE AT END OF MONTH
The closing of Fiesta Lanes at the end of March will leave El Paso, Texas, with only two commercial centers and one military base center: Oasis Lanes, Bowl El Paso and Desert Strike Lanes. BC Entertainment opened Fiesta Lanes, a 40-lane facility, in June 2003.
VICKSBURG MALL ADDING 16-LANE CENTER
A 16-lane bowling center is being installed at the Vicksburg Mall in Vicksburg, Miss., with an expected completion date in September. The center is in space formerly occupied by a Goody’s clothing store, and will target the family entertainment demographic. Luis Angel is the owner of the center, and Patrick Belden is the project’s operations […]
HEADPINZ FEATURED ON ESPN ‘SPORTSCENTER’
HeadPinz Entertainment Center in Ft. Myers, Fla., was the venue for an ESPN “Sportscenter” segment featuring Boston Red Sox outfielder (and accomplished bowler), Mookie Betts, who bowled a game with Randy Scott. Betts won (no surprise there), but not by as much as you might imagine. Check out the archived clip here: http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=18756168.
WINTER PARK’S ALOMA BOWL COULD SHUT DOWN
There is an offer on the table from Orchards Hardware Supply to purchase the property on which Aloma Bowl in Winter Park, Fla., sits, the BJI Cyber Report has confirmed. Two important dates in the process are March 7, when the project will be considered by the city’s planning/zoning board, and March 27, when it […]
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