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 […]

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 […]

Bob Johnson, the long-time editor of Bowling Center Management magazine, was inducted into the Orange County USBC Association Hall of Fame on Saturday. Johnson was elected in the Meritoriuos Service section of the Hall along with association volunteers Linda Stewart and Cindy Miles. Johnson began his career in bowling journalism when he was 15 years […]

The Bowlers to Veterans Link has partnered with MyndVR to provide virtual reality glasses to veterans’ homes in more than 50 markets, bringing cutting-edge technology to their recreation therapy programming. Residents at the Tennessee State Veteran Home in Murfreesboro, Tenn., were the latest recipients of the program, which is funded by the bowling community. The […]

STORY BY BOB JOHNSON • PHOTO BY MICHELLE JOHNSON Life is full of twists and turns. They are inevitable, even though we’re told the only sure things in life are death and taxes. How we deal with those twists and turns plays a gigantic role in determining the trajectory of our lives. Growing up, Aaliyah […]

BY BOB JOHNSON There are lots of reasons BCM is the industry’s best and most-trusted business magazine. We won’t reveal the No. 1 ingredient in BCM’s “magic sauce”; it’s never prudent to give away secrets. But tied for No. 2 and No. 3 are the magazine’s award-winning writing staff and its clean, reader-friendly design. On […]

August is the month for Iowa Bowling Proprietors Association members to join the association’s Grand Prix Program if they are not current Grand Prix members. There are eight regional tournaments that have $1,000 in scholarship money added to each prize fund, and a state finals tournament (for which youth bowlers qualify via a regional) that […]

Even as two men were sentenced to eight years in prison earlier this month after pleading guilty to charges of burglarizing video gaming machines at small businesses in Illinois, bowling centers in the state were being targeted by other burglars. In a five-day period, seven centers were broken into after hours and had money stolen […]

From tee to green, the 2023 Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin Scholarship Golf Tournament, held June 12 at Indianhead Golf Course in Mosinee, Wis., was a success. Players enjoyed a fun competition and raffle for prizes, but the ultimate winners will be Wisconsin youth bowlers. Thanks to the participants’ generosity, more than $7,000 was raised […]