Brunswick Bowling Products’ StringPin pinsetters made their sanctioned international bowling tournament debut in the 2022 Bolivarian Games at Mega Bowling in Valledupar, Colombia in late June. The International Bowling Federation approved the use of string pinsetters for sanctioned tournaments last year. The Bolivarian Games, first held in 1938, was created to honor the Simón Bolívar, […]

During the 2022 Bowling Summit in January, it was “the elephant in the room.” Bowlero Corp., which operates more than 300 bowling centers across North America, had not renewed its membership in the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America. Midway through International Bowl Expo in late June, the elephant had left the building with the announcement […]

The 21st annual Chicagoland BPA Bowlers Day With the White Sox is set for Sunday, Aug. 28, when the Arizona Diamondbacks come to town. The Illinois State Bowling Proprietors Association is offering specially priced game tickets and a pre-game picnic patio area package, both of which include a specially designed White Sox Bowlers Day cap […]

Patrick F. Bosco, Executive Director Emeritus of the Illinois State and Chicagoland Bowling Proprietors Associations, passed away on July 3. He was 90. Bosco served bowling center owners in greater Chicago and the entire state of Illinois from 1980 through 1997. Prior to accepting the post, he was the owner and operator of Bloomfield Bowl, […]

QubicaAMF Worldwide is the official bowling equipment supplier for The World Games 2022, which will be the first International Bowling Federation-sanctioned tournament conducted on string machines (utilizing EDGE Sting Pinspotters). The competition is set for July 7-17 in the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, with bowling taking place July 8-11. As the exclusive IBF global bowling equipment supplier and […]

Warpath Lanes, the only bowling center in Kingsport, Tenn., changed ownership recently when veteran proprietor and former pro bowler Dennis Lane decided to retire from the business. Lane’s parents, Jim and Frances Lane, opened the center in 1960. “We really appreciate the support from the whole community,” Lane told the Johnson City Press. “Kingsport and […]

With the infusion of $6 million in state funds, two Burlington, Vt., business owners are launching an effort to clean up the South End’s infamously polluted “Barge Canal” and construct two buildings on the site. Silt Botanica, a planned European-style bathhouse, and Backside Bowl, a proposed duckpin bowling center, would share the parcel once it is […]

Bowl-A-Rama in Panama City, Fla., one of three centers destroyed by Hurricane Michael in 2018, was scheduled to reopen on June 22 following a long permitting and building process. In a Facebook post, the center said its hours on its first day of operation would be 1-10 p.m. Bowl-A-Rama’s snack bar will open later, once […]