Ace Mitchell Bowlers Mart has resumed full business operations at its locations in Deer Park, N.Y., and Nashville, Tenn., joining its Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, headquarters, which has been operating at full capacity since May. “We’re definitely seeing business coming back,” said company President Jeff Mraz. “We’re not quite at pre-COVID levels, but with New York state […]
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NORTH CAROLINA CENTERS ALLOWED TO REOPEN
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper finally has relented and is allowing bowling centers to reopen on Friday. Centers have been considered “non-essential” businesses in the Tar Heel State since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and have been ordered closed since March. The Bowling Centers Association of the Carolinas and Georgia had gone to court for the […]
PBA PARTS WAYS WITH LONG-TIME STAFFERS
Aug. 31 marked the final day of employment with the Professional Bowlers Association for several long-time staff members. The PBA’s owner, Bowlero Corp., has severed ties with Deputy Commissioner Kirk von Krueger, his wife Mary, as well as Head of (TV) Production Dave Schroeder. The von Kruegers had been planning to retire. Earlier, Bowlero ended […]
AN ICONIC 4-LANER — A FORMER SPEAKEASY — PREPARING TO CLOSE
The year was 1929. The United States was nine years into what clearly was becoming a failed social experiment known as Prohibition. In New Jersey, on the town line between Paterson and Clifton, a new business opened. It featured four bowling lanes, and beer was sold covertly out of buckets of ice. By definition, that […]
A BOWLING PROPRIETOR’S MOST UNUSUAL SIDE BUSINESS EVER?
Through the years, we’ve heard about lots of “side businesses” operating inside bowling centers, everything from the common pro shops to the less-common hair salons, barbershops and even travel agencies. The leased space provided a nice source of dependable revenue for proprietors. But when Village Lanes in Leesburg, Va., reopens after remodeling and post-pandemic, it […]
‘COVID-19 BOWLING SEASON’ FINALLY BEGINS IN WASHINGTON
At long last, the bowling industry in the state of Washington is being allowed to welcome back customers. “It has been a long wait,” said Greg Olsen, Executive Director of the Washington State Bowling Proprietors’ Association. “The waiting is now over.” Effective immediately, bowling centers will be permitted to re-open as a “Phase Two” business, […]
2020 NATIONAL BOWLING DAY SET FOR AUG. 8
National Bowling Day will be celebrated on Saturday, Aug. 8, and to commemorate the event, the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America and Strike Ten Entertainment will launch a nationwide league bowling program called “Go Bowling America” to encourage consumers to come back to the lanes where centers have reopened and when they are ready to […]
ILLINOIS PROPRIETORS FACE UNUSUAL REOPENING RESTRICTIONS
Bowling center owners in Illinois are now being allowed to reopen by Governor J.B. Pritzker, but with perhaps the most unusual limitation yet seen in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. Centers may open Friday at 9 a.m., but all will be limited to no more than 50 people at a time for bowling. The same […]
PROPOSAL ON STADIUM, DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT TABLED
The Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority was scheduled to hear a formal proposal today by P3 Partners, detailing its plans to redevelop the stadium and the Reno Events Center as part of a major downtown redevelopment project that also would involve the construction of a non-casino hotel. However, at the request of P3 Partners, […]
