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OREGON 16-LANER DOWNSIZES BY 4 LANES, ADDS ARCADE
Even a center with as few as 16 lanes can be a candidate for “down-sizing,” depending on the community and the marketplace. Case in point: Four Seasons Bowling Center in Hillsboro, Ore., outside Portland. The 16-lane center opened in 1947, and was purchased by George Mareina in 1978. Now, Mareina’s son, Daniel, is the operator. […]
QUBICAAMF NAMES ABS EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR IN JAPAN
QubicaAMF Worldwide has entered into a distributor agreement with American Bowling Service, Inc. in Japan. Effective April 1, ABS is serving as QubicaAMF’s exclusive, full-line distribution partner in Japan for capital equipment, automatic scoring, parts, supplies and pins. ABS is the largest distributor and manufacturer of bowling supplies in the Far East, and celebrated its […]
INDIANA CENTER WILL CLOSE FOR 20 DAYS TO RELOCATE
New Albany, Ind., is losing the Hoosier Strike & Spare bowling center on April 8, but it isn’t losing the center’s lanes. They’ll be moved to a new location in nearby Clarksville, Ind., where the entertainment options will also include laser tag, a roller rink, bumper cars and a laser maze. That facility is scheduled […]
RIVER CITY ROLL WILL BRING 20 LANES TO RICHMOND
Business partners Robert Long and Ben Eubanks are planning to bring a bowling-based entertainment center called River City Roll to the Scott’s Addition area of Richmond, Va. A May groundbreaking is anticipated for the project, which would include 20 bowling lanes, a game area with shuffleboard, numerous big-screen TVs for viewing sporting events, and a […]
BOWLING FOR FORMER ‘MOST DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD’
Pins Mechanical Co. is coming to Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood with a concept that includes “mini duckpin bowling,” lots of pinball machines and a roof-top deck with full-size shuffleboard. As recently as 2009, Over-the-Rhine was considered the most dangerous neighborhood in America, but it has undergone a transformation that you can read about here: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/what-works-cincinnati-ohio-over-the-rhine-crime-neighborhood-turnaround-city-urban-revitalization-213969. Pins […]
INVESTORS LOSE $500,000 IN CANCELED PROJECT
Janss Marketplace is a busy outdoor shopping mall in Thousand Oaks, Calif., where Jon Coulombe planned to open a retro-themed bowling alley, skate park, arcade, bar and restaurant. He planned to call it DaddyO’s Skater Bowl, and received upwards of half-a-million dollars from investors — mostly local residents — who wanted in on the project. […]
JOHN LOSITO IS NAMED 2017 PROPRIETOR OF THE YEAR
John Losito of Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Neb., has been selected as the 2017 Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America Proprietor of the Year. The award is presented annually to a proprietor who has excelled at developing relationships within their community, including comradery with the local United States Bowling Congress association, while actively promoting the […]
NO BOWLING FOR HISTORIC SANTA FE RAILYARD
The effort to bring bowling to the Market Station building at the Santa Fe Railyard in New Mexico now appears to be dead — even though the bowling capital equipment has been installed. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee managing Market Station has now asked a judge for permission to sell the equipment back to US […]
BOWLMOR AMF: NO PLANS TO CLOSE PORTLAND CENTER
AMF Pro 300 Lanes in southeast Portland, Ore., may survive beyond May or August, after all. After MAJ Development Corporation, the new owner of the building that houses the center, announced last week that a “national retailer” would be taking over the space, Bowlmor AMF issued its own statement on Saturday. “Any rumors that we […]
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