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IDAHO BPA VOTES TO DISCONTINUE FORMAL BOARD STRUCTURE
Vern Oertel, president of the Idaho State BPA, hosted the association’s 2024 Annual Meeting on at his Sunset Bowling Center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. A long discussion about the association’s future, which suggested that volunteerism was waning, led to a vote to set reserves aside and continue without a formal officer or board structure. The […]
DUCKPINS FEATURES AT 2 NEW VENUES
Pins Mechanical Company, which operates a dozen entertainment venues featuring duckpin bowling, says it will add another by the end of 2025. Plans call for the 27,000-square-foot venue to be housed in the bottom of the Miles apartment building at the Seaboard Station development in Raleigh, North Carolina. Duckpin bowling also is an anchor attraction […]
DUCAT OPENS A NEW INCREDIBOWL IN TOLEDO
BPAA Hall of Famer (2014) and past President (2000-2002) Michael Ducat has been a busy man in recent weeks. Not only did he have to deal with the lead-up to and aftermath of two hurricanes with his Incredibowl Entertainment venue in Winter Haven, Florida, but he also was up to his eyeballs with everything involved […]
2 NEW TEXAS VENUES + 2 REIMAGINED SEARS STORES
Launch Entertainment continues to expand with plans to bring a new venue to Houston, Texas. Trampolines, bowling lanes, an arcade, a ninja course and virtual reality are among the planned attractions. The venue also will include a restaurant, principals Robert Adkins and Frank Fults said. Also in Texas, Rush Maxx has opened in a former […]
BARTHOLOMY, BROOKS, COX, TYRNEY HONORED AT SW SHOW
Andy Bartholomy, Jamie Brooks and Stefan Cox stepped into the spotlight as major award winners at the 19th Southwest Bowling Proprietors Trade Show, held at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center in Denton, Texas. Bartholomy, who received the prestigious C.C. Bearden Jr. Award, stepped up to serve as Southwest Regional Director in 2022. Now […]
BOWLING FAMILY STEPS UP FOLLOWING DEADLY HURRICANE
Bowling centers emerged largely unscathed from the wrath of Hurricane Helene, which caused widespread damage across the southeastern United States and devastated much of North Carolina’s western Appalachian region. A handful of centers in Florida, where the hurricane made landfall, experienced minor flooding, while many more were without power for several hours and shut down […]
BOISE CENTER SELLS FOR SECOND TIME IN 7 YEARS
Meridian Lanes, which has served the greater Boise, Idaho, area since 1959 when it was opened by Gene Quintieri, has been sold for the second time in less than seven years. Quintieri’s offspring, Jo Wilmot and Allen Quintieri, sold the center in 2017, citing their ages and a need to slow down. Now the couple […]
VENERABLE WYOMING CENTER GETS NEW ARCADE
Betson Enterprises recently completed a 21-piece game-room installation at Cloud Peak Lanes in Sheridan, Wyoming. What was a 64-year-old bowling center has evolved into a dynamic entertainment hub following its purchase in 2019 by Troy Cochran. The arcade also features a redemption prize counter. According to Cochran, the modernized venue has become a must-visit spot […]
NAIR LEADER, BALL DESIGNER SADLES DIES
Richard Sadles, a man who wore a variety of hats in the bowling business over a career that spanned decades, passed away early this month from vascular heart disease. He was 70. Sadles was the longest-serving president of the National Association of Independent Resurfacers, an organization that consisted of lane caretakers in the age of […]
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