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The Tenpin Bowling Company is scheduled to open a new venue in Crewe, Cheshire, United Kingdom. The venue is taking over former retail space in the Phoenix Leisure Park, and will include bowling lanes, a laser tag arena, soft play, escape rooms, an arcade and pool tables. Also in England, Bullring Ltd. Partnership has filed plans […]
The Alabama community of Moody, located about a half-hour east of Birmingham, has entered into a development agreement for a 60,000-sq.-ft. project that would feature a bowling center, trampoline park and other attractions. Plans call for the venue to serve as the anchor for an entertainment district. According to reports, the city’s agreement with Signature […]
A new location of Main Event Entertainment, part of the Dave & Buster’s family of entertainment venues, is scheduled to open next month at the Landing Shopping Center in Tucson, Ariz. The 50,000-sq.-ft. facility will offer bowling, an arcade, laser tag, billiards and food-and-beverage service. Arizona is home to three other Main Event locations in […]
The residents of Rantoul, Ill., are looking forward to getting their old bowling alley back. The former Country Tyme Lanes is being renamed after the new owners’ dog, Rugers, and undergoing renovations that include upgraded restrooms, a remodeled bar and the addition of a handicap-accessible ramp. At the same time, Aaron and Cindy Tuller are […]
Andretti Indoor Karting & Games is continuing to expand its national footprint with the announcement that it will construct a 98,000-sq.-ft. venue in Fort Worth, Texas, and an 80,000-sq.-ft. location in Schaumburg, Ill. The attraction mix was not revealed for the Fort Worth entertainment center, but bowling lanes are planned for the suburban Chicago venue, […]
James “Buster” Corley, one of the co-founders of what would become the Dave & Buster’s chain — a pioneer in so-called “eatertainment” — has died of what police called a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 72. The genesis of Dave & Buster’s is the stuff of business lore. Corley was operating a bar and restaurant […]
Mike Aulby, co-owner of Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl in Lafayette, Ind., has been elected to the BPAA Hall of Fame by virtue of being selected as the 2023 recipient of the Victor Lerner Memorial Award. Aulby could be forgiven had he ever developed a lofty opinion of himself, considering he was the first bowler to […]
League bowlers will have the opportunity to attend two San Francisco Giants baseball games toward the end of summer as part of their “Bowling & Baseball League” package that the NorCal Bowling Centers association has put together with the Giants. The league members also will be able to purchase additional tickets at a discount so […]