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CENTERS IN CALIFORNIA FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL
Like so many bowling centers in California, historic Bel Mateo Bowl in the San Francisco Bay Area community of San Mateo is fighting for survival because of a prolonged shutdown mandated by Governor Gavin Newsom. To help the owners and its 30 employees ride it out, a GoFundMe (https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-bel-mateo-bowl) effort has been initiated. Bel Mateo […]
STORM ACQUIRES ASSETS OF GLOBAL MANUFACTURING
Storm Products Inc. has acquired the assets of Global Manufacturing, LLC, including all brands, trademarks and propriety technologies. This acquisition includes the 900 Global and 3G brands. “Prior to the worldwide pandemic, the team in Texas were dedicated, hardworking and did an exceptional job managing the brands while building momentum at the start of the […]
BOWLING MUSEUM IS SET TO REOPEN TODAY
The leading chronicler of our sport’s history, the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, is set to reopen today following a prolonged closure due to the coronavirus. Located at the International Bowling Campus in Arlington, Texas, the facility’s operating hours will be Tuesday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and museum visitation […]
SOUTHPORT LANES: BOWLING LOSES ANOTHER ‘SPEAKEASY’
It is a testament to bowling’s colorful history and, simultaneously, the stressful times in which we live that two bowling venues with histories as “speakeasies” are closing within a month of each other. As previously reported, Paul’s Bar and Bowling is ending a run of more than nine decades on the Paterson/Clifton border in New […]
BRIEFLY: STORM DAMAGE, OPENINGS & REOPENINGS, AND A VISION
BRIEF REPORTS on bowling centers from Louisiana to New York, and from Minnesota to Oregon… plus a vision for a new center in Hawaii… *** Hurricane Laura, which struck western Louisiana earlier this month, did massive damage to communities in its path, and it did not spare Petro Bowl in Lake Charles. Most of one […]
KEGEL INTRODUCES NEW PLATFORM FOR MECHANICS
The Kegel Mechanics Klub (KMK) is a new platform that Kegel plans to grow into an extensive knowledge base for mechanics. KMK includes maintenance and installation videos, written technical tips and articles, troubleshooting flow charts with videos attached showing specific adjustments, and more. This free website will initially focus on GS and A2 pinsetters from […]
BOWLERO’S EDISON TO APPEAR ON ‘UNDERCOVER BOSS’
Bowlero Corp. Chief Customer Officer and Professional Bowlers Association CEO, Colie Edison, is scheduled to be featured on CBS’s Emmy-award winning reality television series, “Undercover Boss,” on Friday, Oct. 9. In the one-hour episode, filmed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Edison works side-by-side with bowling center employees at Bowlero locations in New Jersey, Connecticut and Georgia. […]
USBC CONSIDERS MOVING 2021 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
The United States Bowling Congress is exploring options for an alternate host city for the 2021 USBC Women’s Championships, currently scheduled to be conducted at Stardust Bowl in Addison, Ill. USBC said it is looking for greater operational and scheduling flexibility for the Women’s Championships due to uncertainty about COVID-19 restrictions in Illinois. One option […]
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