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SrKegler

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Alley closed
« on: September 27, 2013, 05:06:37 AM »
3 weeks into the league and the house closed it doors.  Owner just couldn't fill enough lanes to make expenses.  (Phoenix Lanes here in Jax).  So much for putting out the easiest scoring environment available.  Even with handicap the 150 avg bowlers just cant compete against the combination of wide open lane conditions and 400 rev bowlers.  At least we found lanes at another alley.
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Mighty Fish

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Re: Alley closed
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2014, 09:28:46 PM »
Quote from: 9andaWiggle on October 01, 2013, 02:07:29 PM
I know of 4 centers I used to bowl in that have closed. One is now a church, one a restaurant, one was bulldozed for a parking lot, and the 4th was bulldozed for a Dollar General.
Similarly, there have been six area centers that I've bowled at least one league in that became (1) a newspaper branch office, (2) a Burdine's department store, (3) a Wal-Mart, (4) Classic Motor Cars, (5) a pet resort & spa and (6) phased out in a shopping mall.
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Re: Alley closed
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2014, 10:06:08 AM »
Quote from: 9andaWiggle on October 01, 2013, 02:07:29 PM
I know of 4 centers I used to bowl in that have closed. One is now a church, one a restaurant, one was bulldozed for a parking lot, and the 4th was bulldozed for a Dollar General.

Lot of good memories in 3 of those...

Isn't amazing when a parking lot brings in more money than a business like a bowling center/alley?
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Re: Alley closed
« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2014, 12:19:24 PM »
Robert closed his bowling center in Bowling Green, KY and several years ago his center in Madison, TN! Don Litton still has Southern Lanes open in Bowling Green! We picked up some of their bowlers and I got laid off last month, cause our owner announced he's selling and the new owners are tearing it down for a Speedway Station here in Springfield.
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