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A bowling alley (also known as a bowling center, bowling lounge, bowling arena, or historically bowling club) is a facility where the sport of bowling is played. It can be a dedicated facility or part of another, such as a clubhouse or dwelling house .
Kingpin is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly and written by Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan.Starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel and Bill Murray, it tells the story of an alcoholic ex-professional bowler (Harrelson) who becomes the manager for a promising Amish talent (Quaid).
A 5-pin bowling pinsetter in use at a bowling alley in Toronto Pinsetters in operation at a bowling alley as seen from behind the lanes. In bowling, a pinsetter or pinspotter is an automated mechanical device that sets bowling pins back in their original positions, returns bowling balls to the front of the alley, and clears fallen pins on the pin deck.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the accepted version, checked on 7 February 2025. There are template/file changes awaiting review. Class of sports in which a player rolls a ball towards a target This article is about bowling in general. For specific types of bowling, see Ten-pin bowling, Duckpin bowling, Candlepin bowling, Nine-pin bowling, and Five-pin bowling. For other uses ...
Lucky Strike is a bowling alley chain now owned and operated by the Bowlero Corportation.. In 2023, the chain was sold by its parent company, Lucky Strike Entertainment, LLC, which continues to own and operates a chain of facilities that include billiard parlors, bars, lounges, restaurants and venues for art and music.
By 1964 1,600 bowling lanes existed in Australia, but the popularity of the sport had begun to decline. In 1985 a group of private investors in Richmond, Virginia , United States purchased the bowling division of American Machine and Foundry to form AMF Bowling Companies, Inc. (later known as AMF Bowling Worldwide). [ 1 ]
A man and a woman have been charged with attempted murder, and other crimes, in the December 2024 shooting of off-duty ATF Special Agent Matthew Murray at a Florida bowling alley.
The Garden Bowl is a 16-lane Brunswick bowling alley located at 4104–4120 Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest continuously operating bowling alley in the country. [ 2 ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.