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Title: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: Impending Doom on December 29, 2017, 05:38:56 PM
Bowlers and employees just found out today that the Bowling Center in West Chicago Illinois will be closing at midnight tonight for good. I know it's short notice, but this was my home center, and if you'd like to come say goodbye, you've got until midnight.
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: sevenpin63 on December 29, 2017, 08:48:35 PM
This really sucks, just found out tonight.
Not sure what my Saturday Night league is going to do.
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: sevenpin63 on December 29, 2017, 08:56:50 PM
And now I will need to find a new fricking proshop.
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: Impending Doom on December 29, 2017, 09:14:12 PM
This really sucks, just found out tonight.
Not sure what my Saturday Night league is going to do.

Funway? STC? (Shudder) Wheaton?
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: sevenpin63 on December 29, 2017, 09:30:21 PM
I know, we are talking about Wheaton right now.
We wear told we have the lanes if we want them.
Urethane hear I come.
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: sevenpin63 on December 29, 2017, 09:31:10 PM
One good thing is the drinks are cheap at Wheaton.
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: Impending Doom on December 29, 2017, 09:49:37 PM
One good thing is the drinks are cheap at Wheaton.

Wheaton is garbage, but at least their air works lol
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: vkowalski1970 on December 29, 2017, 10:54:36 PM
I bowled at Wheaton for years...been a dump forever..
We moved the league to Bowling Green for a few years and then folded the league up....sorry to see it go..

Need a new pro shop go to Roselle...Bowlers Connection....Tell them Vince sent you..they are great!
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: sevenpin63 on December 30, 2017, 07:53:52 AM
Yes i was thinking  about that pro shop. That is Lakeside you,re talking about, correct.
I bowl at Lakeside on Tuesday Night in the men's league.
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: vkowalski1970 on December 30, 2017, 08:30:24 AM
Yes i was thinking  about that pro shop. That is Lakeside you,re talking about, correct.
I bowl at Lakeside on Tuesday Night in the men's league.

Lakeside, havent heard it called that in years :).....But yes that the location. Joe and Rich own the pro shop the last bunch of years. Great guys!
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: Bowl_Freak on December 30, 2017, 09:28:00 AM
Brings back old junior league days for me. I remember bowling Elgin Junior Travel League and we used to bowl at all of these houses.
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: witesoxwoz22 on December 30, 2017, 11:18:58 AM
Glenwood Bowl
Classic Lanes Chi Heights
Bzone Homewood
AMF Bolingbrook
Bzone Carol Stream
Bowling Green

There probably have been more, but all of these houses were open in the Chicagoland area 10 years ago.
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: northface28 on December 30, 2017, 11:29:52 AM
Glenwood Bowl
Classic Lanes Chi Heights
Bzone Homewood
AMF Bolingbrook
Bzone Carol Stream
Bowling Green

There probably have been more, but all of these houses were open in the Chicagoland area 10 years ago.

Hoffman Lanes closed a few summers ago, B-Zone Deerfield is next (from what I hear). My friend manages a Brunswick in an affluent area, the only reason they are profitable is they charge unsuspecting teens $7.99 a game all weekend, they dont care, its going on mom and dads credit card.
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: squirrelywrath1 on December 30, 2017, 12:37:48 PM
Glenwood Bowl
Classic Lanes Chi Heights
Bzone Homewood
AMF Bolingbrook
Bzone Carol Stream
Bowling Green

There probably have been more, but all of these houses were open in the Chicagoland area 10 years ago.


ALSO GONE:

Warrenville Bowl
Lombard Lanes
Elmhurst Bowl
Espo's Country Lanes Elgin
Hestermann's Bowl Glen Ellyn
WeGo Bowl West Chicago
Batavia Bowl
Sports Bowl Naperville
AMF Valley Aurora

There also used to be bowling lanes in the basement of the Glen Ellyn movie theater, hasn't been used in decades.

All these gone now.... I feel like crying.    :'(





Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: northface28 on December 30, 2017, 12:50:29 PM
Glenwood Bowl
Classic Lanes Chi Heights
Bzone Homewood
AMF Bolingbrook
Bzone Carol Stream
Bowling Green

There probably have been more, but all of these houses were open in the Chicagoland area 10 years ago.


ALSO GONE:

Warrenville Bowl
Lombard Lanes
Elmhurst Bowl
Espo's Country Lanes Elgin
Hestermann's Bowl Glen Ellyn
WeGo Bowl West Chicago
Batavia Bowl
Sports Bowl Naperville
AMF Valley Aurora

There also used to be bowling lanes in the basement of the Glen Ellyn movie theater, hasn't been used in decades.

All these gone now.... I feel like crying.    :'(







I forgot about Espo's that place, oh the stories........the things you would see there after dark belonged on an episode of Maury.
Title: Re: Another One Bites the Dust -Bowling Green Sports Center closing tonight.
Post by: sevenpin63 on December 30, 2017, 03:13:00 PM
Glenwood Bowl
Classic Lanes Chi Heights
Bzone Homewood
AMF Bolingbrook
Bzone Carol Stream
Bowling Green

There probably have been more, but all of these houses were open in the Chicagoland area 10 years ago.


ALSO GONE:

Warrenville Bowl
Lombard Lanes
Elmhurst Bowl
Espo's Country Lanes Elgin
Hestermann's Bowl Glen Ellyn
WeGo Bowl West Chicago
Batavia Bowl
Sports Bowl Naperville
AMF Valley Aurora

There also used to be bowling lanes in the basement of the Glen Ellyn movie theater, hasn't been used in decades.

All these gone now.... I feel like crying.    :'(







I forgot about Espo's that place, oh the stories........the things you would see there after dark belonged on an episode of Maury.

I still remember Town&country Bowl in Northlake.