Felt a need to rant a bit...
On the plus side, my local bowling center is spending money to make the center look nicer, but they keep making choices that do not make any sense.
First, we got new chairs in the settee area. We used to have 4 chairs per side and now we get three and a little table. All leagues I bowl in a four or five man teams, so it must be logical to have three chairs. And the table is so handy since you are supposed to bring your drinks and food onto the lane with you.
Next, they take out the synthetic approaches and replace them with new synthetic approaches. I live in a humid area which makes sliding on synthetic a challenge anyway, so they added many seams all over the place which help us slide so much more.
Next, they updated the overhead lights above the lanes with brighter fixtures. Its a nice inviting look until you try to focus on the lane surface when you see this great reflection and glare bouncing back at you.
Finally the masterwork...we get new ball returns. The ball returns are 2 1/2 wide than the old ones on each side which is oh so helpful. And the old returns held 13 balls so they've improved that to 11. Because all the best bowlers only use one ball. And everyone loves when a ball goes crashing to the floor and rolling across the center.
I really think that the people at the top of these big bowling chains are so smart! Its no wonder that league bowling is such a growing sport!
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Good luck & good bowling
