As bad as I hate to say it, it is beginning to look like bowling has turned into nothing more than a cottage industry left over from the 1940's and 50's.

 I started bowling in 1981. Since then I have seen bowling do nothing but decline. There are so many other options out there competing for the public time and dollar.

  Think about it.  In 1950, there wasn't all that much to compete with.  You could go to the movies or stay home and watch t.v., but not a lot else was going on.  It became sort of a thing to go bowling with the boys ( or girls) once a week, just to get out of the house.

  Now, it seems like people work longer hours. And, with all the creature comforts available, home has turned into the escape from work.  Home has turned into an entertainment center of it's own.  Families go their seperate ways and come back toether for a few hours at home.

 To make a long story shorter, bowling is dying due to a fundamental change in the American societal way of thinking and living. Unless you can change life on a socio-economic basis for the entire American public, I am afraid bowlings days may be numbered.  It's not a lack of interest, it's the total apathy of consumers to the plight of bowling in general.
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"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein