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REVOLUTIONS PS

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Largest Centers in North America
« on: January 21, 2006, 10:03:23 AM »
I have heard there is an 80 lane house in New York Somewhere...is that true and what other 60+ houses are there?  Can anyone help?
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Gene J Kanak

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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2006, 06:29:12 PM »
Rev,

Man, it does seem like people are being ball busters lately. I'm on your side. I've never been in an 80-lane center. There is one up where I used to live that's like 45-50 lanes, but that's the biggest that I've come across in these parts.
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2006, 06:31:07 PM »
Gene, thanks...I appreciate it...at least now I know I am not the only somewhat mature individual here.
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2006, 06:50:25 PM »
Rev PS,

I know of one 88 lane house here in New Jersey, USA - Carolier Lanes, North Brunswick, NJ, where the PBA will hold their 63 U.S. Open tournament, Feb. 12 - 19, 2006. (not too far from New York) ((could be 86 or 87 lanes, I forget now. They don't rent golf carts that go that far; the battery dies first. ))

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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2006, 06:54:49 PM »
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what is with all the WTF's every time I post something around here?????



wtf your still alive
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2006, 07:01:09 PM »
i live in NJ, about 30 minutes to carolier, ive been there(last saturday actually) and i believe it is 86 lanes. it has 2 levels, its massive. I also have trouble bowling on them since i am accostomed to wood lanes (shore lanes, Neptune, NJ) which has a mere 26 lanes haha
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2006, 08:02:17 PM »
hehe
house around Urlanger, KY
2 floors
between 85-100 lanes

Bowled Ky High School State Championship there. HUGE PLACE
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2006, 08:03:53 PM »
I currently bowl at an 80 lane house in S Jersey.
When bowling was at it's peak, in Willow Grove, PA they opened a
124 lane house during a week night it was full. They had 6 desks and you could not easily see from one end to the other.

The lanes were dismantled and shipped to Japan to build a shopping mall.
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2006, 08:09:35 PM »
Carolier lanes is massive its in brunswick new jersey they are holding the U.S Open there next month thats going to be a good show
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2006, 08:11:39 PM »
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Carolier lanes is massive its in brunswick new jersey they are holding the U.S Open there next month thats going to be a good show


yes it is, and i get the priviledge to bowl there for a school tournament or 2
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2006, 08:11:56 PM »
they just opened a 80 lane center in brooklyn center minnesota which is about 15 minutes from my house too bad its in a realy dumpy area and will have terrible approaches after winter due to so many ignorant house bowlers
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2006, 08:39:06 PM »
I am lucky enough to be bowling in the Open at Carolier. It has 82 lanes. Real nice center. Well run. Hows it goin Killswitch, keepin that balance?(LOL)
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2006, 08:57:04 PM »
In North America
http://www.amusingfacts.com/facts/Detail/biggest-bowling-alley.html
Las Vegas - Showboat

In the world...
The former king of bowling, the now closed, was the Tokyo World Bowling Lanes Center in Japan, which had an unbelievable 252 lanes in one facility.
Crazy Japanese - closed.
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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2006, 09:02:21 PM »
Thunderbowl in Allen park, MI is/was 94 lanes.

Imperial in Mt. Clemens, MI has over 80.

Cloverlanes in Livonia, MI is 64.

Nortel Lanes in Monroe, MI has 66.

There are at least another 3 or 4 centers in MI that have 60 lanes.

Several centers in Vegas are greater than 60 lanes (Coast Properties and Station properties).

So there are still many centers throughout the US that are 60+ lanes.


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Re: Largest Centers in North America
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2006, 09:45:51 PM »
They'll have something like that in little ol' Smyrna, Tenn., (population: 25,000) if things keep up.

They had a 36-lane house, and it was stuffed all the time. So they added 16 lanes this fall to up it to 52 lanes. It's still stuffed. I just left there a couple of hours ago; 6 p.m. on a Saturday night, and I'm No. 15 on a waiting list when I first went in there. Un-friggin' believable.

The reason they're so crowded is that for Rutherford County, which now has 150,000-200,000 people, there are only two houses. Either Smyrna Bowling Center is going to have to expand again, or someone could make a killing opening a third house. It's nuts.

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