Author Topic: Likes and Dislikes of a center (Read 8404 times)

Iso · « **on:** April 25, 2016, 02:04:00 PM »

Hello everyone. I am working on bringing a family entertainment center (FEC) with a 24 lane bowling alley.

What do you folks like or dislike about the bowling alleys & FECs that you have been too?

Uncle Meat PT 2 · « **Reply #31 on:** May 10, 2016, 09:01:02 AM »

Many good points listed;
A competent pro shop
Clean restrooms
Maintained HVAC system
But for me,nothing bugs me more than going to leagues/tournaments and having to go through a maze to get in and out of the center. Even going to check brackets,food,beer,etc. is sometimes a run through an obstacle course. Give the center plenty of room between the settee area and the main isle where the services are located. Belive me,I have seen tempers flare from someone's 6 ball roller colliding with someone else's bagger/roller, or worse yet,someone falling over a bag not outta the way. People in general are not too observent towards other people.

spmcgivern · « **Reply #32 on:** May 10, 2016, 09:26:28 AM »

I too love bowling centers with tons of concourse area. I have seen centers so large they have golf carts delivering drinks.

But in today's environment, an FEC will try to maximize returns per square foot of space. Unfortunately that may mean small concourses to accommodate something else that makes more money than empty space.

Again, I love huge concourses, but for events that may come around a couple times a year, I just don't know if it makes as much sense.

On a side note, if I had all the space in the world for a bowling center, I would move the ball returns off the lanes. Nothing but open space for every lane's approach.

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