Perhaps some of the large cities in the east should step up to the plate. Reno did and built a bowling palace. In Vegas, South Point put their money where their mouth is and built a venue for bowling. There was once rumors that Orlando was going to do the same, but I guess it fell through.

Chicago, New York, Houston and Atlanta are all large enough and with enough convention traffic to support such a venue.

And the facility doesn't even have to be a uni-tasker like Reno and South Point have. Build the bowling alley with the ball returns and have a removable floor that covers it when not being used, like Boston Gardens, Staples Center in LA, Verizon Center in Washington etc. Those facilities are used for both basketball and Ice Hockey and can be changed from one to the other in a matter of hours.

Maybe with the 2022 TBD you can go to some resort destination like Toledo, Tulsa or Huntsville or just pick your favorite fly-over state. 

Would Honolulu sound more attractive and a resort destination?
Bowl and then sip sweet coconut / passion fruit cocktails at Dukes Bare Foot Bar and then work on your tan on Wikiki Beach. Then go long boarding on 1/2 mile long gentle waves and diving in the afternoon.
Just kidding.

Vegas is easy to repeat over and over and is a bowling town. There must be over 600 lanes alone in the city limits.
There are really cheap vacation packages available with air, hotel and food in 3 and 5 day increments. Easy to drive to and fly to, plenty of parking. More places to eat than you can ever make it to. And one of the entertainment capitals in  the world.

Then you have gaming regulated by the Nevada Gaming Commission with complimentary cocktails or beer.

At least with Las Vegas and Reno, you know what to expect. Seems it would be really expensive for me to visit Syracuse or Baton Rouge from So Cal.

On a side note, about 3 years ago the USBC had the Junior Golds in Detroit to help support the bankrupt city. Kids in my area fund raised for 6 months to pay for the trip raising about 1K for them and a parent to go. The trip was at peak travel and even 2 greyhound bus tickets and 5 nights in a motel plus food was about 2K total and 11 days time.

Quote from: AlonzoHarris on October 25, 2017, 11:00:55 AM

Quote from: jkirkerx on October 24, 2017, 10:59:54 PM

Would Honolulu sound more attractive and a resort destination?
Bowl and then sip sweet coconut / passion fruit cocktails at Dukes Bare Foot Bar and then work on your tan on Wikiki Beach. Then go long boarding on 1/2 mile long gentle waves and diving in the afternoon.
Just kidding.

Vegas is easy to repeat over and over and is a bowling town. There must be over 600 lanes alone in the city limits.
There are really cheap vacation packages available with air, hotel and food in 3 and 5 day increments. Easy to drive to and fly to, plenty of parking. More places to eat than you can ever make it to. And one of the entertainment capitals in  the world.

Then you have gaming regulated by the Nevada Gaming Commission with complimentary cocktails or beer.

At least with Las Vegas and Reno, you know what to expect. Seems it would be really expensive for me to visit Syracuse or Baton Rouge from So Cal.

On a side note, about 3 years ago the USBC had the Junior Golds in Detroit to help support the bankrupt city. Kids in my area fund raised for 6 months to pay for the trip raising about 1K for them and a parent to go. The trip was at peak travel and even 2 greyhound bus tickets and 5 nights in a motel plus food was about 2K total and 11 days time.

Ya I definitely understand the Vegas/Reno sites.

Likewise if they had it in California. I'm in Ohio, so this time Syracuse is a drive-able location. Just seems like they could show the East coast some more love.

"They" who?

USBC wants to have the tournament in the East. The best deal they could find was Syracuse. USBC has some warts, but this issue isn't one they have control over. As said before, "You can only go where you are wanted"

The last thing Nashville needs is a reason to up room prices.