They need to make a sport bowling section. People get tired of bowling on lanes used for party bowling
@ICONIC_WOTB6 күн бұрын
Yes, last night I bowled next to a group of annoying adults. Dropped the balls high asf (3ft) and laughed it off constantly.
@mythoughtsarefreedom6 күн бұрын
I've always said this but they chase $ so open play and parties are the focus
@charlespeakjr2168Күн бұрын
That has been going on for years before Bowlero came into the game.😱
@TheBowlingFool767 күн бұрын
"more money put in the bowling side" That's a funny one.
@Jest_Fishing6 күн бұрын
One thing you can guarantee is that any new profits will not get put back into the bowling side of the business.
@stanchase97056 күн бұрын
When I hear the name Lucky Strike, I think of the cigarettes.
@aaronspringborn346 күн бұрын
It’s time that this corporation comes to an end. Some of my bowling alleys that I grew up at were bought out by them. It’s time that we make every Bowling Alley independent again.
@BNeault6 күн бұрын
Bowlero centers are horrible. They do not care about league bowling! Independents centers are better
@willieyoung70706 күн бұрын
Big facts!!! One of my home alleys (there’s three near me), have sixty four lanes!!!!! One of the centers is bolero, the another one is AMF. The one I’m talking about is independently owned. the AMF centers have 32 lanes and the Bolero one have 64 (just like the local one). Here’s the difference, the local one separate league bowlers from casual bowlers. One side of the house is well lit and there’s no music, while the other side be dark and loud. They even keep those lanes more oil compared to the non league bowlers side. Everytime I go to bolero I have to deal with kids running all on the lane and adults standing at the ball return. You can’t see the arrows and the music be so loud. I don’t care about arcade games, I want to bowl. I want to have some drinks and bowl. I hate them so bad that I actually pass bolero to go to my local one. Bolero is a ten minute drive, while the other one is a twenty minute drive. I hate bolero with a passion
@Mikey-19906 күн бұрын
I drive forty minutes everyweek just to bowl league at a Spare Time house. Family owned and operated. They actually take pride into the care of their house. Always clean, lanes are in great shape and up to date pinsetters. Our hometowns Bowlero is filthy, pinsetters are dated, cracked pins everywhere, approaches are in rough shape, oil machine constantly breaks down. They only care about open bowling. I will never bowl there again.
@drwisdom16 күн бұрын
I'm going to my league at a Bowlero this evening. Best league I have ever been on in 45 years. We have 40 teams and use every alley. Super competitive, most everyone averages in the 200s. First place is $20k. Beers are $8, luckily I don't drink when I bowl.
@Flyght7276 күн бұрын
@@drwisdom1 You got a problem with banquets?
@rickbart99572 күн бұрын
They just bought a center I bowl at it seems like they actually improved everything. Although it’s only been a few months. I guess I’ll see what happens in the long run
@tokyosan79067 күн бұрын
Hey guys, I've got a great idea, lets rename ourselves after cigarettes!
@ripvanrevs6 күн бұрын
I posted "They are going to get smoked!" and it got taken down. Maybe should have put up a 😂so they knew it was a joke about cigarettes.
@RewindCountry6 күн бұрын
Have never bowled at a Bowlero center, but any company that is "expanding" to water parks and arcades/entertainment centers is NOT putting money back into their bowling centers. That's not how business works. They are doing the opposite. Using the money from their bowling centers to help fund the growth of the other business ventures. Bowlero will most likely drain the bowling centers of whatever they can while building these other businesses and then sell the original centers off to someone else, either a single company or back to smaller owners.
@cameronmorgan02035 күн бұрын
Sadly it’s just a matter of time before tons of centers turn into string pins as well!!!!
@AncientSinsOfficial6 күн бұрын
More centers and rebrand equals more charge to the customers. Prices are extremely ridiculous now and most likely will sky rocket
@cameronmorgan02035 күн бұрын
Sadly but truly bowling hasn’t been the same in the past 10 or so years as far as rules changing and most importantly Bowlero steady buying bowling centers and turning them into entertainment centers. I respect and understand it but when it comes to caring more for open bowlers vs league bowlers, I definitely feel like something is wrong with that TBH. I understand it from a business perspective though.
@shanenorthrop19696 күн бұрын
We have a new alley in Cheyenne with led backboard and it’s absolutely horrible. The glare on the lanes is so bad you can’t even see the arrows
@TerryBollea16 күн бұрын
I warned yall this would happen!!! Bowling will die sooner then I thought!!! When one company owns EVERYTHING, all it takes is one change, and the entire sport is done!!!!!
@CliftonDon746 күн бұрын
Lucky Strikes Entertainment... are there "strings" attached? 😂
@ColemanMulkerin6 күн бұрын
Feel like they should have maintained the Bowlero brand for bowling and just put it under a larger corporate entity for entertainment in general. Lucky strikes is also an odd name and is associated with cigarettes.
@docholliday45204 күн бұрын
Bring it on. Let the market decide. Non corperate and non string pin center owners need to unite.
@mebinnyc6 күн бұрын
More money to buy up independent bowling centers to convert into terrible bowlero centers
@Flyght7276 күн бұрын
Excellent, now they can raise the price of a game to an even $7.50 and I hear that if you don't have at least 4 strikes before your 6th frame the lane will go to the next customer.
@squidly21126 күн бұрын
The arcade of bowling, pretty soon they will have string balls to go with their string pins.
@ripvanrevs6 күн бұрын
About time. Half the calls are because the ball didn't come back!
@fishinghuntingfool5 күн бұрын
Ha ha ! Very funny 😆
@1ROW20116 күн бұрын
"It's Toasted"
@GavinRossKelso6 күн бұрын
Hilarious, and grimly on point. It’s toasted.
@Dana_Danarosana5 күн бұрын
The name "Bowlero" is literally the only redeeming quality of Bowlero.
@JimE4195 күн бұрын
"upscale interior" = prices go up!
@lonnie43376 күн бұрын
They are over priced and treat people that work for them horribly. A lot of law suits have been filed. So now the want to change there name. It’s all about covering up there hiring policies.
@guyclaudy93187 күн бұрын
First step in closing down their bowling part….they will either spinoff bowling department or just start shutting them down because they aren’t profitable enough
@panda-12397 күн бұрын
I hope not😢
@MikkR67 күн бұрын
I hope they shut them down and local lanes open up
@matunjt20 сағат бұрын
If not profitable, the center would have been closed already. They've been doing that the past several years.
@kcpohio6 күн бұрын
Still owns the PBA - Professional Bowlers Association
@shanetoler99056 күн бұрын
When I first started bowling it was Don Carter's. When I had to quit it was AMF. I came back 4 months ago and it's Bowlero. Good, better, horrible.
@perkycloud6 күн бұрын
If they are branching out of bowling, they are realizing the bowling centers are not the cash cows they thought they were. It takes a lot of maintenance for bowling alleys. This is a positive for independent bowling alleys that this giant corporation isn't going to gobble up all the competition and then shut them down.
@machinethesun92437 күн бұрын
Yuck. Entertainment center sounds like parties for 8 year olds - less focus on bowling.
@rexjohnson1081Күн бұрын
Also to top it off they have 90 lanes and bunched everyone together.
@NeilTruick6 күн бұрын
Tell me you hate owning a bowling center without telling me you hate owning a bowling center.
@YoPhocFays6 күн бұрын
Sounds like the type of place that won't have a proshop on site. We have one of those. It's more geared to be like a Dave and Busters with a bowling alley. No serious bowlers play there.
@rexjohnson1081Күн бұрын
Also way to expensive spent 200 bucks for 3 people to bowl 3 games a peice and two drinks a peice for 2 people. The staff now rude have to go through a metel detector and security after 6pm sucked
@longruen30716 күн бұрын
Overly optimistic theory. I'd look at it quite the opposite way: if you think Bowlero wasn't investing enough in bowling when it was their core business, how can you possibly think they'll invest more when bowling is one of many unrelated lines in an old-school conglomerate? Theme parks and other entertainment businesses are not going to generate profit that can be put into bowling. And if these lines could, why would Bowlero do that? No, this is a road to diluting the marketing and investment focus that bowling has been getting, and, ultimately, it is probably going to be an overreach for what I perceive to be not a very savvy or experienced senior management group. It's the beginning of the end.
@Jason-qt8bm6 күн бұрын
stop killing our local family centers.
@zephah6 күн бұрын
Sorry to hijack, but does this video take the place of the Top 5 strong/sharp that was coming in? I've been curious to see how you rank the Strong/Sharp specifically given how highly you talk about the Effect/Vaporize/Attention Star.
@marcbymarckim6 күн бұрын
Not having any Bowleros near you must be great. They've bought up two in my area, removed their pro shops for arcade machines, and now charge $10 or more per game. I don't see how this brand is good for bowling whatsoever and independent centers will just keep declining or closing post COVID. Sigh. I'm in the Bay Area near Oakland, by the way.
@mattsheridan42316 күн бұрын
When is the 2024 year in review for weak smooth coming out…two handed bowler hear could use some recommendations
@johnzac87106 күн бұрын
It's basically entertainment for families and does nothing for the actual league bowlers or competitive bowlers or just gives "bowlero " more money n does zero for bowling and league n competitive bowlers imo
@darrenthedude16 күн бұрын
"LUCKY" strikes eh?, let's see how long it takes before they get into the Casino business...
@rexjohnson1081Күн бұрын
They just took over Thunderbowl in Allen Park Michigan. Went two days ago did not like it
@novinnovations40267 күн бұрын
Does the Stock Ticker change?
@clashofgoodly6 күн бұрын
yes its changing from BOWL to LUCK i think
@jeffchamberlin67026 күн бұрын
Named after an Obsolete Cigarette brand…. Just so they can charge 6x more than other bowling centers instead of just 5x…
@coasterp21996 күн бұрын
Different name, same shitty service for outrageous prices. They'll ruin whatever they touch.
@fishgutz42726 күн бұрын
BS. They are removing lanes and putting in arcades and laser tag. They own 80% of the bowling centers in Maryland. They buy up family owned centers to shut them down. Bowlero is eliminating league bowling at many centers. They are eliminating pro shops at many centers. The two near me are closing for the entire two week Christmas break. I pray they don't got pouring in steering pin setters and eliminate oil.
@SteveWalsh-hx3ge6 күн бұрын
Sigh.... Fair Lanes bought up struggling independents. AMF takes over Fair Lanes. Bowlero takes over AMF and Brunswick bowling centers. That is how Bowlero becomes about 95% of the centers here in Phoenix. Yeah, 5th largest metro area in the country and all we have is Bowlero centers. If I think about it, this metro area of about 5 million people only has Mesa East, GlenFair and Northgate. If you live smack dab in the middle of Mesa, Az, each of those independent centers are about a 40 mile drive. And, they pretty much did the same thing in Denver
@susanconnelly69154 күн бұрын
Fifth largest metro in the country? I think Houston would like to have a word with you. So would Washington, Miami, Philadelphia, Atlanta...
@SteveWalsh-hx3ge4 күн бұрын
@susanconnelly6915    Phoenix, Arizona is the fifth largest city in the United States by population and is larger than Los Angeles in terms of land area: Population: Phoenix is the fifth most populated city in the United States. Land area: Phoenix is larger than Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago in terms of land area. Phoenix is also the most populated state capital in the country.
@susanconnelly69154 күн бұрын
@@SteveWalsh-hx3ge Your comment says metro area. A metro area is not a city, by population or land size. It is short for metropolitan statistical area. A metro area includes the surrounding suburbs. Learn the difference between the two. Words mean things. Phoenix is barely #10 with 6k in population more than Boston. Nice try though with all your little "links", hope you didn't waste too much time defending being wrong.
@michaeljamrozy42995 күн бұрын
Bowlero sucks balls... fun with puns
@joshargabright948421 сағат бұрын
Disagree. They will put money into what’s making the most money. They won’t use entertainment revenue to fund bowling. Only bowling revenues to fund bowling. Per location I’m sure
@deadpolymers34166 күн бұрын
I hate Bowlero. That said, if Bowlero were to target the Lucky Strike centers at the entertainment market, and target the Bowlero centers at the sports market, they could more effectively differentiate the fun centers from the league/tournament centers. Right now the good Bowlero centers are lumped in with the all day disco bowl centers, because they all operate as the same brand. Make an honest effort to shift the sport of bowling into Bowlero, and get rid of all nonsense, and Bowlero centers will see benefits. Make lucky strike the disco bowling, night club, and one time a year recreational bowler center, and make both the bowlers and non-bowlers happy.
@bigd88126 күн бұрын
Who care about food menu and paint on the wall. Put some oil down and keep out the people who don’t care about the sport
@joetranchese30055 күн бұрын
Bowlero is going to ruin the sport. Well they’ve already started by not catering to leagues followed by converting centers to string pin.
@Jbmccain866 күн бұрын
I personally think with them expanding their offerings, it will get more people exposed to bowling via advertisements in the non bowling entertainment venues with the rebrand. I can see it helping expand interest in the sport!
@traveling.down.the.road566 күн бұрын
You’re dreaming!
@Bowlingpba2 күн бұрын
Bowlero Is not growing. Look at the stock hovering around $11 bucks. Bowling alleys will be an afterthought and the PBA will end up on string pins. Sadly league bowling will fade away. RIP to the sport of bowling In the USA
@DawnBlumКүн бұрын
I truly think that the only thing that can save the sport of bowling in the US is bowling ball manufacturers. After all, they are the only ones who care about league bowlers, because league bowlers are the only ones who buy their balls and their bags and their gear. Eventually, Storm and Brunswick are going to have to start buying up bowling alleys from Bowlero, to keep them for league bowlers or face going mostly out of business.
@charlespeakjr2168Күн бұрын
It's sad when in NJ, we have less than 45 independent-run bowling centers, and I'm using a kind estimate. There are maybe three (3) scratch bowling leagues in the entire state. It's a travesty to see an assortment of top-level bowlers, who are a mixture of County, State, USBC, and/or PBA/LPBT/PWBA Hall of Famers, Champions, etc., all bowling in handicap leagues or string-pin leagues.