AMF Owned All Of Bowling: This $254 Million Mistake Killed It
The $254 Million Lie AMF Bowling is a two-hundred-fifty-four-million-dollar lie, disguised as a bankruptcy. The company that owns the Professional […]
Industry History
Industry History
Industry History
They Called Guppy Troup a Clown. He Was Just Early.
Bowling’s Best Seat on Saturday TV For thirty-six years, the Professional Bowlers Association owned one of the best seats in
The Erased Bowling Verdict That Shields Lucky Strike
A jury awarded Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat $6.5 million against Brunswick. The Supreme Court wiped it and created antitrust injury—the doctrine now shielding Lucky Strike from its own bowlers.
The Lane Change That ERASED a Bowling Generation
A mid-1960s switch to polyurethane lane finish — chosen for insurance math, not bowling — quietly ended the careers of the generation that built the PBA.
Bowling Erased a Whole Profession in 8 Years
The AMF Automatic Pinspotter cost more per game than the children it replaced. The pinboys weren’t erased because they were expensive — they were erased because they were human.
The Truth About Bowling Lanes Is Made of Paper
The wood grain on most American bowling lanes is a photograph of wood, pressed from kraft paper in one factory in Maine. How the sport swapped its floor without anyone noticing.
Cheap Lanes Are Never Coming Back: The One-Way Rent Deal
In 2023, VICI Properties — the Las Vegas casino landlord behind Caesars Palace — bought the ground under 38 Bowlero centers. Bowlero’s own SEC filings book the cash as a financing obligation, not a sale.
The Fall of Bowling Nobody Actually Explained
In 1980, 9.8 million Americans belonged to a bowling league. More than 22 million watched the PBA Tour on a single Saturday afternoon. The sport’s collapse was already 18 years old.