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The fast lanes
By Todd LaPlace
June 5, 2008
It’s nearly midnight on Saturday night, but that hasn’t stopped people from wandering into the Sequoia, a tucked-away little nightspot just off State Rt. 161. The lights are low, the DJ is playing Blackstreet’s “Booty Call” and the 70-something woman walking in the door is ready to party.
The woman, there with a group of kids and grandkids, is just part of the diverse crowd ready for “Rockin’ Bowl,” a weekend staple at Sequoia Pro Bowl. On one lane, a group of slightly rowdy teenagers engages in a group date, complete with awkward flirting. On another, a mother and two young boys are trying to break the triple-digit mark.
“The group will range from high school or college kids, to a mom and dad with a group of kids celebrating a birthday, to adults of all ages that are ending up a night on the town looking to burn some energy up before going home,” said Sequoia owner Tim Voss.
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- Jimmy Mak: Thanks for the write-up! Just to clarify - this is the third year we've do
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Plenty of late night bowling options in Columbus
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We may have several options out in our urban sprawl quarters, but Cleveland has one Downtown. :shock: I wonder where we could have one here…
Does bowling seem to have made a comeback in the past few years? It sure seems that way to me, I never once bowled in high school, but people are always talking about bowling now, and not just in Columbus. The house of Blues hotel in chicago, has a really cool and hip bowling place. Heck the top suite at the hard rock in vegas has bowling lanes in the suite. There are tons of examples of this across the country. Why do people like bowling so much now? Frankly, i still find it boring, but whatever.
I like bowling. it’s fun. but I enjoy a lot of games of skill that involve timing and aiming like pool, shooting guns, and ball in a cup.
So much for
http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2008/06/03/bowling_alley_beating.html?sid=102
Hopefully an isolated incident, but I thought you should know about it.
A friend and I got thrown out of the Palace several years ago. We were bowling like normal, when out of the blue the lane shut off and a security guard approached saying “manager sez u boys gotta go.” Further research found that the lane sensor said we were throwing three balls at a time, amazingly there were no balls stuck in the lane and we only had two balls on the lane. Still, out we went. :shock:
a coworker of mine suddenly passed away, and a big group of us who visited her in the hospital the day before she passed wanted to do something as a group together to get our minds off of things. I saw that article in the alive paper and we decided to meet up at Capri for their bowling. I haven’t bowled in years, and we actually had a really good time. 11:30 – 2AM $12 and it includes shoes. We have a group of about 15 going back on Fri nite again. We all suck, but to actually hit 100 was the highlight of a few people’s nites… They have a “dj” and i use it loosely. He runs off of ITunes – but he did play some of our requests that he did have. Don’t expect any EDM. Just lots of 80s and rock.
Maybe it’s because bowling has been awesome all this time, and now you can go enjoy it WITHOUT reeking of cigarette smoke!
Why would the hell we have bowling alley that opens 24 hours a day around here?
Because enough people want this type of service and it’s justifiable and profitable for a business to provide said service.
Because enough people want this type of service and it’s justifiable and profitable for a business to provide said service.
Profitable even its during night owl hours? It’s gonna be interesting
I used to hang out at insomia on campus years ago! I’m an insomiac at times. I would go there to play chess with others or just read or people watch.
Totally missing something like that now in the shortnorth /campus area.
I can totally see myself hanging out at a 24hr bowling place as well. There are many people who don’t or can’t drink or maybe even under 21 and want an alternative to the bar and movie scene, and yet not have to vacate at 11pm or midnight.
of coarse i’m not sure if there’s a bar at these places, however back when I used to drink <- can totally see myself drinkin and a bowlin :oops:
This is totaly cool!!
I had a date @ Capri Lanes a few months ago (there was no second date, but she was hot).
CD101 has done a bowling league the last few years. Short seasons so you don’t get burned out, plus you know you’ll be bowling with some people who at least have similar taste in music. 101 provides the tunes, which is a nice break from the usual alley soundtrack, there are nightly prizes for high/low scores, and the winning team gets a big ol’ trophy at the end of the season. I’ve done three seasons with them even though I struggle to break 100 most nights. The whole-team handicap helps keep things interesting.
I think the next league starts in September or October. I’ll try to remember to post registration information.
Grandview Yard or the new and improved City Center needs to have bowling. I always thought the basement of the Lazarus Building, where the bargain furniture used to be, would have been a good bowling alley, permitting the column widths.
Even in the Arena District, I think bowling would be a huge hit.
UNIXIELHOST wrote:
Why would the hell we have bowling alley that opens 24 hours a day around here?
Because enough people want this type of service and it’s justifiable and profitable for a business to provide said service.
I don’t understand how they make money, but they must do it for a reason. I always wondered what its like at 5 am on a Weds. or something like that.
Rainbow Bowling Lanes on S. High is not too far from downtown. I mean you couldn’t walk there, but you could cab pretty cheaply. They’re not 24 hours, but open late-ish on weekends.
I’d love to see a small bowling alley catering towards a younger crowd with hipper music and better-than-your-average-bowling-alley bar.
Also: Indoor Black-lit Mini Golf. ;)
I bowled at The Palace for a few weeks in the winter on Thursday nights around 3-5am. I was working at a bar and went after I left work with co-workers. It’s mostly drunk 21 year olds who don’t want to go home yet.
Being a lifelong bowler and having bowled in leagues at most of Columbus’ bowling centers, I have to say I would LOVE to see a bowling alley in the downtown area. Like movie theaters, shops, and gas stations , there used to be many more in the past, mostly smaller operations that have since went by the way side, usually due to financial reasons. While the market for bowling centers may be saturated, it is not oversaturated the way Columbus was, until recently, with shopping and restaurants. The closest bowling to downtown is probably Rainbow or that small Asian place off Olentangy River Rd. Is it possible the old YMCA downtown has/had bowling alleys, similar to the top floor of the Cleveland Athletic Club (a beautiful step back into the 1950s there!)? Anyway, the dying City Center Mall or anywhere around the Arena district seems like a good fit.
Also, I pose another idea. Something I have wanted to do since living in Columbus. Anyone heard of candlepin bowling? Very popular in my home state of Massachusetts and all over northern New England and mariime Canada. One candlepin center actually exists in Ohio, near Cincinnati, but is for members only. I think personally it could be a hit here, an inexpensive and easy option for families, or for young kids and seniors who may have trouble picking up and rolling 14-16 lb balls. The pins are tall and skinny like candles, and the balls fit in the palm of your hand. Much more challening than “big ball” tenpin, but easier to actually bowl physically. I grew up on candlepin and ‘switched’ to tenpin when I moved to Ohio. Duckpins is a similar version of bowling with small balls. A new location, or one of the walls of Holiday Bowling Center in Whitehall would be ideal for a try at this. Do a google or wikipedia search for candlepin and duckpin to see what I mean!
There actually is a bowling alley directly in center of downtown, It’s in the basement of The Athletic Club. It’s pretty old and small but we do have one. :-)