I already made a thread about that. Feel free to go to it. It's titled "Brunswick Corporation to Sell Retail Bowling Business to Bowlmor AMF". Under General Bowling Discussions
Just a few in Dallas area.
Plano, TX 75074, Plano Super Bowl, open 24hrs.
Rowlett, TX, 75088 Rowlett Bowl-A-Rama
Dallas, TX, 75220, USA Bowl
High Sanctioned Scratch Game - 300(12) Hi Sanctioned Scratch Series - 822(3)
2016/17 Book Average=221, 2017/18 Composite Average=223
Equipment in the bag - Storm Crux Prime, Storm Physix, Roto Grip Idol, Roto Grip Idol Pearl, Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused, Storm Sure Lock, Storm Drive, Roto Grip Winner Solid, Roto Grip Haywire, Storm Fever Pitch, Roto Grip Red ball spare.
Rev Rate 400. Speed 18 at heads, 16.5-17 at pins. Axis tilt 10, Axis Rotation 55. PAP 5 5/8 x 5/8 up
I already made a thread about that. Feel free to go to it. It's titled "Brunswick Corporation to Sell Retail Bowling Business to Bowlmor AMF". Under General Bowling Discussions
Last edited by mike_thomas93; 07-20-2014 at 06:33 PM.
My bowling balls include:
Brunswick Brute Strength, Brunswick Mastermind Genius, DV8 Endless Nightmare, DV8 Diva, DV8 Diva Pearl, DV8 Marauder Mutiny, & Brunswick White Viz-A-Ball spare ball
This thread is actually different. This is a listing of centers that ALazySavage is trying to get together of non Bowlmor AMF centers.Originally Posted by mike_thomas93
High Sanctioned Scratch Game - 300(12) Hi Sanctioned Scratch Series - 822(3)
2016/17 Book Average=221, 2017/18 Composite Average=223
Equipment in the bag - Storm Crux Prime, Storm Physix, Roto Grip Idol, Roto Grip Idol Pearl, Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused, Storm Sure Lock, Storm Drive, Roto Grip Winner Solid, Roto Grip Haywire, Storm Fever Pitch, Roto Grip Red ball spare.
Rev Rate 400. Speed 18 at heads, 16.5-17 at pins. Axis tilt 10, Axis Rotation 55. PAP 5 5/8 x 5/8 up
Ohh that's right. Sorry. My mistake. I take that back. Thanks, vdubtx
Last edited by mike_thomas93; 07-21-2014 at 12:05 AM.
My bowling balls include:
Brunswick Brute Strength, Brunswick Mastermind Genius, DV8 Endless Nightmare, DV8 Diva, DV8 Diva Pearl, DV8 Marauder Mutiny, & Brunswick White Viz-A-Ball spare ball
@ AsLan: You don't have to list all of the bowling centers in SoCal that are not Bowlmor, if you have experience with any of those bowling centers though that would be great. Both positive and negative experiences are accepted. I think this is just a good list to start having handy in the instance that the bowling landscape starts going downhill due to the Bowlmor situation.
Aslan should have a pretty good list of centers for quite a few states as he gathered info for participants in the BowlingBoards.com Virtual Tournament.
High Sanctioned Scratch Game - 300(12) Hi Sanctioned Scratch Series - 822(3)
2016/17 Book Average=221, 2017/18 Composite Average=223
Equipment in the bag - Storm Crux Prime, Storm Physix, Roto Grip Idol, Roto Grip Idol Pearl, Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused, Storm Sure Lock, Storm Drive, Roto Grip Winner Solid, Roto Grip Haywire, Storm Fever Pitch, Roto Grip Red ball spare.
Rev Rate 400. Speed 18 at heads, 16.5-17 at pins. Axis tilt 10, Axis Rotation 55. PAP 5 5/8 x 5/8 up
For example:
Here are the centers within 90 miles of me. The ones that I know/think are AMF, Brunswick, or Bowlmor are in BOLD. The ones that I am certain are privately owned are in italics.
300 Anaheim
AMF Carter Bowl
Concourse Bowl
Forest Lanes
Fountain Bowl
Irvine Lanes
La Habra 300 Bowl
Linbrook Bowl
Saddleback Lanes
Titan Lanes- college lanes
Tustin Lanes
AMF Valley View Lanes
Westminster Lanes
AMF Bowl-O Drome
Cal Bowl
Cerritos Lanes
Del Rio Lanes
Gardena Bowling Center
Gage Bowl
Gable House Bowl
Keystone Lanes
Palos Verdes Bowl
Santa Clarita Lanes
Valencia Lanes
Mission Hills Bowl
Brunswick Zone Matador Bowl
Canoga Park Bowl
Corbin Bowl
AMF Woodlake Lanes
Pickwick Bowl
Pinz
Allstar Lanes
Jewel City Bowl
Shatto "39" lanes
AMF Midtown Lanes
AMF Bayshore Lanes
Brunswick Valley Bowl
Harley's Camarillo Bowl
Harley's Simi Bowl
Wagon Wheel Bowl
Arlington Lanes
Arrowhead Lanes
Bowling Barn
Cal Oaks Bowl
Canyon Lakes at Morongo
Chaparral 300
Classic Lanes
Deer Creek Lanes
Del Rosa Lanes
Empire Bowl
Fantasy Lanes
Foothill Lanes
Hemet Lanes
Moreno Valley Bowl
Oasis Lanes
Pechanga Rec Center- Indian Tribe owned/operated
Rim Bowling Entertainment Center
Riverside Lanes
Round 1
Temecula Lanes
Trevi Zone & Entertainment
Universal Strike
Upland Bowl
Victor Bowl
AMF Friendly Lanes
However, to verify those would mean to go to about 65 websites to try and find out.
As to personal opinion??
Concourse Bowling Center, Arlington Lanes, Forest Lanes, Fountain Bowl, Brunswick Classic Lanes, and Tustin Lanes are nice.
Titan Lanes is pretty cArpy but it's just a 6-lane center in a college building.
Temecula Lanes is kinda a joke...it's half "entertainment area" and half bowling area. It's what I would expect of a Bowlmor place but it's not Bowlmor.
AMF Carter and AMF Riverside are kinda junky, and the oil/lane conditions are way too heavy for my liking. Irvine Lanes is nicer but also way too much oil for my liking.
AMF Friendly Lanes has been doing a ton of rennovation once Bowlmor bought them out, but when I went there I spent 20 minutes waiting for a person to come to the counter and there was nobody working in the snack bar...so staffing/customer service probably an issue. Never bowled at La Habra300 but their customer service (as well as Concourse) was good.
And customer service with both Friendly AND Carter are in question since AMF links their centers on the website...so if you try and contact them via the website it goes to corporate AMF and they are "supposed to" forward it to the center you are interested in or one near you. Well, I waited 2 months and never got a response...so if you want to reach them...better call them. And, all 3 of the AMFs mentioned (Friendly, Carter, and Riverside) have changed their hours so much of their during the week day bowling is gone.
Last edited by Aslan; 07-21-2014 at 04:53 PM.
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
Thank you very much Aslan
This is my experience with the AMF Richardson center I have been bowling a "Sport" shot league this summer. I put quotes around the "Sport" because the condition hasn't been the same each week. Supposed to bowl same pattern 4 weeks then change to another. Each week has been an adventure finding what they did compared to what the lane sheet says the pattern is. Counter/service help is non-existent, and when they are at the counter, have absolutely no clue about how to do anything. First and last time bowling league at that particular center.
High Sanctioned Scratch Game - 300(12) Hi Sanctioned Scratch Series - 822(3)
2016/17 Book Average=221, 2017/18 Composite Average=223
Equipment in the bag - Storm Crux Prime, Storm Physix, Roto Grip Idol, Roto Grip Idol Pearl, Roto Grip Hyper Cell Fused, Storm Sure Lock, Storm Drive, Roto Grip Winner Solid, Roto Grip Haywire, Storm Fever Pitch, Roto Grip Red ball spare.
Rev Rate 400. Speed 18 at heads, 16.5-17 at pins. Axis tilt 10, Axis Rotation 55. PAP 5 5/8 x 5/8 up
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