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    Wow thanks guys for such a warm welcome. I do hope to learn a lot from this community, and it's looking bright already. Forgive me ahead of time if I ever ask a stupid question. See you all on the boards!

    @TheSheibs - Yeah I remember when I used to tag along with my parents to league it was always packed. Whenever I go to bowl these days the lanes are almost always empty. I was wondering what happened all of a sudden. No one seems to enjoy the sport anymore.

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    because bowling aint cheap that's why many gives up..
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    Welcome to the forum Smiles yeah I remember when we used to have leagues
    every night 7 nights a week now we are down to 2 or 3 league nights a week.
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    Lanes out here in the Bay Area of California have leagues just about every night. Mostly because some of the centers only have 30 to 40 lanes and the leagues take up 10 to 30 lanes. The one I bowl league at has 60 lanes and does 2 leagues at night three times a week. It was also the center that actually had the room to have my Monday night league move to. The one it was at closed down last month due to the owner wanting more money from the people who leased the building. Don't ask why they leased the building and didn't own it. That's a separate discussion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eugene02 View Post
    because bowling aint cheap that's why many gives up..
    Golf costs 10x more than bowling does, but still remains extremely popular.

    Quote Originally Posted by got_a_300 View Post
    Welcome to the forum Smiles yeah I remember when we used to have leagues
    every night 7 nights a week now we are down to 2 or 3 league nights a week.
    Yeah when I used to tag along with my parents, it was packed with league bowlers. My bowling alley only has leagues 2-3 times a week it seems like. Most of the leagues are small too. Probably about 6-7 teams.

    Quote Originally Posted by TheSheibs View Post
    Lanes out here in the Bay Area of California have leagues just about every night. Mostly because some of the centers only have 30 to 40 lanes and the leagues take up 10 to 30 lanes. The one I bowl league at has 60 lanes and does 2 leagues at night three times a week. It was also the center that actually had the room to have my Monday night league move to. The one it was at closed down last month due to the owner wanting more money from the people who leased the building. Don't ask why they leased the building and didn't own it. That's a separate discussion.
    Lol, wonder why they did that. I never knew there were bowling alleys with 60 lanes. It seems like all Brunswick and AMF is 40.

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    welcome!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smiles View Post
    Lol, wonder why they did that. I never knew there were bowling alleys with 60 lanes. It seems like all Brunswick and AMF is 40.
    I've heard that Castaway's lanes in Las Vegas has 106 lanes.
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    We have 12 lanes. Fall/winter leagues are filled every night and several day time leagues including 4 senior leagues. Summer leagues don't fare so well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by billf View Post
    We have 12 lanes. Fall/winter leagues are filled every night and several day time leagues including 4 senior leagues. Summer leagues don't fare so well.
    Same here. Dropped in Monday night to say hi to my friends in the sport league. The only lanes in use were 37 to 56, the lanes for the sport league. No open bowlers, no other leagues. There had been a junior sport league from 6:00 to 8:00.
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