Biggest/Most Impressive Centre in the US

[Big Paulie]

Hey guys,

The wife and I are heading to the US and Canada next week for a month and I'd like to visit a large 50+ lane centre while I am over there (not to bowl, just to checkout). Can anyone recommend a centre? I want to be impressed

I'm visiting LA, San Diego, SF and Las Vegas during the US part.

Cheers,

Paul

 

[Schmicko]

Paul,
Las Vegas has heaps of centres.. I can think of at least 5 with 60+ lanes.. Just google it.. Red rock lanes gets my vote!!

 

[jason_doust]

You're probably not going to Indianapolis, but Woodland bowl is 80 lanes on one wall. As Andrew Frawley once said to me, "I swear you can see the curvature of the earth when you look from one end to the other!"

 

[GeorgeF]

Vegas will be your best bet, Southpoint is where they recently held the PBA WSOB, its 32 lanes back to back (opposite each other) with a huge concourse in the middle. Red Rock is great and you cant go past the old Sams Town for the history and famous champions that have won there over the decades.

If you're looking at buying some gear over there, my friend David Haynes (ex Team USA player) has a few pro shops there, I'm sure he'll look after you.

 

[wchester]

Vegas will be your best bet, Southpoint is where they recently held the PBA WSOB, its 32 lanes back to back (opposite each other) with a huge concourse in the middle. Red Rock is great and you cant go past the old Sams Town for the history and famous champions that have won there over the decades.If you're looking at buying some gear over there, my friend David Haynes (ex Team USA player) has a few pro shops there, I'm sure he'll look after you.

HUH?...That would be the late Showboat/Castaways..NOT Sam's Town.

 

[GeorgeF]

No the PWBA always ran their events at Sams Town, I was correct in the first place.

 

[wchester]

way to cover Georgio....Showboat is where HISTORY happened..Sam's Town just catered to the 20 or so ladies who were any good.

 

[jason_doust]

Oh God, here it comes...

Sam's is a nice house. But just another bowl in a basement most days. National Bowling Stadium in Reno looks impressive. Never been there myself though.

Go and see Yellowstone NP. Better than any bowling centre! Or Stadium or man-made object for that matter!

 

[Big Paulie]

Paul,
Las Vegas has heaps of centres.. I can think of at least 5 with 60+ lanes.. Just google it.. Red rock lanes gets my vote!!

Thanks Schmicko, but Google won't give me personal opinions/experiences... better to ask people who have been there.

 

[Big Paulie]

You're probably not going to Indianapolis, but Woodland bowl is 80 lanes on one wall. As Andrew Frawley once said to me, "I swear you can see the curvature of the earth when you look from one end to the other!"

Thanks Jason, but yeah I won't be heading to Indianapolis this trip

 

[Big Paulie]

Vegas will be your best bet, Southpoint is where they recently held the PBA WSOB, its 32 lanes back to back (opposite each other) with a huge concourse in the middle. Red Rock is great and you cant go past the old Sams Town for the history and famous champions that have won there over the decades.

If you're looking at buying some gear over there, my friend David Haynes (ex Team USA player) has a few pro shops there, I'm sure he'll look after you.

Thanks George... if you had to pick one? I'm not sure the wife will let me take time out to visit more than one, so I'm really looking for the 'One'

 

[Big Paulie]

Oh God, here it comes...

Sam's is a nice house. But just another bowl in a basement most days. National Bowling Stadium in Reno looks impressive. Never been there myself though.

Go and see Yellowstone NP. Better than any bowling centre! Or Stadium or man-made object for that matter!

Not going to make it to Yellowstone either, but I am going snowboarding in Banff...

 

[wchester]

I've bowled in 40+ centres of 50 or more lanes.
In Southern California you should try and see the 64 laner http://fountainbowl.com/
and in San Diego there are a couple..one with 68 lanes at http://www.parkwaybowl.com/

 

[Macka69]

Gee Wayne Their not Bowling centres Those are Funparks.

 

[StrikerMatt]

Should travel to Japan! Their centre got over 156 lanes and 3 floors!

 

[Big Paulie]

I've bowled in 40+ centres of 50 or more lanes.
In Southern California you should try and see the 64 laner http://fountainbowl.com/
and in San Diego there are a couple..one with 68 lanes at http://www.parkwaybowl.com/

Thanks Wayne.

 

[GeorgeF]

If I had to pick one? Red rock is impressive to say the least, have a great trip mate

 

[Brenton_Davy]

I've bowled in 40+ centres of 50 or more lanes.
In Southern California you should try and see the 64 laner http://fountainbowl.com/
and in San Diego there are a couple..one with 68 lanes at http://www.parkwaybowl.com/

Fountain Bowl was the venue for the US Open from 2002 to 2006. So there was a bit of history made there too.

 

[Wal Brooker]

I've been to many of the Bowling Centres around LA, Reno and Las Vegas including the old Show Boat, Gold and Suncoast Casinos and The National Bowling Stadium in Reno. But I've got to say Reno is the place that does it for me.

It's 81 lanes (lane 81 is in the pro shop area) complete with stadium seating for around 3,000 spectators is just spectacular.

I first attended the Stadium way back in the early ninties when the World FIQ was held there. In those days both the Men and Womens championships were combined and the colour of the teams with their hundreds of supporters was, for me, the greatest ever spectacle I've ever seen in Bowling.

I've since been there at least another seven times for pro events and have never been disapointed.

 

[wchester]

I agree...The Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada is spectacular..
However, getting there in Winter can be a problem. Driving over the Sierra Nevada Mountains is always hazardous and flying in can result in long delays during snowstorms.