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Non-Road Boards => Off-Topic => Sports => Topic started by: bing101 on August 13, 2017, 11:51:45 PM

Title: Lanes and games bowling alley to close
Post by: bing101 on August 13, 2017, 11:51:45 PM
http://waltham.wickedlocal.com/news/20170811/lanes-and-games-second-home-to-many-closing-aug-13

http://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-staple-lanes-and-games-closing-its-doors-sunday/12004310

It was one of the Candlepin outlets in Cambridge, MA.
Title: Re: Lanes and games bowling alley to close
Post by: Alps on August 13, 2017, 11:55:37 PM
I spent my college years bowling there - one of the only non-candlepin places T-accessible (the other being down Morrissey Blvd.). Went on several dates there to play both regular and candlepin, where we learned the art of shoving as many skee-balls down the lane as possible before 3 were registered in a frame. This is sad but understandable - it badly needs upgrades and I can see why no one would want to buy it to take that on and preserve it.
Title: Re: Lanes and games bowling alley to close
Post by: spooky on August 14, 2017, 08:42:01 AM
We had annual company bowling outings there because it was easily accessible from the Red Line. We played big balls, not candlepin - they had both.