Bowling is big by us, three bowling alleys that I know of, with one of them so big they hold state tmts there and multiple leagues nightly. This place also has pool tables there where my wife and I first started shooting leagues about 7 years ago. They had 6 Valley tables, very well maintained with Championship Tour cloth. There were two leagues a week there when we started then covid hit and another place in town with 6 tables pulled all their tables out.
The bowling alley worked with us and brought in two more tables so we now had 8, and we were able to give all those displaced league players a place to continue playing by not only having more tables but also having leagues 3 nights a week.
After a couple years of this, the three person teams were complaining of seating room. They brought this up to the bowling alley and they had a spare much larger room on the other end that they remodeled for us, all new perimeter lighting, and all new high sitting tables, 2 per pool table. Fantastic room.
Now, with another 8 table room opening up 15 miles down the road with Diamond tables, there was talk of how nice it would be to have Diamond tables also at the bowling alley and when brought up to the owner they have ordered 8 Diamond tables to replace the well maintained Valleys. They now have streaming of tmts and Friday and Saturday tmts also. We actually shoot at leagues at both places, pool is strong, well managed and growing here, as is bowling, bowling and pool can exist in the same place with a well run pool league management and supportive bowling alley owner.
Funny side note on bowling. This little farm town by me, with a population under 1100, has two bowling alleys, small, only a few lanes but two of them with leagues also.
