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mjames1229 · Joined: 23 Dec 2009 Posts: 407

30 days away... Anyone else (but me) excited?

And about 37 days away from another one of these...

stan_allen · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 1129

Always happy to join in the unique anticipation of a Reno trip, even if it ain't mine...will this be another bowling-centric visit, or will you go all-play-and-no-work, for a change?

mjames1229 · Joined: 23 Dec 2009 Posts: 407

BC Dave · Site Admin Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 1595

Mjames, we await with bated breath, the details of your upcoming trip. If possible, could you include in you trip report, some pics of the National Bowling Stadium's interior? Many of us who don't partake are nonetheless curious about the inside of that gianormous structure.

mjames1229 · Joined: 23 Dec 2009 Posts: 407

Here's a longview of the tournament lanes themselves, but there are many, many things to see.

Just last year, with part of the $2/night room tax, they added a second set of bowling lanes for practice sessions, team lessons and some minor side tournaments. See those alley balls on the rack? Those are just for the cheesecake shots. None of the 92 lanes are for the general public.

There is a gift shop that runs the entire length of the concourse. All of the bowling manufacturers are there displaying the newest equipment and merchandise, as well as your standard "Grandpa went to Reno and all I got was this stupid T-shirt" items.

One of the other results of the recent remodeling is the satellite Hall of Fame, which includes many plaques of inducted male and female bowlers, along with historical memorabilia and other doo-dads.

I will make sure I take a number of other interior photos and include them in the inevitable trip report.

BC Dave · Site Admin Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 1595

Looks like an awesome facility. Thanks for posting the links. Looking forward to your report. Good luck!

stan_allen · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 1129

It just occurred to me that I haven't been in a bowling alley for so long that I completely missed the computerization of the scoring process - I still envisioned having an overhead projector that displayed what people were writing on those sheets of paper to track the game's progress - which must be a communications method that's now out of date by a good decade or two!

Boy, the times are just passing a no-longer-young-man by...

remano · Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 717

"There is a gift shop that runs the entire length of the concourse. All of the bowling manufacturers are there displaying the newest equipment and merchandise, as well as your standard "Grandpa went to Reno and all I got was this stupid T-shirt" items. "

The most recent variation of this I've seen in Reno is a T-shirt that says "Bowling -- the original "X" game" with the "X" graphic looking like a strike symbol on a score sheet. Maybe this has been around for a while but I'm not a bowler so it's new to me.

mjames1229 · Joined: 23 Dec 2009 Posts: 407

stan_allen · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 1129

20 whole seconds?! That's a lifetime, in our current on-demand era!

But wow, it's certainly a different world. And you've gotta love that '50's-era voice narration - they sure had style back then!

mjames1229 · Joined: 23 Dec 2009 Posts: 407

4 more sleeps....

BC Dave · Site Admin Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 1595

Wow, that's nice. Sleep well, 'cause you won't get as much while your there!

Wolfdog · Joined: 13 Dec 2013 Posts: 43

john · Site Admin Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 1181

mjames, while looking at your video link, I noticed something nearly impossible. Some guy named Andy Varipapa did a few bowling trick shots that are a little hard to believe. Did this guy ever miss?