(08-10-2023, 05:53 PM)Acitta Wrote: How many people go bowling these days? I can't remember the last time I set foot in a bowling alley. Maybe it was 40 or 50 years ago.
I haven't gone bowling in probably 20 years so I have no idea what the local bowling alley's are like, but it is actually still a popular thing to do these days. Modern bowling alley's are generally a lot more flashy and dynamic than they used to be. Neon and RGB lighting is everywhere, making it feel like you're in some Twitch streamers bedroom or something while they play video games. They still have the usual bar and restaurant features, but tend to try and have the menu be more contemporary. Less of: you eat these fries and you are going to get food poisoning, more of: these wings or whatever is good.
They tend to also have other things for people to do such as arcade games, gambling machines (not sure if these exist in Ontario...I know nothing of gambling), pool/billiards tables, ping pong tables and things for kids to do.
Heck there are even some bowling alley's listed on major stock exchanges like NASDAQ and LSE. Hollywood Bowl Group is 350+ Canadian dollars a share (?!?!?!?) and has locations from Ontario to Kent, England for example. Kinda weird a bowling company has a stock worth so much money but it's a thing.
Here's an example of how a lot of modern places look:
![[Image: JxoXfy5.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/JxoXfy5.jpg)