6 HUGE bowling alleys that will leave you in AWE

In this video we take a look at the largest bowling alleys in the world, including bowling alleys in Europe, the US. & Asia.

How many of these have you visited?

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[bobjimenez]

I've bowled at South Point and was in awe by the number of lanes and how spotlessly clean the place was.
I'm adding all of these bowling alleys in the U.S.A. to my bucket list.

[carlwilliams]

2:15 I just visited, and was told that in addition to the 78 lanes upstairs, there are 10 lanes below. However, I didn't see them. It also has a first-class museum that any bowler should love.

[bccarl]

RIP to some of the MONSTER SIZED bowling centers that are no longer with us:

Freeway Lanes in Wickliffe, Ohio (96 lanes at its peak)

Showboat Casino's bowling alley in Las Vegas, Nevada (106 lanes at its peak)

Edison Lanes in Edison, New Jersey (112 lanes at its peak)

Inazawa Grand Bowl's second floor (which had an ADDITIONAL 116 lanes in a row)

[agentlerock]

My home bowling alley is in South Bend, Indiana consisting of 70 lanes, named Chippewa. Been bowling there for around 12 years and love every minute of it.

[OldSchoolBowler]

80 lanes at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando. This is a converted Walmart, and it looks like it when you walk in. Beverly Lanes in Niagara Falls had 64 lanes when I grew up there in the 60's and 70's. But it didn't seem that big, because it had four separate bays with 16 lanes each. It was common back in the day for centers to have lanes on opposite sides of the house, or even upstairs/downstairs. Today, everything seems to be just a long, boring string of lanes. And walled up at that! (some of you will know what this means)

[BowlingHistoryChannel]

I'm proud to say I've bowled at two of these centers. Thunderbowl way back in the 80s, and South Point on the regular (I live in Vegas). Thanks for the great video!

[daveriley]

I've bowled in tournaments at Thunderbowl. Also in Metro Detroit, there is Imperial Lanes in Clinton Twp, that has 80 lanes. There also was Satellite Bowl in Dearborn Heights with 84 lanes that was torn down many years ago to put up one of the first Home Depots in the area.

[patnolan]

The biggest center I have seen is also in Japan, Nagoya Grand Bowl. 156 lanes, three floors of 52 lanes each!

[ProdigyBowlersTour]

Forum Bowl in Grand Prairie, Texas (suburban Dallas). Longtime host of PBA's Quaker State Open in the '70s and '80s. Also hosted the 1976 BPAA US Open. Still going strong today. 60 lanes.

[quinnbostic]

My favorite bowling alley is Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando Florida, it has 80 lanes, and the pin carry is really good

[chrisfreemesser]

To complement this video you should do another about the largest centers in history that are now closed. I want to say there was one in Japan that had like 500 lanes. Even here in my hometown we had an 80 lane center (Marcel's Olympic Bowl, later AMF Olympic Lanes) along with a 64-lane center and at least two 56-lane centers

[FranBushardt]

You Opened with a 52 Lane Center yet in Western NY We have AIRPORT LANES in Cheektowaga with 64 Lanes. Thanks For a Neat Video. Those Bowling Houses are Truly Impressive!!

[mpup]

Red Rock casino and Resort in Las Vegas should also make the list. 72 lane center and very nice. Stations love their bowling. Another 60 lanes over at Santa Fe Station in LV. I used to bowl before moving to Vegas, but had stopped for physical reasons and missed out on getting to bowl all of the centers, but from out-of-state bowled in a few of them, including the mighty Showboat. I still cant believe that the whole casino is gone.

[altermanchannel]

There once was a large bowling center in Westchester County, NY. It was Elmsford Lanes. It had 62 lanes. It operated from perhaps the late 1950s until 1988. Until 1978, it had orange Gold Crown double masks. There were 48 lanes with Brunswick "A" pinsetters (Lanes 1-48). There were 14 lanes with Brunswick "A-2" pinsetters (Lanes 49-62). The building was converted into a recreation center. There may be some people who might remember this bowling center. Please comment if anyone remembers Elmsford Lanes.

[DavidW-cu]

Some of the former large bowling centers in the U.S. were demolished several years ago. The former U.S. record was Willow Grove Lanes in Willow Grove PA at 112 lanes and Showboat Lanes in Las Vegas NV at 106 lanes. I bowled at both centers back in the 1980's. It good to see Bowling is making a comeback in popularity.

[TheHabstrick]

I work in a 66lanes center in Montreal Canada and there is a 72lanes also in the city.

[pbatommy]

No mention of the 82 lane Bowlero North Brunswick in New Jersey. Formerly known as Carolier Lanes.

[MrChavezandBriel]

McHenry bowl in Modesto, California also has 52 lanes.

[Cloudz]

My dad used to work for an old place in Rochester NY called Olympic Bowl, that place had 82 lanes, it was absolutely massive! Its unfortunately been closed down for quite a few years now.

[Nlangkirby]

My local bowling center isn't so large. It is called the Palace located in Downingtown, PA with a totall of 40 lanes.