While I was playing, it dawned on me, how beneficial a simulated bowling center game would be. Hardly a day goes by when someone doesn't ask me how much it would cost to build a bowling center. Sure free bowling is a nice perk, but that's hardly the entire job description. Could I live on the bread and butter of declining league bowling, or would I risk my livelihood on the high-profit of open bowlers and the recreational dollar. League bowlers scrutinize the lineage costs.
Leagues demand certain conditions.
Some bowlers would run from such a house. Others flock to it. I have to admit that the notion that people will pay over double to do less of something is attractive to my maintenance budget. But who knows whether today's fad will survive a year or two, and I'll be left with an empty building on weekends when the next fad takes over. When folks do something every week, it becomes an avocation.