Article: MEADOW LANES TO CLOSE OWNER TO TURN NORTH PARK BOWLING ALLEY INTO BANQUET FACILITY

Meadow Lanes has been a fixture in the North Park area for 40 years, but the bowling establishment soon will be transformed into a large banquet facility.

Mike Seiler, the owner for the past 26 years, said his bowling business has dwindled in recent years due to a growing number of other recreational opportunities offered in the Tri-State.

League bowling formerly was Meadow Lane's biggest money-maker, but it recently declined to about one-third of what it once was, he said.

Meadow Lanes also lost bowling patrons to new lifestyles, which new job schedules for some patrons, Seiler said.

"It (closing) is strictly a business, financial decision," he said, adding that the ...

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