Sizzle to spare: Bowling gets flashy

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: December 31, 2001| Author: RICK BARRETT | Copyright information

Sizzle to spare: Bowling gets flashy

Technology reinventing sport in effort to attract youth

By RICK BARRETT

of the Journal Sentinel staff

Monday, December 31, 2001

Dancing lasers, music pumped through high-tech sound systems, and black lights that make everything from shirts to shoes glow in the dark are transforming bowling alleys into family entertainment centers.

What's more, a game that hadn't changed much in decades has been rocked by new technol...

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