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Bowling alley to open in downtown Toronto
Toronto will finally get a downtown bowling alley later this year when The Ballroom opens in the old Montana's space at Richmond and John streets. Currently under construction ($4 million price tag, 20,000 square feet over 3 floors), the space has already been garnering some buzz with its advertising campaign featuring strikes, spares and turkeys. There's even a web site which kinda gives the concept away.
According to a source, The Ballroom is slated to open as early as mid-December, will include ten 10 pin bowling lanes, ping pong tables, 47 flat screen TVs, a local-food inspired menu, 15 different beers on tap, two outdoor patios and will be as much an upscale sports bar as it is a bowling alley.
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Screw that! Bowling! Ping pong! I'm so glad someone is adding some variety and some good old fashioned dorktastic fun to the Entertainment District.
It is worth pointing out, Toronto has had downtown bowling before....
The Olympia Lanes if memory serves.........
Today, more popularly known, as "The World's Biggest Bookstore"
please have decent beer on tap
please don't have a massive menu just make grilled cheese sansdwiches and make them right
i will never forget the epicly drunken skeeball...
Prices will probably be much more inflated though.. oh well.
"ten 10 pin bowling lanes".. a bit confusing, I agree, but it does say that there will be ten lanes for 10-pin bowling.
seriously, read all the comments again. do they *really* sound like the posts blogTO readers normally offer up, or language they'd usually use??
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It'll be worth your while! Can't wait for this establishment to open!
(Oh, and Molson Stock Ale would be a lovely choice for bottles)
I for one am ecstatic, no more hiking to Bathurst/Glencairn, Yorkdale, or Etobicoke.
Lighten up it is joke. Only in Toronto do people get excited about a bowling alley coming to town.
it is a joke. Only in Toronto get excited a bowling alley is coming to town. In the rest of the world, a bowling alley coming to town is as exciting as a new walmart.
If you build it they will Cum
Great Idea, great location, you will see me there daily thats forsure.
In the past there were many tournamanets where if you got three strikes in a row then you won a turkey! That's the one I know but there may be other explanations.
In the past there were many tournamanets where if you got three strikes in a row then you won a turkey! That's the one I know but there may be other explanations
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat r u kidding me? they advertise they are open yet still are posting on craigslist for workers...yes lame LOL
Open the door.
Look up and see the price.
Wait for the price tag of $65/hour to register.
Turn and leave.