Canada’s Paul Krenz (Aactive Coin) and Mary Lavine of Bullseye Games (Madison, Wisc.) are the newest members of the AMOA-National Dart Association’s Hall of Fame. The pair were inducted during the President’s Reception on April 15 during the 2025 Team Dart event at the Westgate in Las Vegas and are the 39th and 40th inductees, respectively. Established in 2006, this program recognizes the outstanding contributions of individuals to NDA, the industry and the sport of electronic darts. On an annual basis, candidates are nominated and elected by members of the NDA Past Presidents’ Council and each spring, two persons are…
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A duckpin bowling alley recently opened in Madison, Indiana — the first since a tornado destroyed the city’s only bowling alley eight years ago. According to previous reporting by WDRB, Vintage Lanes is a two-floor, eight-lane facility featuring an upscale wine bar, born from the ashes of a former hotel. “If you’ve been to any duckpin bowling center in our region, you’ll notice they are always in historic buildings,” said Chandler, one of the owners of Vintage Lanes. “So it’s an easy fit to find a place to do this in Madison.”
A family entertainment center in Comstock Park, Michigan, recently underwent several changes amid a rebrand. GameTime Fun Park, formerly known as AJ’s Family Fun Center, reopened in April with one large go-kart course made by merging existing tracks together. “We’re so excited to tie in GameTime Fun Park with the ballpark experience for groups and private events,” says Dan Morrison, vice president of sales for the West Michigan Whitecaps Minor League Baseball Team. “If you’ve got a group coming to a ballgame, what better place to meet beforehand than a go-kart track? … Then, take the quick walk across the parking…
Dave & Buster’s recently relocated in Hawaii — from Ward to Ala Moana — according to previous reporting by KHON2. Dave & Buster’s Ala Moana offers arcade games, a beer garden, six social bays, a VIP room and banquet rooms – plus a bar and dining area. “As you walk in, you have our dining area on the left and probably one of the largest bars on island in the middle, and then it opens up into the game area,” said Andrew Shimabukuro, a Dave & Buster’s managing partner. The Ala Moana location, which opened April 14 in the Ala Moana Center, is bigger than its Ward Entertainment Center…
Retired industry veteran Jerry Marcus is celebrating his 95th birthday today! That’s right, the man whose career spanned all three tiers of the industry has a lot of candles to blow out! (A little bird by the name of Howie Rubin called to let us know so we could spread the word and get as many birthday greetings sent Jerry’s way as possible.) For newer folks to the industry, Jerry started in the business in 1957 and worked in manufacturing for Rowe International and Atari, then went into distributing when he bought the now-shuttered Atlas Distributing. After that, he became…
A Christmas-themed course is set to open at a Maryland mini golf facility in May, according to previous reporting on the Ocean City website. Nick’s Mini Golf will soon be home to “Saint Nick’s Mini Golf,” where golfers will encounter two levels of polar bears and penguins — plus a nightly snowstorm. Owner Nick Geracimos, who took over the location in 2018, had to this point retained the Australian-theming associated with the course. However, with “Down Under Golf” showing its age, he aimed to replace it with something special. “It has great bones,” Nick said of the previous course. “It was and remains one of my favorite mini golf courses to play,…
A long-dormant landfill in northeast Ohio will be converted into a $12.5 million racing complex this summer, according to previous reporting by Cleveland.com. The Lorain Ohio KartPlex — set to open in June, with its first event coming July 19 — aims to bring international kart racing competitions, recreational go-karting and youth racing programs to its namesake city. Opening in “phases,” the complex will kick off the summer with an outdoor professional kart track, a timing and scoring facility and a race shop and retail center. Autumn will bring an onsite restaurant, a racing simulation center and rental go-karts (for use on indoor and outdoor recreational tracks). Lorain Ohio KartPlex hopes to court both the recreational and professional kart racing scenes, the…
The CEO of vrCAVE recently detailed the advantages of virtual reality escape rooms in a live show hosted by Bob Cooney. In the April 17th episode of The Being Virtual Show — “How vrCAVE Quietly Became the World’s Largest Escape Room Company” — Alex Rossol recounted how virtual reality escape rooms, as opposed to more traditional models, can enhance efficiency, throughput and simplicity. “With customers, they have a vague sense of what they want, and a definite sense of what they don’t want,” Rossol said of developing the vrCAVE concept. “You’re able to find that difference between the two by actually bringing something in front…
Attention, ATM operators. Keep your eyes peeled because registration for the 2025 running of “ATMs Across America” should be open soon. NAC2025 will be held from Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the National ATM Council promises three days of education, networking and fun at this upcoming conference and expo. Hyosung will serve as the “platinum sponsor” for the event. Prospective sponsors can email [email protected] to sign up. The National ATM Council represents independent, retail, and non-bank ATM owners, operators and suppliers.
AAMA has opened up the tariff webinar they are hosting this Friday, April 25, to everyone in the industry and free of charge, regardless of association membership. “We recognize that the uncertainty surrounding global trade affects everyone, from manufacturers and distributors to operators and individual consumers,” wrote AAMA. “That’s why we believe it’s essential to share expert knowledge as widely as possible, so we can all plan and prepare for what’s ahead.” “Tariffs – What You Need to Know to Navigate Through Uncertainty” will be held at 11 a.m. Central and features the insights of international trade expert Mark P. Neumann…