[skip0358]

Saw a sign next to O'Sheas on 44 this morning. Coming soon Bowling Alley.

[justjim]

Isn't that State Rt 44 and the south side? Which means the bowling alley wouldn't be golf cart accessible and outside of TV.

[skip0358]

Yea SR 44

[justjim]

Originally Posted by skip0358

Yea SR 44

Sorry Skip I was just surprised about the location.

[travelguy]

a real shame that it is not golf cart accessible. maybe a new bridge is slated to go over 44?

[bkcunningham1]

I was talking to the manager for the restaurant side of Fiesta Bowl Friday afternoon. He told me there are no current plans for a bowling alley at Brownwood. He said they would need about 24 acres to build a bowling alley because of the parking lots. The impact fees for the state of Florida, according to this man, would be over $800,000. That doesn't include any other costs. He also said the bowling alley that is being built is owned by a man named Patel (sp?)who owns one of the hotels. I can't remember which hotel.

[mac9]

He owns the Holiday Inn Express on 27/441.

[graciegirl]

I am telling you if you want news, this forum is the place to go.

[Serenoa]

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1

I was talking to the manager for the restaurant side of Fiesta Bowl Friday afternoon. He told me there are no current plans for a bowling alley at Brownwood. He said they would need about 24 acres to build a bowling alley because of the parking lots. The impact fees for the state of Florida, according to this man, would be over $800,000. That doesn't include any other costs. He also said the bowling alley that is being built is owned by a man named Patel (sp?)who owns one of the hotels. I can't remember which hotel.

24 acres?? That's over a million square feet!!

Cowboys stadium in Dallas covers approx. 73 acres. Doubt that a single bowling alley w/parking would take up about a third as much as that monstrous facility.

Is bowling this popular in TV, to support a third alley?

[skip0358]

Rumor has it a Holiday Inn Express is going next to the Bowling Alley.

[skip0358]

Originally Posted by justjim

Sorry Skip I was just surprised about the location.

Sitting in my house I always get 44 & 44A screwed up. Senior moments

[missypie]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I am telling you if you want news, this forum is the place to go.

Yes, and I believe everything that I read on TOTV.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Serenoa

24 acres?? That's over a million square feet!!

Cowboys stadium in Dallas covers approx. 73 acres. Doubt that a single bowling alley w/parking would take up about a third as much as that monstrous facility.

Is bowling this popular in TV, to support a third alley?

That $800,000 in impact fees seems a tad high also.

A third bowling facility will fill up just like the two existing places.

[JP]

When you go on the trolley tour they say the #1 sport in the villages is bowling. It's always seemed hard to believe when you think of golf and all but that's what they say!

[justjim]

Originally Posted by JP

When you go on the trolley tour they say the #1 sport in the villages is bowling. It's always seemed hard to believe when you think of golf and all but that's what they say!

I too remember that. I don't know what "funny math" they use to come to the conclusion that more TV residents bowl than play golf but it just ain't so.