Contrary to popular belief lightning lanes was not doing so well(if this gets deleted I’ll just repost it) it all started out fine until Ike derailed a lot of plans and projections for the year. Once that happened the attitude from the "owners" doomed it for failure they treated it like their own personal money machine. All that really was accomplished was lanes 1 & 2 are whole and functioning again, the center has new paint, and everything that was removed last time has been restored. The scoring is another matter it really needed to be updated and the monitors replaced, however the money slated for it and the beer & wine license went into more frivolous things like an Icee machine, strobe, disco, and holiday lites. Things that were needed were forsaken for things that were wanted. When problems occurred instead of fixing them they were ignored and forgotten, like the drain for the coke dispenser it was jerry rigged and ignored until it started leaking worse than before, then it was fixed. When employees bust their tails to be a good host for a tournament like SASBA do they get “a pat on the back or a well done" no they get reamed out when they get a lower x-amount of money from the tournament director than the projected amount from the tournament, when they were looking for a host house. Do you think that ensures confidence or loyalty in an employee from an employer, no it doesn't. In my opinion if the next owners or lessees want to make money they will rehire the current employees because the center did make money but the “owners” spent it unwisely and thus the downfall of Lightning Lanes.

I agree with you things were ignored and the "owners" had better things to do with their money instead of reinvesting in the Center.  They had a great staff and "if' left alone to run the business could have made a sucess but people get greedy where money is concerned.   From what I hear the owners of the strip center are going to take the Center back over and has asked for the staff to come back.  Hopefully this will happen and it will be a sucess.  I feel sorry for the League bowlers that did decide to come back, what is going to happen to them? 

If the center re-opens within a week, then the Wednesday night league has been asked to come back and finish the league. I for all agree to come back and finish. If not, then it will be called and paid out. It would be great to continue bowling here and see progress made. Not sure what staff will come back, but hopefully next week, may know something.