Should have stuck with bowling June 17, 2010
Posted by Ron Warnick in Businesses, Music, Sports.trackback
OKC Biz published a story today about the pending sale of the historic 66 Bowl in Oklahoma City to a Spices of India grocery.
The article contained this tidbit that I hadn’t seen reported elsewhere:
Owner Jim Haynes says he’s owned the 51-year-old, 25,880-square-foot bowling alley for 32 years.
“I just had to (sell the property), I couldn’t operate it anymore,” Haynes said, adding that an investment-gone-sour stimulated debt problems [my emphasis].
Haynes didn’t elaborate on the bad investment.
But since 66 Bowl was still relatively popular as a bowling alley, tavern and music venue, this revelation of a bum investment sheds a lot of light on why it was put up for sale.
[...] 66 Bowl was sold several months ago to an India grocer. The bowling alley’s owner reportedly saw investments go sour, forcing him to sell the [...]