Wyoming Bowling Center History

Sports Emporium, Cheyenne WY

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Status: Dead
Opened: 1958
Closed: 1995
Names: Bowlerama (1958 - 1992)
Sports Emporium (1992 - 1995)
# of Lanes: 24 (1958 - 199?)
18 (199? - 1995)
Lane Surface: Wood (1958 - 199?)
Synthetic (199? - 1995)
Pinsetters: Brunswick A2s (1958 - 1995)
Factoids: G Steve Stavropoulos and Al M Sandahl were the owners/managers of Bowlerama per the 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 & 1965 Polk Cheyenne City Business Directory.
Alfred M Sandahl was the president/manager of Bowlerama per the 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 & 1973 Polk Cheyenne City Business Directory and retired in 1974.
James Sandahl was the president/manager of Bowlerama per the 1974 & 1977 Polk and 1976 & 1977 Johnson Cheyenne City Business Directories.
Greg Anderson was the owner of Bowlerama from 1978 Johnson and 1979 through 1984 Polk Cheyenne City Business Directories.
Dan Graeber was the manager of Bowlerama per the 1979 through 1984 Polk Cheyenne City Business Directory.
John Mason (who also ran Pinnacle Bowl) was the owner/manager of Bowlerama/Sports Emporium per the 1985 through 1995 Polk Cheyenne City Business Directory.
On April 24, 1988, the Cheyenne Master's Men's Bowling Tournament Finals was held.
In 1989, the 41st Annual Wyoming Men's State Bowling Tournament held the Team Event here in conjunction with the Doubles & Singles Event at Two Bar Bowl.
On April 14, 1989, the Cheyenne Master's Women's Bowling Tournament Finals was held.
On April 22, 1989, the Cheyenne Master's Men's Bowling Tournament Finals (no video) was held.
On June 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1990, the WBPA High Five Tournament was held here at Bowlerama Lanes.
Need to determine when the Heddon synthetic lane beds were installed as they are mentioned in a 1993 Cheyenne City Directory advertisement.
After closing down, the Brunswick A2s went to Rolling Thunder Bowling Lanes in Wright per Brent Tennant.
Images:
Mountain Bell Phone Book:
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 & 1975 AD, 1976 AD, 1977 AD, 1978 AD, 1979 AD, 1980 AD, 1981 AD, 1982 AD, 1983 AD, 1984 AD, 1985 AD, 1986, 1987 & 1988 AD, 1990 & 1991 AD
Mountain States Phone Book:
1958 AD, 1959 AD, 1960 AD, 1961 & 1962 AD, 1963 AD, 1964 AD, 1965 & 1966 AD, 1967 AD, 1968 AD
Hillsdale High School Yearbook:
1961 Photo, 1964 AD, 1965 AD
East High School Year Book (Cheyenne):
1969 Photo, 1970 AD, 1972 Photo, 1973 Photo, 1976 AD, 1979 #1 Photo #2 Photo Text, 1980 AD, 1981 AD
Senior High School Yearbook (Cheyenne):
1963 Photo
Cheyenne Directory Company:
1993 AD
Johnson Publishing City Directory (Cheyenne):
1974, 1976, 1977, 1978
Polk City Directory (Cheyenne):
1959 #2 AD #3 AD, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 #1 #2 AD, 1969 #1 #2 AD, 1970 #1 #2 AD, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979 #1 #2 AD, 1980 #1 #2 AD, 1981 #1 #2 AD, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Wyoming Directory Company:
1985 AD
Tournament Booklets:
AD - 1994 Women's State
Miscellaneous:
Matchbook #1 #2 #3 #4 #5, 1971 Post Cereal magazine AD Wyoming Participating Centers
Sept 25, 2021:
Sign with stone from former exterior, Lanes used as countertop, Artist's rendering
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