Mike- “When did you know that laser tag had to be apart of your renovation? Was that pretty early in the process?” That space was really what we could use bring in higher revenue.” That wall space-moving forward with the game room, arcade, and laser system. We had a lot of bowling lockers here and storage lockers for equipment. Joe- “ You know, and thats something where moving forward we had to make some changes with traditional bowling. They didn’t so much as mind the new area for the FEC, but they complained about the coffee going from $1.00 to $2.00.” Mike- “Yeah, I’ve heard some stories from other clients that have renovated traditional bowling centers. Even if they are only coming in twice a month, they are spending over and above what a typical league bowler generally spends on a weekly basis.” Joe- “Yeah, and those casual bowlers tend to spend more money than the weekly bowlers. More casual bowlers that just want to come and have a good time with drinks and games as well.” But there aren’t as many serious bowlers. Turned their traditional centers into FEC centers and added more attractions for people.” You know the majority of them had gone down this road. We did speak to alot of bowling centers that actually stayed in business and what they were doing right. We did see the writing on the wall for some years. Peoples interest have been, you know, you have to be a little bit over the top to get people out and doing stuff. Its been that way I’d say for at least a good 10 years. Mike- “What kind of prompted you to do this latest renovation? What made you decide you really needed to do something?” Joe- “Haha, I wish I could say the same.” Wow, so yeah that puts that into perspective.” We’ve been here since 88’ together as partners. Mike- “How long have you been managing the Hi-Tor Lanes?” But the footprint is pretty much what it was.” We made some changes around 1995 on the inside. Was it roughly the same footprint that it is now?” Mike- “Okay, so you guys have been around a very long time. Mike Ewald- “Firstly, when did Hi-Tor lanes open up originally?”

But you know in these times, we can’t wait to open the doors and get going. You know we are coming from a traditional bowling center for 35 years to, you know, going into this new phase with the gaming and laser tag. Joe Ardiri- “We kind of went around for 3-4 years actually researching it.

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