What NOT To Miss At The Trade Show

YOUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS ARE RARING TO GO!

It’s trade show time at Bowl Expo and these dedicated industry partners want to connect with you and help your business.

Check out their new products and services, show specials, & more!

AVS Companies

With over fifty years of dedicated service, AVS Companies is proud to offer comprehensive equipment sales, parts, and support for Arcades within Bowling Entertainment Centers. Our team of experts will find you the very best games and attractions from all the leading industry manufacturers including: Video Arcade Games, Redemption Machines, Pool Tables, Pinball Cabinets, Darts, Crane Games, Kiddie Rides, Virtual Reality and much more! Our extensive knowledge and expertise will help you pick the right games for your location so that you can start earning right away and help expand your customer base. From initial game room designs to the final equipment installation, we are with you every step of the way. We serve our customers nationwide with our five convenient locations in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis. AVS Companies is the one-stop-shop for all your amusement, parts, and service needs.

If you are already running a BEC or are brand new to the industry, make sure to contact AVS Companies at (847) 439-9400 or sales@avscompanies.com to get your arcade started today!

Bbbi

Over 2,000 New Adult League Bowlers Created

The bowling industry’s premier marketing and software development company, BBBI launched a number of center pilot programs of its new league building service, FunBowlingLeagues.com, in 2022. Following the pilot programs, BBBI rolled out the league building service to additional centers in 2022 and early 2023. The results have been described by participating centers as a true win-win. Guests love the experience and center operators love the new customers and spending they bring to the facility. The new leagues have been comprised primarily of adults aged 40 through 60 looking for a fun night out with friends during the week. Over 95% of participants have been new to organized play. The rollout consisted of 40 centers that have experienced 70 new leagues, with an average of 54 bowlers per center.

If you would like to learn more about FunBowlingLeagues.com visit BBBI at booth #751 at Bowl Expo or call BBBI at 1–877–841–4590.

Bmi

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Do you struggle with your redemption center’s merchandise inventory management and find that your labor costs, and your stress levels, are steadily increasing?

Well stress no more! Meet AMRS, only from BMI. Our Redemption Management Program, a whole new approach to stocking your centers, saving on labor, and making customers happy, all at once. It takes the guesswork out of the purchasing process. The result is minimum inventory, minimum expense, and the best product line up.

Seamless merchandise replenishment is our promise, and dedicated account management is our priority. Our account managers will review your weekly POS scans and create justin-time product deliveries, ensuring your location is never overstocked or understocked.

You will be able to count on just-in-time deliveries, top-trending products, and weekly sales analytics. Furthermore, with your custom web portal, you’ll have everything you need at your fingertips. Access merchandise analytics, reports, and inventory tools at any time. With our system, your staff will be able to handle new item introductions with ease and your customers will keep coming back for the good times.

Ultimately, rest easy knowing your dedicated account manager will be with you every step of the way, 24/7/365. Learn from our team of experts in person!

Brunswick

Sync Service Kiosk

Get guests to the fun faster with Sync Service Kiosk!

Brunswick’s latest business solution helps alleviate labor concerns while enhancing the guest experience. The fully integrated automated technology reduces wait times, streamlines ordering, and improves accuracy while offering the instant gratification your guests seek. Guests are drawn in by the captivating digital displays and empowered to build a personalized in-center experience including bowling, F&B, games, cards, and other attractions. The consistent sales presentation with optional upselling increases spend per visit. By reducing the demands on the front desk staff, centers can redeploy employees to compensate for staffing challenges. Proprietors report that the Sync Service Kiosk can save them 2-3 staff people during peak periods! Schedule your demo at Bowl Expo today or come see us at booth #361 to experience the Sync Service Kiosk.

Creative Works

Adventure Beyond Reality With Limitless

Step into the action in a whole new way with Limitless, a high capacity free roam VR experience. Limitless has an open air design so customers in your venue can see others playing. They see the smiles, the action, and the celebration, and this creates a line of customers that keeps growing.

Plus, Limitless is the only free roam attraction that is mapped with physical props in the arena. When you see and touch a wall in the virtual space, you feel the wall in the real world. This merging of virtual and authentic worlds is a game-changer you MUST experience for yourself.

This attraction also includes a suite of smartphone assisted advancements. Guests can easily register and create a persistent account directly from their phone, which makes game on-boarding as fast as scanning a QR code. Plus, players can use their account to update avatars and unlock skins, which helps create repeat play.

In addition to the 8-player and 16-player size formats, Bowl Expo is the unveiling of the brand new 6-player format. Come see Creative Works at booth 1133 to experience Limitless, a VR experience unlike any other.

Dfx

DFX has created an exciting new VersaLED Content Management System (CMS) to provide fresh video graphics for our VersaLED Masking Unit System. The video masking system is used in bowling and Family Entertainment Centers (FEC) to conceal the bowling pinsetters. This system provides the WOW factor and clearly distinguishes each location from its competition with timely highresolution video and graphics. The VersaLED CMS is a subscriptionbased solution with several packages to choose from. Each package includes a library of traditional and contemporary motion graphics, eye candy video graphics, holiday content with over sixty holidays, customizable in-center advertising and by request custom images and videos. Customers simply choose which content they would like each month from the web based DFX portal. Then DFX does all the heavy lifting with content creation and uploading new content to the video masking system. The VersaLED Content Management System provides impressive high-resolution visuals with easy to use, consistent operation. For more information contact DFX at www.dfxsoundvision.com.

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Dynamic Designs & Associates

DYNAMIC DESIGNS & ASSOCIATES, INC.

With more than 36 years of entertainment design experience, Dynamic Designs’ team of professionals will lead you through every phase of your project — from concept to content to architecture to construction management. Awareness of current industry trends in materials and production keeps the company’s customers ahead of the curve, not only in design, but also in durability. Dynamic Designs strives to provide fun, exciting environments with innovative, award-winning design solutions in creating venues that provide memorable experiences for guests while also being perfectly planned for staff efficiencies and profitability.

Visit us at Bowl Expo at booth #843. For more information, go to: www.dynamicdesignsinc.net

Expert Hosiery - old #841

Add fun to your Glow Bowling nights! Centers selling glow socks are turning socks into extra revenue!

“Our bowlers love the sock variety offered by Expert Hosiery.” ~ Joe Poelking, Poelking Lanes, Dayton, OH

Our socks are for all ages and are a keepsake, reminding bowlers of the good time they had when bowling, keeping bowling topof-mind for your customers. Expert Hosiery is a premier supplier of high-quality socks to bowling centers and FECs. We pride ourselves on lifetime relationships. Sock variety includes white, glow, themed, and customized logos. For orders, call, email or order online 24/7! Phone: (919)799-7707.

Email: support@experthosiery.com.

Website: www.funtimefootwear.com.

Ebowl

YOUR WEBSITE IS THE FIRST IMPRESSION OF YOUR BUSINESS - GET REAL RESULTS WITH A BOWLRX WEBSITE!

Built specifically for the bowling industry by our team with over 20 years’ experience in Digital Marketing. Featuring awesome desktop/mobile designs, advanced SEO techniques, data building forms, integrated online reservations, and more. Post instant messages directly to your website right from your mobile! Best of all, we do the heavy lifting building and maintaining your website so you can focus on your business. Special Bowl Expo show discounts! Stop by Booth #608 or go to BowlRx.com.

FEC Promo Tools

“WE’RE GLAD YOU ROLLED IN” PROMOTIONAL TOOLS FECPromoTools.com delivers unique and customized products to enhance the guest experience at bowling and family entertainment centers, along with personalized marketing resources for operators. The “We’re Glad You Rolled In” collection allows operators to easily show appreciation to their customers in a variety of fun ways. This popular product line is being expanded due to demand. Choose from our selection of predesigned products or work with our team to design some for your business. Special price quotes for operators wishing to make bulk purchases.

Stop by booth #751 for a free sample pack. www.FECPromoTools.com

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Ibi

UPGRADE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO IBI FOR VALUABLE ADDED RESOURCES!

IBI’s new Premium Subscription option is ideal for those who are serious about business operations. Included in the new, Premium subscription option is the 2023 Business Solutions Package designed for bowling and FEC operators.

The IBI Hot Topics Audio Series features interviews with experts on hot topics facing operators today:

• Finding and Keeping Employees

• Creating New Organized Play

• Fun and Games for Bowlers

• Delivering Exceptional Experiences

• Marketing Tips from a Pro

• Selling and Hosting Group Functions

• Premium Pricing

Also included in a Premium subscription…

Best-selling book, Fully Staffed by Eric Chester, along with IBI’s Booze and Bites collection, and more!

Come visit the IBI team at booth #750 to easily upgrade your subscription or find out more online.

Intercard

SWITCH AND SAVE WITH INTERCARD

Intercard introduces its latest cutting-edge technology to their Edge Mobile Apps collection, which includes an iWallet that lets guests use Apple Pay and Google Pay. We will also present our E-commerce platform that enables guests to buy in advance game cards, gift cards, package deals and more. Purchases are made securely online and redeemed in your center at a contactless kiosk, saving guests time and reducing labor costs.

Experience our new iTellerPlus software and kiosk that expands the future of self-service kiosks in entertainment centers. It can be programmed to upsell guests on additional activities or food and beverage, all based on their initial choices. Intercard customers will receive the updated software for free. Switch and save with Intercard. www.intercardinc.com/products

LAI Games

LAI GAMES ASPHALT 9 VR

ICE Games

At this years Bowl Expo we will feature a few of our new games such as World Football Pro, Monopoly, and Ship Wreck. We will also be featuring a variety of our staple games such as NBA Gametime, ICEBALL, Tons of Tickets, Whack N Win, Whack A Clown, and Snowball Toss. In addition to that we will have one Motion simulated kiddie ride there. All of the games we are bringing this year are smaller footprint products. Visit us at booth #735.

The mega-hit racing simulator, Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade, has gone virtual! Now guests can enjoy a whole new dimension to an already thrilling driving experience, with fantastic VR visuals, a motion base that moves expertly with the on-screen action, and amazing supercars including Porsche, Lamborghini, McLaren, and many more. Asphalt 9 VR gives guests a first-person view of the dashboard and cockpit of their chosen supercar and adds new modes of gameplay including Hunted Mode, where they attempt to evade the authorities hot on their trail. VR rides

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Lanetalk

Lanetalk is a free service you can activate in your scoring system to connect your center and bowlers with the rest of the bowling community.

Lanetalk delivers game stats in real-time to the bowler’s Lanetalk app, to give them smart insights about their game. Over 250,000 league bowlers already use the app, and it also allows them to compete in online tournaments against bowlers at 1,200 Lanetalk-connected centers. Lanetalk is growing fast, on our busiest day this year we registered over 1,000,000 games.

As proof of quality, Lanetalk partnered with the PBA and USBC to become their official provider of stats for all major events this season.

Visit booth #232 at the Bowl Expo to chat with the Lanetalk team!

Laserforce

Laserforce is an innovative laser tag company with more than 35 years of industry experience. The “Best New Product” award-winning company offers laser tag products, software and support that are trusted by entertainment brands and businesses worldwide. As the official laser tag equipment partner of the BPAA, Laserforce offers our best deal to all BPAA members. Visit our booth to learn more about the best in bread, award-winning Gen8 Infinity laser tag equipment and how it’s helped so many bowling centers increase profits and keep customers coming back for more!

New Center Consulting

New Center Consulting, Inc has teamed up with Lane Engine and TouchDesk to offer an integrated phone app that allows centers’ customers to book reservations, order food and beverage, add additional venue services and more all through a dashboard you control. The system offers on-line webpage that is tied to your existing webpages, handles all customer credit processing at no additional costs to you, and allows you to offer “push” notifications to your customers when conditions that you set are available for suggestive selling. It is like having a center Kiosk in your customer’s hand and works just like other phone app services your customers may be using every day. Best of all, you can utilize this system at any center. Stop by Booth #1221 or call Glenn Hartshorn at 248-375-2751 for more information.

Player One Amusement Group

At P1AG we live and breathe amusement. We specialize in the sourcing and distribution of quality amusement and vending equipment for both commercial and retail customers. Incorporating amusement equipment into your operation can be daunting and resource intensive. We offer expert consultation and advice on game room layout design, prize redemption strategies and sourcing the latest equipment, as well as help with set up and ongoing support. Whether you purchase equipment directly or use our Revenue Share program, we have the solution for you.

Visit booth #1041 at Bowl Expo to see the hottest new games and learn how we can help you win.

Email: GetAnswers@WinWithP1AG.com www.winwithP1AG.com

Qubica-AMF

USBC APPROVED EDGE STRING PINSPOTTER

EDGE String is the next generation in string pinspotter technology allowing you to deliver the fun of bowling with peace of mind—and a very low operating cost. It’s no wonder EDGE String is the #1 selling string machine on the market, and now with a USBC-Approved version for league and tournament play. EDGE String is the only string machine designed and assembled in the U.S.A. And, only EDGE String delivers the innovative Tech Wizard app, which proactively notifies and guides your staff if attention is needed. With only six tasks to learn any member of your staff can be taught to operate it in about an hour. And, your bowlers will get an amazingly authentic bowling experience. EDGE String, leading the way. www.qubicaamf.com/edgestring

Redemption Plus

Redemption Plus is arriving at Bowl Expo with innovation to help operators find and buy plush sets for 1-5 cranes all at once. “One of the challenges our operators have is spending time guessing which crane assortments will work best and planning out their price points,” says Justin Michael, Senior Account Executive. “We took our best-performing plush and ball sets and made them available to buy all at once instead of having to buy one at a time. This should save proprietors a significant amount of time each month and help boost their crane play with a mix of licensed and generic prizes at a variety of price points.”

Come by Booth #1057 at Bowl Expo to find out how to trim 45-60 minutes off of your weekly prize shopping with Redemption Plus!

Sega

Raw Thrills

HALO®: FIRETEAM RAVEN™ – 4-PLAYER

Explore the legendary Halo universe and join the fabled Master Chief in battle with an all-new, stand-up four-player edition of the arcade phenomenon Halo: Fireteam Raven! This state-of-the-art version of Halo: Fireteam Raven wields a cutting-edge 85-inch screen, four guns modeled after the iconic Halo Assault Rifle with actionpacked force feedback, and a smaller footprint, location-friendly cabinet design.

In this post-pandemic era, customer experiences have shifted and evolved towards social entertainment such as events and activities. This form of entertainment draws larger groups of players to locations where they can compete against each other in a social setting. The good news is bowling center operators can make most of this exciting new trend by investing now to re-energize their bowling locations.

Augmented Reality Darts (AR Darts), Allstars Video Basketball, interactive shuffleboard, interactive golf, and axe throwing, are all innovative new products that are leading this trend. By combining these with traditional arcade classics like air hockey, bubble football, video racing, and shoot-em-ups, it’s possible to transform your bowling locations into a social entertainment hot point!

In particular, AR Darts is one of the leading products of social entertainment. The Augmented Reality system takes interactive darts to the next level. Using a plain white dartboard, the gameplay graphics are superimposed over the board and surrounding area with an ultra-bright, laser projector. Since all the graphics are projected, gameplay targets appear on the board itself with scores and animations occurring instantly at the point of impact. With a small footprint per lane, it’s obvious why operators are rapidly adopting AR Darts for their locations!

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SEMNOX SOLUTIONS LLC.

New for 2023 is the Semnox Kompact wall-mount kiosk. The Kompact kiosk is designed for locations that have limited floor space. The all-metal construction is ideal for durability as well as reliability. The Kompact unit has an expected retail price point of $6,000. As of press time, Semnox does not have an exact release date but is anticipating a summer release. Visit www.Semnox.com for more details on the Kompact kiosk and all Semnox products.

TrainerTainment

The best way to increase your family entertainment sales is through exposure to potential new customers. Our new 3-tiered Sales Coaching program will allow every type of Family Entertainment Center, regardless of size, to grow group and birthday sales to new levels resulting in increased annual revenue. Our training programs will teach your sales team how to make the most out of parties and group events at your bowling center, roller rink, trampoline park, or any family entertainment center!

No one is born a salesperson. A TrainerTainment® sales coach is able to help transform your sales team into a motivated and successful selling machine. Schedule a growth call now to see how our Educate-Engage-Evolve Sales training tiers can help you grow your people and your sales.

https://trainertainment.net/schedule-meeting/

Steltronic Food and Beverage MOBILE ORDERING

Steltronic has unveiled our new food and beverage mobile ordering system. Food and soft drink orders will be printed in the kitchen, while alcoholic drinks will be printed in the bar.

Customizing a pizza is super simple with the touchscreen for the items you want added to your pizza. Adding a custom menu item to your burger, or a personal note to the chef for preparation is also available for any item purchased.

Customize each tablet for the specific items to be purchased. It’s all customizable from your Steltronic Focus-NEX front desk or back office computers.

(800) 942-5939 or by email: info@steltronicscoring.com

Wbpi

WBPI has dedicated itself to insuring bowling centers for 34 years and is now the largest insurer of bowling and family entertainment centers nationwide. Exclusively endorsed by 8 state bowling proprietors associations including California, Oregon, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan, WBPI is famous for its partnership ethos that includes training, advocacy, and experienced counsel. In fact, WBPI is happy to announce the launch of its claims and risk management training platform on its brand new website.