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The future of bowling alleys remains uncertain:
The future of bowling alleys in Toronto has never been more uncertain
It's been a gruelling couple of months for bowling alleys who intersect between indoor entertainment, restaurant and bars. "I'm still standing …www.blogto.com
Two Thoughts:
1) Pre-Covid, bowling alleys have been dropping like flies. I don't mind bowling, once every 10 years or so, but that entirely speaks to a certain future for bowling alleys, and its a dark one, pandemic aside.
2) Given that most transmission is ballistic (face to face, distance under 2M); that bowling is not done face to face or in close proximity to any other person generally; at most you need a barrier between the adjacent lanes in the throwing area; and even that is low-value epidemiological speaking.
The only material risk of transmission, while bowling, is the close contact of the group you enter with and chat to.
That strikes me as the responsibility of the people involved, not the bowling alley.
There is a marginal risk with air conditioning related air flow; but that can be manged by ensuring venting does not promote a strong horizontal air current. Not hard can be done w/slat manipulation/vent covers.
That said, not sure any sensible precautions or early openings lead to a long-term future for most bowling places.
