Brunswick Begins Construction On PBA WSOB Arena Lane Installation For ESPN Finals

Nov 11, 2011 General

After a day off to rest up and re-focus, competition resumed in the PBA World Series of Bowling Friday at South Park Bowling Center with the combined Carmen Salvino Classic Tour Qualifying Round and All Regions South Point Open.

Also Friday, construction was getting underway on the special television set that will host 14 ESPN telecasts and eight PBA Tour title events over a span of four days next week. For the final tournament days of the World Series of Bowling, Brunswick will build two exclusive bowling lanes within the South Point Hotel and Resort. A Brunswick crew of six individuals will spend five days (November 11-15th) building this high-tech bowling center featuring GS® pinsetters, ball returns, and Pro Lane™ synthetic lanes. The PBA also utilizes Brunswick Direct+ conditioning system lane machines, cleaners, conditioners and cloth and Max® crown bowling pins.

All of the television shows are open to the public at no cost. The schedule includes the men’s and women’s World Bowling Tour Finals presented by the PBA on Thursday, Nov. 17, starting at 5:30 p.m. PT. The Friday, Nov. 18 schedule includes the Bayer Viper Open finals at 1 p.m., Chameleon Open finals at 3 p.m., Scorpion Open finals at 6 p.m. and GEICO Shark Open finals at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 19, is PBA World Championship day with the Don Carter Division finals at 10:30 a.m., Billy Hardwick Division finals at 12:30 p.m., Johnny Petraglia Division finals at 3:30 p.m., Mike Aulby Division finals at 5:30 p.m., and the PBA World Championship finals – featuring winners from each of the four divisions – at 8:30 p.m.

The 2011 PBA World Series of Bowling wraps up on Sunday, Nov. 20, with the Lumber Liquidators Mark Roth-Marshall Holman PBA Doubles preliminary round at 10 a.m., doubles finals at noon, Carmen Salvino Classic finals at 3:30 p.m. and the Pepsi PBA Elite Players Championship at 5:30 p.m.