I’ve been hearing rumors of a Bowlero Corp. acquisition of the PBA for a while, but they didn’t seem to be more than rumors that couldn’t or wouldn’t be confirmed by anyone involved or with knowledge I felt was strong enough to base even a speculative story on.
This week, however, I received unsolicited messages from two totally unrelated people who have good connections in the bowling industry telling me flatly that the deal was close to done or done. These are people...