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Former Carolier Lanes owner Lee Livingston says story of iconic center's sale to Bowlero 'not so simple'
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, July 7, 2024 1:00 pm
The most famous tournament of all of the tournaments held at iconic Carolier Lanes was the “Who do you think you are? I am!” fifth U.S. Open win of Pete Weber in 2012. File photo by USBC.
Long-time Carolier Lanes owner Lee Livingston has never talked publicly about the sale of the iconic center to Bowlero Corp.
Then recently a friend pointed him to Amos Barshad’s story about Bowlero posted as Meet The New Kingpin at Lever.com and as Private Equity–Backed Firm Bowlero Is Ruining Bowling at Jacobin.com.
“I started to read the article and I'm reading it and I'm reading it, and all of a sudden I'm reading about Carolier,” Livingston said. “Oh...