Entrepreneur

I have this idea I haven’t been able to get off my mind lately. I want to reinvent the bowling alley to make it fun and social.

Bowling alleys use boring old software which all follow the same format, and are catered to the league players and pros. Same alleys have pool tables, some have bars but overall a high-end social alleys hardly exist, and I want to change that through technology.

I want to build a self-service system of mini games for your lane with a touchscreen, similar to the Jackbox.tv games if you ever played them. You’ll add your players there, take silly self photos and choose a game type to play with friends, or a traditional ten-pin format.

The mini games will be silly and competitive like this:

Round up: each team has to progressively hit 1,2,3,…etc pins each roll until they reach 10. First team to do so wins.

Final strike: each team must roll 5 strikes to win.

Nemesis: each player is matched with a nemesis. You have to knock over certain pins to attack your nemesis. They get 3 lives.

I just made those up, but you get the idea. You can have team shuffling mechanics and player stats to make it mixed and fun.

Once we’ve got the fun scoring software, the rest of the bowling alley will be centered around the same unique theme. Lanes will be booked by the hour and you’ll have a host waiting at the entrance to take your group to your lane and manage lane bookings.

At your lane, you’ll have a comfy rounded booth with the central touchscreen in the middle. You can order cocktails and food from the kitchen using a QR code. There’ll be a large TV above your lane also with scores and prompts.

The venue will have a large bar down the middle and an open kitchen out the back. Lanes could be on either side of the bar.

The target audience is work groups and casual bowlers, groups of friends etc. There won’t be league bowling or professionals.

Tell me it’s a bad idea please.