The business was hit hard by the pandemic but did not lay off any staffBritain’s biggest tenpin bowling operator looks set to widen the gap with its rivals by doubling the number of new venues that it plans to open. Hollywood Bowl, which also owns a crazy golf concept called Puttstars, said that it expected to open 14 to 18 new centres by 2024 under the two brands. SponsoredThe group, which reopened its estate yesterday, said that it had agreed terms on a new tenpin centre in Resorts World Birmingham and a Puttstars venue in Harrow, northwest London, and was in advanced negotiations over three further Hollywood Bowls and eight Puttstars sites. Among the openings will be its first venue in Northern Ireland, at Belfast’s Odyssey complex. The group had signalled its ambitions in March after raising £30 million

Source: The Times May 17, 2021 23:01 UTC