My freind and I want to go out and explore some abandoned places in our own city. Do you have any tips on how to get into places as well as.... You know not getting arrested?
The building you are at in this video is a typical Chinese mall, there are lot like them in Markham, ON which is where you are likely at in this video. I lived in Markham (north) for a few years, now I am in Richmond Hill.
Hey, you probably won't see this comment but my school is actually walking distance from that place. Back before it closed, near the end of the school year our teachers would always take us there. We never took the bus or anything, we always just walked. I have memories there lol. It's seriously weird looking at the state this place is in now. It was never a fancy place or anything but seeing it this torn up is just like wow lol.
@@jonipersaud6916 Sorry my g I don't think so.. I'll look through an old camera I was using at the time and I'll ask my gramma next time I see her. She chaperoned my group one of the times we went so she might have some pics. I remember there being a lot of gacha machines and arcade cabinets. There was also this like compatibility tester thing and you had to rent these nasty bowling shoes. Oh and I can also ask some of my friends and classmates if they might have pics.
@@gordontaylor2815 Sorry, but to be completely honest I really don't know. It was actually doing pretty well business wise as far as I knew, so I don't really know. There have also been other places in my area that did pretty well that closed down and abandoned for years for seemingly no reason. Apparently some of those places were supposed to be turned into condos or something, so maybe this place was shut down for similar reasons?
@@gordontaylor2815 I used to go there, despite having a few customers it was largely empty outside of weekends. The building was falling apart basically and the interior was extremely dated. Nothing updated since the 90s.
Those are Brunswick A-2 pinsetters. I've been a Brunswick mechanic for many years and can tell you all those parts used to be quite valuable. However, with bowling centers closing so frequently, most of the pinsetters and scorers are just used as scrap these days. I'm surprised they left all the power lifts in the approaches up front (10:48) because those are difficult to find, but the pinsetters only go for about $200 a machine at best. Great video. Brings back old memories of how I used to rebuild those pinsetters and all the time I took doing it.
If you noticed, which you probably did, but all the decks, gearbox's and anything worth where removed. Just the frame and turrets left. Guess they got some money out of them. There's alot more they could have salvaged and made money off of. Even the synthetic lanes could've brought some extra cash.
@@Tolgalan We've had many bowling centers close around here and every center sold entire lanes with pinsetters for $200 each. I had 16 complete pinsetters in the basement of one center and couldn't even get $100 each because no one needed them. Bowling is a dying industry and pinsetters are becoming absolutely worthless.
@@Tolgalan Any center in southeastern Michigan has spare pinsetters. We've had several center close this year and more are in bankruptcy from the coronavirus. Detroit used to have a bowling center on every corner in the 1970's but now there aren't many centers left.
Not just memories. I was thinking of all the time and effort that would have gone into making something as seemingly insignificant as the chairs or the signage.
I can't believe this is the old Club 300 on Old Kennedy! I have so many childhood memories from there when my grandparents would take us for dim sum then we'd head upstairs and bowl. This place is sitting on some expensive land and the whole area is undergoing some massive redevelopment.
I did too. The place was abandoned a couple years ago so it still looked in ok condition. I’m sure a couple runs in the wash cycle should do it some good.
The Brunswick A2 Pinsetters (the pinsetters in this video) are from 1972 which means the place was from the early 70’s which have been renovated in the 90’s. I’m not sure what Bowling Alley where the League Bowlers were playing at now.
The building was sold to developers a while before it closed. It was sold as the land in that area is worth a lot of money not because a lack of patronage at club 300, it was jammed with leagues until it closed. Around the 13 minute mark is the pro shop, it looks like the front check in desk was removed after it closed as it was closer to the snack bar. The building is stripped as there was no doubt that it was going to be torn down.
If the building was certain to be torn down, it makes more sense how it ended up looking in four years how a lot of abandoned structures only look after a decade or two. People tore out what they could, and anyone who decided to hop inside probably just did whatever they want.
It is sad to see bowling allies close. Bowling as a sport and as a fun activity has died out. Now with the virus, bowling allies around the world, especially ones that are privately owned, will start to close for good as they can’t get the funding. I am into the sport and I am sad to see the sport take a big toll this year.
Jennifer Loving neither, I’ve never done it competitively, but every store that dies roller skating near me has closed, and I have to drive an hour to get to one, which isn’t too bad, but still a shame.
hey! thanks for putting me in the intro! it was an honour to be part of club 300's legacy. AMA if you want to know more about the building and its interesting sidepieces!
Holy smokes! What are the odds of you seeing this video! Thanks for preserving that history man, shoot me a DM on twitter or email me - contact@brightsunfilms.ca would love to talk!
I heard that place is pretty big in the past, it’s sad seeing it damaged. Though I didn’t got to go there and very weird of me saying this, but memories will not be forgotten.
This Bowling Alley was like from the 1960’s or 1970’s that have been renovated over the years, I could tell because of their pinsetters which were from the 60’s and 70’s.
I recently revisited one of the bowling allies I went to as a kid (we live closer to a different one) and the only thing thats changed is the bar area, they still got the old chairs and tables too
I’m from Toronto, and I’ve been to this bowling alley before. A long time ago, but I still remember it. Very sad and strange to see it look how it does now.
I've driven by that location I'm pretty sure in the last year. Never imagined it'd be so interesting on the inside. Great exploration and so cool seeing stuff close to home for me like this.
At least it's still standing. I had a bowling alley/entertainment center/roller rink that closed down and was eventually torn down after it got too expensive to upkeep and just generally run. Send Brennen for the raccoons. I'm sure they will accept him as one of their own
MonsterSponge I remember me and my cousin Tommy played it when I was in like 8th or 9th grade like 12 years ago when he came to town and I played it with some of my boys too. Good times bro Left 4 Dead forever. I played the sequel a little bit. I’m 26 now maybe I’ll start playing again eventually I have great memories playing that brother
I came here back in ‘97 with my friends when everything was still new. Memories are still so fresh, feels like i just time travelled into the ftuture. Insane.
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Forget the alley, I'm impressed by the 290 he bowled in the intro lol
The giant plush says "Please take me home, don't leave me here." I wish I was there then I would I don't care if the plush was moldy or not. It breaks my heart when I see that.
At 13:20 I believe that room to be actually where the "Pro-Shop" would be. It's where people would go to buying bowling balls and other equipment as well as where they would have their bowling balls drilled. The stair-like shelving was probably where they displayed the various types of bowling balls.
Thank you for exploring Club300. For many of us, it brings back memories good and/or bad. Glad it's available on the internet for everyone to see what a great place this was.
I live in the municipality where this bowling alley is. While I can't say I frequented this place, I do have some fond memories coming here as a young child in the late 2000s to play bowling with my friends while our parents watched us. Towards the last couple of years while this place was still open, while I never did return to the bowling alley, I would occasionally have dinners at one of the restaurants there. Even at that point, this place was already dead quiet, with my immediate family usually being the largest group of patrons at any of the businesses there. The internet cafe, though I never went inside, was open until the very end, as far as I know, despite having been an obsolete business years before this place closed down. I have some more insights about the local area if anyone is interested.
This is great, but please tell your friend to wear a mask when searching through ruined buildings. We don't want him to damage his lungs. We want him to live a long and successful life.
@@waltersobchak7275 regardless of likelyhood its still a good idea. also asbestos is sometimes in floors and can be kicked up just from walking on them. not to mention how much insulation and ceiling tiles and etc thats everywhere that could generate asbestos dust and considering the holes, if there is asbestos in it its on the floor now. this dust could be fairly easily stirred up. asbestos does require to be disturbed to do much damage, yes but it should Never be taken lightly. especially in deteriorating buildings
@@QueenOfCatsX3 I lived in a block house in Jacksonville for 36 years. It had the 9x9 asbestos tiles. The problem is not when they are new because they are pliable. The supposed problem is when they get a little older and become brittle. They say dry sweeping floors with these tiles are a hazard because of airborne carcinogens. The house was built in 1940. My grandma owned it before my mother and me. Not one person in my family has ever had any asbestos related illness. These same tiles were in millions of houses and even aircraft carriers for decades. Asbestos may cause problems when you are working in a mine or doing installation where you are exposed to airborne particles on a regular basis. Other than that abatement is just another scare tactic for implementing a money making racket.
@@waltersobchak7275 Asbestos floor tiles are really low risk. Low percentage bonded asbestos isn't the big threat. Its the stuff like spray coating and pipe lagging which is like 70-80% asbestos that you should worry about.
People want to be remembered, to leave a mark on a place to say they were there. It's the same reason the Apollo 11 astronauts left a flag on the moon.
Useless info below: The panels that cover the machines are known as Masking Units. The ball return mechanism is a Power Lift (Brunswick's name for it). The pinsetters are A2's, although later on in the video it looks like there were also GS series machines installed that were removed entirely. The guard that comes down to sweep the pins is called a Rake on A2's and a Sweep on GS machines. It's sad to see a center abandoned like this, especially with the older pinsetters. They were known as the workhorse of the industry. Very durable machines and reliable if serviced properly.
Here is a suggestion: Try do intro of desolate place mixed in with clips of video of the glory days, like Rose having flash back when look into the Titanic via monitors, before the famous "It had been 84 years..."
I used to work in a Brunswick alley; the machines you showed were largely stripped...the pin and ball wheels were gone, ball tracks, rake assy's, the motors, conveyor assy's, gearboxes...looked like only the pin guides, ball curtains and deck covers were left....FYI......
Wow, I used to go here, even had a friend's birthday party back in jr. high. This place was pretty popular back in the day but once World Bowl opened in Richmond Hill in the late 90s the crowds started gravitating to that place. I also recall there was an LAN bar on the first floor where you could play games like StarCraft and Counterstrike.
What a waste of a beautiful bowling alley. Also, what sadist leaves behind a stuffed animal? I hope some daring explorer finds it and decides to save it as a keepsake.
Crazy to see the place abandoned like this. My parents used to bowl here as part of a league and I have fond memories of going on the weekends with them. Place used to have arcade machines lined along the walls and the best fries and gravy at the snack stand. This was actually the first place I ever played Bomberman or an arcade racing sim. Last I heard the place was supposed to be torn down for more condos (yuck). Place was in business to at least the early 10's from what I remember. Thanks for visiting!
I loved this the most, I am a bowler, I bowl in leagues and I also know a lot about what goes on behind the scenes of a bowling alley and all the different company manufacturers of equipment used in certain alleys. Thank you guys for this awesome exploration, I really enjoyed it!
Feeling nostalgic watching this video ... still remember the days in the 90s when I went there with my friends for bowling. We had such good memories, shared many laughs, enjoying each other's companies, then sharing a late night meal afterwards. Thanks for this video and memories!
This one hits really close to home. I left my hometown of Scarborough, Ontario for Calgary back in 2014. I remember so many memories from this place. I was definitely sad when I found out this place closed during one of my visits.
ok.... i need to say this................after every video you make look forward to the next.....i am over joyed every time i get the notification why beceaus every building you go to or made a video about you als place a well explained history about the building with nice footage. its allways a joy to watch these video's. So i hope you can go on for some time . i think i have wasted enough of your time if you even read this. greetings from a belgian viewer Koen
I met my late husband there in my early 20's.,fun times! So many league memories, the pro shop, restaurants, friendships followed by my son's youth leagues. We all had tears bowling our last league there. My heart aches watching this, the fact that it is still abandoned now and still no condo in 2020.
I always watch your vids and love them (long time subscriber). And when you said “Club 300” i was shocked. We used to go there all the time. Park underground and go up the stairs. The bottom floor was open but not too busy. But Club300 was always active. My niece would get chicken fingers and fries. We’d bowl, then play arcade and pool. If it was winter, we’d do doughnuts in the back before we left. So sad, places like this don’t exist anymore. Thanks for filming, and letting me see my youth again. Stay safe.
I still go with family to hang out once in a while when we want to do something together. Few of us want to go more often and practice and just have fun
My thoughts exactly! These huge buildings must be built very cheap. Only 4yrs & ceilings falling & floors warping? Doesnt take long when the roof starts leakin..
Ha! I totally forgot about this place until it came up on my feed. My buddies and I got horribly lost after prom and stumbled on the bowling alley. It was a good night. Sad to see it in disrepair. Thanks for sharing!
7:00 No food and beverages, but this place does have an open-door policy for raccoons, though (in all seriousness, I hope that kit’s mom found her baby)
I think that was the mom that they saw. It looked too big to be a baby. I wager they heard the kit(s) calling for the mother, she got back with food or something, heard the guys walking up the stairs, and curled up on top of them protectively.
As a manager in a bowling alley in the UK, it’s crazy to me how much has been just left to rot! All those parts, the ball returns, the pin spotters and the synthetic lanes especially would all have been easily kept as spares for other centres!
There wasn’t much left of the lanes to save they were beat by the end. This house had a ton of use and was sold a number of years before it closed so maintenance went further downhill. What had value was saved but there wasn’t a ton especially as the centre was elevated
I'm also from the uk and was under the impression over here that everything gets ripped out of old bowling alleys. Also this looked at least twice the number of lanes of a typical uk one, its huge.
@@robthomas7232 This is most likely why it failed. The trend in the industry now is to open smaller centres so that they are easier to fill and make a profit. Very rarely are centres of 50+ lanes at full capacity meaning you are paying for rent, rates and bills for space you don't need.
@Pinz n Pinsetters thanks... I guess? Coming from AMF machines I have only know them as pinspotters. Taking spares is most definitely worth it as it really improves a centres bottom line by not having to order the often overly expensive parts from the manufacturer. I am sure a good proportion of the synthetic lanes could have been used in a new centre as with some lane conditioner they would have been as good as new. I completely agree that the ball return housings are completely pointless as I know machines that are 30+ years old that still use their original frames.
They started demolition of the building around late October to mid-November 2020 I think? Last I saw it, all the walls were pretty much gone, and there were piles of rubble.
Silver Ghost - wait a minute! No wonder my hometown location (Rexville Town Center, Bayamon PR) had tonight almost all lights turned off (it hasn't opened back since the Lockdown on 15 March 2020) when that wasn't normal (had almost all lights on all night). I go a lot to the Little Caeasar"s to the side of the CEC... (has been open most of the time)
It's interesting to see how badly the place has fallen apart after the closure. I can still remember going to the Chinese restaurant and bowling alley many years ago. When it was still opened, the place was defiantly showing it's age as pieces of the building outside was already falling apart. The lack of management just shows how badly everything is falling apart now.
Dude you seriously need to make a playlist of you adventuring these because you have like 5 different names for exploration videos and some you just have to get lucky if it’s an exploration video or not because it’s not in the title.
Always love your videos. Been sick recently and have been stuck at home. So, your new videos are always a joy to watch! I liked how you put in photos of what the place use to look like and going back to what it looks like now. It added a nice creep factor. But, this place alone was creepy yet very cool! 🤗
Raccoons are fine if you leave them alone. I have had them on my property for at least 20 years, and have seen them looking down at me from the rafters in my garage a couple times.
@@GrumpyWolfTech In my experiences, Racoons are more scared of humans than vice versa. They only attack you if you're provoking them, or fucking with their young.
@13:07 pro shop. Called Woody’s. Balls would sit on the ledges. They knew it was breaking down. It started in the parking as the ceiling would fall on the cars. I parked in the lane way. Building was only +28years old. Shame it was a great place.
Thanks for making this video. I used to go there when I was younger and would regularly hang out at that net cafe to play foosball. They closed down that building because the owners wanted to capitalize on the huge surge in property value and sold it to developers to build townhomes on it. I believe the developers themselves went bankrupt and couldn't build said townhomes.
The shots of it being active cutting to what it looks like today are top. Who remembers the mission on Titanfall 2 where you warp between now and then as you go through that facility?
Another awesome video!!! This was so cool to see, I haven't been to too many bowling alleys, I more bowl on Wii sports hehe, but I have went to a few and it was always so cool And I mean bowling alleys are so exciting but it always felt exciting to me. You guys are so cool And this was so awesome to see. 😁
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Do you keep anything you find
My freind and I want to go out and explore some abandoned places in our own city. Do you have any tips on how to get into places as well as.... You know not getting arrested?
The building you are at in this video is a typical Chinese mall, there are lot like them in Markham, ON which is where you are likely at in this video. I lived in Markham (north) for a few years, now I am in Richmond Hill.
Has the bowling alley been demolished?
1st Love your content, very therapeutic.! Will you do a piece on “Chuck E Cheese”?
Hey, you probably won't see this comment but my school is actually walking distance from that place. Back before it closed, near the end of the school year our teachers would always take us there. We never took the bus or anything, we always just walked. I have memories there lol. It's seriously weird looking at the state this place is in now. It was never a fancy place or anything but seeing it this torn up is just like wow lol.
Bro thats so epic! Do you have any pictures of the building in its original state?
Do you know WHY exactly it closed down? Jake really didn't elaborate on it other than simple disrepair of the building...
@@jonipersaud6916 Sorry my g I don't think so.. I'll look through an old camera I was using at the time and I'll ask my gramma next time I see her. She chaperoned my group one of the times we went so she might have some pics. I remember there being a lot of gacha machines and arcade cabinets. There was also this like compatibility tester thing and you had to rent these nasty bowling shoes. Oh and I can also ask some of my friends and classmates if they might have pics.
@@gordontaylor2815 Sorry, but to be completely honest I really don't know. It was actually doing pretty well business wise as far as I knew, so I don't really know. There have also been other places in my area that did pretty well that closed down and abandoned for years for seemingly no reason. Apparently some of those places were supposed to be turned into condos or something, so maybe this place was shut down for similar reasons?
@@gordontaylor2815 I used to go there, despite having a few customers it was largely empty outside of weekends. The building was falling apart basically and the interior was extremely dated. Nothing updated since the 90s.
Wii Sports bowling on my Wii probably looks like this because it’s been so long since I’ve played
My Wii won't read the discs anymore
I played yesterday lol
This better make top comment for generations
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They dropped the ceiling because they didn't need the space and it saved them cost on heating and cooling a large area.
But that doesn't explain the lack of floor above him. He could see through to the next floors ceiling and then never resolved it
@@Nemo222 An atrium sounds very plausible assuming they closed the upper floor off to customers at some point, good idea
Lowering the ceiling also cuts down on noise as well.
Heat rises dude
This is the answer, happens a lot more then people think.
Those are Brunswick A-2 pinsetters. I've been a Brunswick mechanic for many years and can tell you all those parts used to be quite valuable. However, with bowling centers closing so frequently, most of the pinsetters and scorers are just used as scrap these days. I'm surprised they left all the power lifts in the approaches up front (10:48) because those are difficult to find, but the pinsetters only go for about $200 a machine at best. Great video. Brings back old memories of how I used to rebuild those pinsetters and all the time I took doing it.
If you noticed, which you probably did, but all the decks, gearbox's and anything worth where removed. Just the frame and turrets left. Guess they got some money out of them. There's alot more they could have salvaged and made money off of. Even the synthetic lanes could've brought some extra cash.
$200? I’m an a2 mechanic as well and a shaker board alone is around $100 all the ones I’ve seen for sale are in the 15k/20k range
@@Tolgalan We've had many bowling centers close around here and every center sold entire lanes with pinsetters for $200 each. I had 16 complete pinsetters in the basement of one center and couldn't even get $100 each because no one needed them. Bowling is a dying industry and pinsetters are becoming absolutely worthless.
Madison Greene where do you live my boss would love those prices for the parts alone
@@Tolgalan Any center in southeastern Michigan has spare pinsetters. We've had several center close this year and more are in bankruptcy from the coronavirus. Detroit used to have a bowling center on every corner in the 1970's but now there aren't many centers left.
This is what happens when Niko doesn't go bowling with his cousin.
Hell, If Niko didn't exist, all of GTA IV would be just atoms...
Niko, it's your cousin! Let's go bowling!
@@KiwifruitDev *breakes in
Imagine not knowing where this reference is from
Cousin it is your cousin
Let's go bowling !!!
Its just sad to see abandoned places left forgotten and lot of good memories left there with it.
Not just memories. I was thinking of all the time and effort that would have gone into making something as seemingly insignificant as the chairs or the signage.
I like to believe that while this building may be forgotten, those who made memories there still hold them dear to this day.
This makes me so sad.
Lot of bowling alleys are closing you only see few of them open. Here in hayward, CA are closing
Not if the Retro Decade Revival Project can turn the tables around.
I can't believe this is the old Club 300 on Old Kennedy! I have so many childhood memories from there when my grandparents would take us for dim sum then we'd head upstairs and bowl. This place is sitting on some expensive land and the whole area is undergoing some massive redevelopment.
seeing that oversized stuffed fox at the start made me very sad. He just needed a friend and he was left there all by himself
I know you're not supposed to, but I'd save him
He was really cute!
FNAF vibe
I'd have taken that and at least one pin.
I did too. The place was abandoned a couple years ago so it still looked in ok condition. I’m sure a couple runs in the wash cycle should do it some good.
I don’t trust any bowling alleys that DONT look like they’re from the 90s tbh
In my town theres one from the 60-70 that is still in use
The Brunswick A2 Pinsetters (the pinsetters in this video) are from 1972 which means the place was from the early 70’s which have been renovated in the 90’s. I’m not sure what Bowling Alley where the League Bowlers were playing at now.
Just check the carpets. I would take those hardwood and pin setters
It's got to be said, that's some lazy graffiti...
Sure, but not many people see it so why put effort in it.
Well, the main guy was a STONER so...
@@thysquid2157 Kinda like RUclips.
“POT KING STONR” lol I’ve seen better
It's Canadian graffiti, hard to write anything other than Sorry...
The building was sold to developers a while before it closed. It was sold as the land in that area is worth a lot of money not because a lack of patronage at club 300, it was jammed with leagues until it closed. Around the 13 minute mark is the pro shop, it looks like the front check in desk was removed after it closed as it was closer to the snack bar. The building is stripped as there was no doubt that it was going to be torn down.
If the building was certain to be torn down, it makes more sense how it ended up looking in four years how a lot of abandoned structures only look after a decade or two. People tore out what they could, and anyone who decided to hop inside probably just did whatever they want.
Even those A2s were stripped of their gear boxes, not as intact as someone might think.
Unfortunetly that is why most bowling Allies close. The real estate valley is worth more than what the allies make for bowling.
It is sad to see bowling allies close. Bowling as a sport and as a fun activity has died out. Now with the virus, bowling allies around the world, especially ones that are privately owned, will start to close for good as they can’t get the funding. I am into the sport and I am sad to see the sport take a big toll this year.
Wait there are publicly owned bowling allies
Gaming Origins wisely said, I totally agree with you, same with roller skating, it’s also dying out and I loved it I much.
That's sad. I love bowling, though I do it noncompetitively.
Jennifer Loving neither, I’ve never done it competitively, but every store that dies roller skating near me has closed, and I have to drive an hour to get to one, which isn’t too bad, but still a shame.
Man, the virus screwed up 2020😥
hey! thanks for putting me in the intro! it was an honour to be part of club 300's legacy. AMA if you want to know more about the building and its interesting sidepieces!
Holy smokes! What are the odds of you seeing this video! Thanks for preserving that history man, shoot me a DM on twitter or email me - contact@brightsunfilms.ca would love to talk!
I heard that place is pretty big in the past, it’s sad seeing it damaged.
Though I didn’t got to go there and very weird of me saying this, but memories will not be forgotten.
It's not necessarily "90's" as much as it is simply "bowling alley."
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yeah, and 90's, I wish ours was so fancy. Our town still has the "80's" bowling alley.
This Bowling Alley was like from the 1960’s or 1970’s that have been renovated over the years, I could tell because of their pinsetters which were from the 60’s and 70’s.
But bowling alleys are a 70s thing
I recently revisited one of the bowling allies I went to as a kid (we live closer to a different one) and the only thing thats changed is the bar area, they still got the old chairs and tables too
I’m from Toronto, and I’ve been to this bowling alley before. A long time ago, but I still remember it. Very sad and strange to see it look how it does now.
I've driven by that location I'm pretty sure in the last year. Never imagined it'd be so interesting on the inside. Great exploration and so cool seeing stuff close to home for me like this.
This comment was made 3 days ago?? And this video is just made now? Wtf
why is ur comment 3 days ago when this was released today thonk
this man is breaking the space time continuum
Dioro Jotarovanna Probably a channel member or something like that
@@howard5030 Patreon early access. And a little magic.
*”After Guardians of The Galaxy was made Rocket the Racoon returned to his natural habitat, an abandoned bowling alley”*
At least it's still standing. I had a bowling alley/entertainment center/roller rink that closed down and was eventually torn down after it got too expensive to upkeep and just generally run. Send Brennen for the raccoons. I'm sure they will accept him as one of their own
@Jay Man looking at dirty hotel rooms
2:38 finding an advertisement for the original Left 4 Dead is a good enough find in itself. Place is a time capsule of sorts.
Kids today never played that game
@@Thatguy55595 true but I do play L4D2 frequently
MonsterSponge I remember me and my cousin Tommy played it when I was in like 8th or 9th grade like 12 years ago when he came to town and I played it with some of my boys too. Good times bro Left 4 Dead forever. I played the sequel a little bit. I’m 26 now maybe I’ll start playing again eventually I have great memories playing that brother
@@Thatguy55595 strongly suggest playing L4D2 again. No real updates since 2013 but its patched at least once a year with all the other valve games
@@monstersponge9096 also the mods are fun as hell with friends on PC
That chandelier is hanging for dear life because Sia keeps trying to swing from them.
hahahaha
OH SHIT, I worked here! Man, this brings back memories.
I came here back in ‘97 with my friends when everything was still new. Memories are still so fresh, feels like i just time travelled into the ftuture. Insane.
Forget the alley, I'm impressed by the 290 he bowled in the intro lol
The giant plush says "Please take me home, don't leave me here." I wish I was there then I would I don't care if the plush was moldy or not. It breaks my heart when I see that.
You know it's not alive right?
I left it to be honest!
NGL i want to fly to the alley and save it
At 13:20 I believe that room to be actually where the "Pro-Shop" would be. It's where people would go to buying bowling balls and other equipment as well as where they would have their bowling balls drilled. The stair-like shelving was probably where they displayed the various types of bowling balls.
Thank you for exploring Club300. For many of us, it brings back memories good and/or bad. Glad it's available on the internet for everyone to see what a great place this was.
I live in the municipality where this bowling alley is. While I can't say I frequented this place, I do have some fond memories coming here as a young child in the late 2000s to play bowling with my friends while our parents watched us. Towards the last couple of years while this place was still open, while I never did return to the bowling alley, I would occasionally have dinners at one of the restaurants there. Even at that point, this place was already dead quiet, with my immediate family usually being the largest group of patrons at any of the businesses there. The internet cafe, though I never went inside, was open until the very end, as far as I know, despite having been an obsolete business years before this place closed down. I have some more insights about the local area if anyone is interested.
omg please update me on it haha
businesses that don't make sense are usually opened for an investor visa lol
This is great, but please tell your friend to wear a mask when searching through ruined buildings. We don't want him to damage his lungs. We want him to live a long and successful life.
Damage from what don't say asbestos it isn't dangerous until you start messing with it. Black mold maybe highly unlikely though
Why
@@waltersobchak7275 regardless of likelyhood its still a good idea. also asbestos is sometimes in floors and can be kicked up just from walking on them. not to mention how much insulation and ceiling tiles and etc thats everywhere that could generate asbestos dust and considering the holes, if there is asbestos in it its on the floor now. this dust could be fairly easily stirred up.
asbestos does require to be disturbed to do much damage, yes but it should Never be taken lightly. especially in deteriorating buildings
@@QueenOfCatsX3 I lived in a block house in Jacksonville for 36 years. It had the 9x9 asbestos tiles. The problem is not when they are new because they are pliable. The supposed problem is when they get a little older and become brittle. They say dry sweeping floors with these tiles are a hazard because of airborne carcinogens. The house was built in 1940. My grandma owned it before my mother and me. Not one person in my family has ever had any asbestos related illness. These same tiles were in millions of houses and even aircraft carriers for decades. Asbestos may cause problems when you are working in a mine or doing installation where you are exposed to airborne particles on a regular basis. Other than that abatement is just another scare tactic for implementing a money making racket.
@@waltersobchak7275 Asbestos floor tiles are really low risk. Low percentage bonded asbestos isn't the big threat. Its the stuff like spray coating and pipe lagging which is like 70-80% asbestos that you should worry about.
why do people feel the need spray paint everything, always.
a city without graffiti would look abnormal
People want to be remembered, to leave a mark on a place to say they were there. It's the same reason the Apollo 11 astronauts left a flag on the moon.
They place in completely rotting and leaking and left as a loss to the owners and your worried about some paint??
Well once places become abandoned it’s their painting ground now.
why do people feel the need to draw a penis on everything?
these are literally such good quality videos ive watched all of them im so proud of u
Thank you!
Every bowling alley revolves around the master Wii Sports Matt. Every time he switches to another bowling alley, that one closes. Matt is the Wii god
I see you everywhere on like every video ever
Aww baby raccoon ❤️🥺❤️
The baby raccoon on the staircase was either Timmy or Tommy from Animal Crossing.
Scoping out property values for future Animal Crossing installments.
Damn Nooks always looking for a quick buck
*Tom Nook couldn’t find Timmy or Tommy*
*They are in the abandoned bowling alley*
Useless info below:
The panels that cover the machines are known as Masking Units.
The ball return mechanism is a Power Lift (Brunswick's name for it).
The pinsetters are A2's, although later on in the video it looks like there were also GS series machines installed that were removed entirely.
The guard that comes down to sweep the pins is called a Rake on A2's and a Sweep on GS machines.
It's sad to see a center abandoned like this, especially with the older pinsetters. They were known as the workhorse of the industry. Very durable machines and reliable if serviced properly.
Yeah at one point 2/3 of all pinsetters in the world were A2s
Here is a suggestion: Try do intro of desolate place mixed in with clips of video of the glory days, like Rose having flash back when look into the Titanic via monitors, before the famous "It had been 84 years..."
I used to work in a Brunswick alley; the machines you showed were largely stripped...the pin and ball wheels were gone, ball tracks, rake assy's, the motors, conveyor assy's, gearboxes...looked like only the pin guides, ball curtains and deck covers were left....FYI......
I get a strike every time, I’m too good
Perfect golf swing, perfect bowl arm
Satisfies women first time every time
Sure, just ignore that little poor peasant rolling the ball by hand to a perfect strike :)
"The Donger need FOOD"
Name checks out
Wow, I used to go here, even had a friend's birthday party back in jr. high. This place was pretty popular back in the day but once World Bowl opened in Richmond Hill in the late 90s the crowds started gravitating to that place. I also recall there was an LAN bar on the first floor where you could play games like StarCraft and Counterstrike.
What a waste of a beautiful bowling alley. Also, what sadist leaves behind a stuffed animal? I hope some daring explorer finds it and decides to save it as a keepsake.
I left it creeped me out 😂
I want to save it
Crazy to see the place abandoned like this. My parents used to bowl here as part of a league and I have fond memories of going on the weekends with them. Place used to have arcade machines lined along the walls and the best fries and gravy at the snack stand. This was actually the first place I ever played Bomberman or an arcade racing sim. Last I heard the place was supposed to be torn down for more condos (yuck). Place was in business to at least the early 10's from what I remember. Thanks for visiting!
*Bowling alley: dead*
*Raccoon’s: It’s time to shine lads*
Thanks for 219 likes 🤣
Sorcha Payne for real
*it's free real estate*
Twincam Yes it is-
How do I have 108 likes on this-
@@sgnjamcitydevteam6913 191 now, well done.
I loved this the most, I am a bowler, I bowl in leagues and I also know a lot about what goes on behind the scenes of a bowling alley and all the different company manufacturers of equipment used in certain alleys. Thank you guys for this awesome exploration, I really enjoyed it!
@Pinz n Pinsetters That's awesome man, I'll check out your channel!
1:20 random stuffed animal just chillin
I have a stuffed animal with me as I read this
I wan to keep it for some reaso
Always an excitement when you have a new video! Interesting place to explore. Excited for Closed for Storm👍
Thank you!
Keeping history alive is so important..
Safe exploring 🤟🏾
Feeling nostalgic watching this video ... still remember the days in the 90s when I went there with my friends for bowling. We had such good memories, shared many laughs, enjoying each other's companies, then sharing a late night meal afterwards. Thanks for this video and memories!
It’s a fantastic day when there is a BSF. Up load thank you for always making amazing content !!!
Thank you so much for watching!
This one hits really close to home. I left my hometown of Scarborough, Ontario for Calgary back in 2014. I remember so many memories from this place. I was definitely sad when I found out this place closed during one of my visits.
This is definitely not the Big Lebowski sequel I was hoping for
I LOVE it!! Please keep making content forever, your videos are helping me survive 2020 you have no idea.
Ye ole Bowling Alley has seen better days
ok.... i need to say this................after every video you make look forward to the next.....i am over joyed every time i get the notification
why beceaus every building you go to or made a video about you als place a well explained history about the building with nice footage. its allways a joy to watch these video's.
So i hope you can go on for some time . i think i have wasted enough of your time if you even read this.
greetings from a belgian viewer
Koen
That was creepy, I literally have that stuffed wolf within arm's reach right now.
I met my late husband there in my early 20's.,fun times!
So many league memories, the pro shop, restaurants, friendships followed by my son's youth leagues. We all had tears bowling our last league there.
My heart aches watching this, the fact that it is still abandoned now and still no condo in 2020.
No "WHAT'S UP GUYS, THIS IS JAKE AND WELCOME TO AABAAAANDONED"😥
I always watch your vids and love them (long time subscriber). And when you said “Club 300” i was shocked. We used to go there all the time. Park underground and go up the stairs. The bottom floor was open but not too busy. But Club300 was always active. My niece would get chicken fingers and fries. We’d bowl, then play arcade and pool. If it was winter, we’d do doughnuts in the back before we left. So sad, places like this don’t exist anymore. Thanks for filming, and letting me see my youth again. Stay safe.
Remember when going out to a bowling alley was a thing?
Remember when we had more civil liberties? Good times
I still go with family to hang out once in a while when we want to do something together. Few of us want to go more often and practice and just have fun
Jake finally wearing a respirator. Good on you man! Keep up the great work.
What really amazes me is how fast black mould takes root when people abandon a building 😳😳😳...it’s both sad and eye opening!
My thoughts exactly! These huge buildings must be built very cheap. Only 4yrs & ceilings falling & floors warping? Doesnt take long when the roof starts leakin..
Ha! I totally forgot about this place until it came up on my feed. My buddies and I got horribly lost after prom and stumbled on the bowling alley. It was a good night. Sad to see it in disrepair.
Thanks for sharing!
Clicked to see abandoned bowling alley, stayed for baby raccoon
This video just made my Friday perfect!
7:00 No food and beverages, but this place does have an open-door policy for raccoons, though (in all seriousness, I hope that kit’s mom found her baby)
I think that was the mom that they saw. It looked too big to be a baby.
I wager they heard the kit(s) calling for the mother, she got back with food or something, heard the guys walking up the stairs, and curled up on top of them protectively.
As a manager in a bowling alley in the UK, it’s crazy to me how much has been just left to rot! All those parts, the ball returns, the pin spotters and the synthetic lanes especially would all have been easily kept as spares for other centres!
There wasn’t much left of the lanes to save they were beat by the end. This house had a ton of use and was sold a number of years before it closed so maintenance went further downhill. What had value was saved but there wasn’t a ton especially as the centre was elevated
I'm also from the uk and was under the impression over here that everything gets ripped out of old bowling alleys. Also this looked at least twice the number of lanes of a typical uk one, its huge.
@@robthomas7232 This is most likely why it failed. The trend in the industry now is to open smaller centres so that they are easier to fill and make a profit. Very rarely are centres of 50+ lanes at full capacity meaning you are paying for rent, rates and bills for space you don't need.
@Pinz n Pinsetters thanks... I guess? Coming from AMF machines I have only know them as pinspotters. Taking spares is most definitely worth it as it really improves a centres bottom line by not having to order the often overly expensive parts from the manufacturer. I am sure a good proportion of the synthetic lanes could have been used in a new centre as with some lane conditioner they would have been as good as new. I completely agree that the ball return housings are completely pointless as I know machines that are 30+ years old that still use their original frames.
On a Friday evening I am watching a RUclips or that goes to an abandond bowling place cool
okay... why do you need to tell us this?
Idk
They started demolition of the building around late October to mid-November 2020 I think? Last I saw it, all the walls were pretty much gone, and there were piles of rubble.
Keep up the great content, Loving abandoned!
Wow didn't take long for this place to get tore up. Like these little explore videos Jake. Good work
How oily were the lanes when you were walking on them?
Not! The oil is long dried up
I love your videos fun to see someone who loves abandoned places like me and who loves transportation to
I’m sure COVID-19 will have many businesses closing. I’m sure that’ll be an interesting series.
darrell holland fuck Trump
@darrell holland It didn’t come from China, idiot.
@darrell holland Fuck every government who didn't immediately cease all travel
Any interior design ever: *Exists*
Bright Sun Films: "So 90's."
Chuck-E-Cheese is about to go bankrupt and all my childhood memories of that place are flooding back.
Silver Ghost - wait a minute! No wonder my hometown location (Rexville Town Center, Bayamon PR) had tonight almost all lights turned off (it hasn't opened back since the Lockdown on 15 March 2020) when that wasn't normal (had almost all lights on all night).
I go a lot to the Little Caeasar"s to the side of the CEC... (has been open most of the time)
syxepop yea mine in Garland, Texas has all the signs taken down and I believe it’s gutted, I hope he can do a video on it.
I'm sorry to hear.
It's interesting to see how badly the place has fallen apart after the closure. I can still remember going to the Chinese restaurant and bowling alley many years ago. When it was still opened, the place was defiantly showing it's age as pieces of the building outside was already falling apart. The lack of management just shows how badly everything is falling apart now.
I guess it looked somewhat close to this even before it closed.
Another quality film .. great content !!
Do you ever take stuff from these places? A bowling pin would be a great souvenir
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Dude you seriously need to make a playlist of you adventuring these because you have like 5 different names for exploration videos and some you just have to get lucky if it’s an exploration video or not because it’s not in the title.
That’s actually a good idea. I’ll have that done by tonight!
Bright Sun Films thanks man! I really enjoy your videos keep up the hard work!
Always love your videos. Been sick recently and have been stuck at home. So, your new videos are always a joy to watch! I liked how you put in photos of what the place use to look like and going back to what it looks like now. It added a nice creep factor. But, this place alone was creepy yet very cool! 🤗
even though they look so cute and innocent, i never realised how dangerous raccoons can actually be until I read about their behaviour and habits.
Yeah, they're pretty mean, and they love cat food.
Jennifer Loving who doesn’t love cat food though...
@@everyhandletaken True.
Raccoons are fine if you leave them alone. I have had them on my property for at least 20 years, and have seen them looking down at me from the rafters in my garage a couple times.
@@GrumpyWolfTech In my experiences, Racoons are more scared of humans than vice versa. They only attack you if you're provoking them, or fucking with their young.
@13:07 pro shop. Called Woody’s. Balls would sit on the ledges. They knew it was breaking down. It started in the parking as the ceiling would fall on the cars. I parked in the lane way. Building was only +28years old. Shame it was a great place.
It's always a bit sad to see what a space looked like then compared to today's decay.
Thanks for making this video. I used to go there when I was younger and would regularly hang out at that net cafe to play foosball. They closed down that building because the owners wanted to capitalize on the huge surge in property value and sold it to developers to build townhomes on it. I believe the developers themselves went bankrupt and couldn't build said townhomes.
Damn i used to go there every now and then with my family, crazy t see it like this
Hello. I love this channel. I clicked instantly!
Can someone please go and rescue that big stuffed Husky? :(
right :( need
The shots of it being active cutting to what it looks like today are top. Who remembers the mission on Titanfall 2 where you warp between now and then as you go through that facility?
Recommendation for a new abandoned episode: The wildlife wonderland park in Australia, super creepy, but definitely something you should check out.
This is one of the coolest RUclips channels.
When you said, *”this floor’s a little wonky”*
I said, *“hell yeah it is!”* Lmao
like I was there or something 😂
That's called immersion, my friend.
Another awesome video!!! This was so cool to see, I haven't been to too many bowling alleys, I more bowl on Wii sports hehe, but I have went to a few and it was always so cool And I mean bowling alleys are so exciting but it always felt exciting to me. You guys are so cool And this was so awesome to see. 😁
Escape from Tarkov: Canada Edition
Our Scavs are raccoons.
This kind of reminds me of Wheels In. My recollection of that was it was a smaller ally, but also in Canada, in a entertainment complex.
“A disco ball is just hanging by a thread...”
Well now it’s hanging by nothing
Another fantastic explore. Thanks....
Sad you didn't lift up a bowling pin... not many people get to touch one of those
Great video Jake. Stay safe and I can't wait for a new episode of bankrupt or Abandoned.
$16.50 for 15 hours of bowling? That's a crazy deal!