Los Angeles County bowlers have been knocking down pins this week, with alleys open again now that the county is in the second-least restrictive tier of the state’s economic recovery plan.
Bowling alleys across the county, from Cerritos to Pasadena and from the South Bay to Woodland Hills, were allowed to open, with modifications, on Monday, April 5. That’s when the county moved to the orange tier, which allows family entertainment centers, including bowling alleys, to resume operations. But capacity is capped at 25% and other coronavirus health protocols are required, such as reservations and social distancing.
“People are happy to be back,” said Mickey Cogan, general manager of Gable House Bowl, 22501 Hawthorne Blvd., in Torrance.
Bowlero, a national chain that has locations in Torrance, Montebello, West Covina and elswhere in the county, is open as well, with modified hours.
Gable House reopened on Monday when the venue’s regular leagues began coming back
While protocols are in place — including plastic dividers — Cogan said it’s good to see and hear all the familiar sounds following a year of silence.
“Judging by comments on Facebook, the people who have missed it the most have been our senior bowlers,” he said. “That’s their social time and a time for them to get out of the house and do something active.”
Gable had more than 1,800 league bowlers using the venue before the pandemic hit. So far, about 35% of those have started to return this week, Cogan said.
During the shutdown, he added, many avid bowlers — especially those who compete in out-of-state tournaments that, in some cases, were still being held — would travel to other less-restrictive Southern California counties to practice.
“It’s been weird coming in here for the last year with nobody here,” he said. “We still had bills to pay and mail to go through, so I’d come in for a couple hours most days.”
Folks are “going along with” the new protocols, Cogan said, including by wearing masks and social distancing.
The bar and restaurant are open, he said, but items cannot be taken down to the alleys during play. Currently, four teams of four people are allowed to compete on a pair of lanes to limit contact. But leagues play mainly during the day and so later in the afternoons and evenings, open bowling is available.
“You can see that some people are rusty,” he said, “and a little bit sore.”
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