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Bowlmor AMF Corp. is the largest ten-pin bowling center operator in the world, with 304 centers the United States, eight centers in Mexico, and three centers in Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bowlmoramf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FY2015AuditedFinancials.pdf )〕 The centers have an average of 40 lanes compared to the U.S. bowling center average of 21 lanes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bowlmoramf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Q42015FinancialReport.pdf )〕 Bowlmor AMF’s US centers represent 8% of the country’s 4,400 bowling centers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sandyhansell.com )〕 Its nearest US competitors in size are (Bowl-America ), (Bowl New England ), Lucky Strike, and Main Event Entertainment, each with around 20 centers. Most of the other bowling centers in the United States are individually or family-owned.〔 Bowlmor AMF currently operates the following bowling center brands: *Bowlmor Lanes, which focus on group events and open bowling. Bowlmor centers aim to provide “high-end” bowling in a modern lounge setting which includes audiovisual technology, such as plasma screens for automatic scoring and movie screens above the lanes, plus glow lighting, and glow-in-the-dark lanes. Bowlmor centers also have DJ booths, sports bars and video arcades, mini golf, bocce, table shuffleboard, ping pong tables, air hockey, billiards, and boardwalk games, private party facilities with catering services, and full service restaurants.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kccllc.net/documents/1236495/1236495130523000000000010.pdf )〕 The company claims the Bowlmor brand has a 35-50% return on equity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4ekEgTqQkMQ#t=166 )〕 *Bowlero centers, which focus on group events and open play but will also incorporate bowling league play. The Bowlero brand is envisioned as a "mid-tier" offering, in which a traditional bowling center has been renovated to create what the company calls a "hip, fun environment."〔 In May 2014 the company opened its first Bowlero center in the renovated AMF Woodlands Lanes in The Woodlands, Texas, featuring "recreational games and inventive menu items set in an eclectic environment that’s full of nostalgic throwbacks." Two additional Bowlero centers opened in 2014, both in Texas, and both in former AMF centers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/05/bowlmor-amf-to-open-nostalgic-bowling-alley-in-the.html )〕 Note that the name "Bowlero" is not exclusive to Bowlmor AMF and that the Bowlero centers owned by others do not use Bowlmor AMF's Bowlero concept. *AMF Bowling Centers in the United States and Mexico, which continue to operate as traditional bowling centers where bowling league play continues to play a significant role. Bowlmor AMF aims to increase open play and group events at these centers through the application of Bowlmor’s experience as well as increased marketing investment.〔 *The Brunswick Bowling Center brands, including Brunswick Bowling, Brunswick Zone, Brunswick Zone XL, and Brunswick's. In fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the company closed 34 of its leased centers and 7 of its owned centers because of negative cash-flow and other reasons.〔 It is spending $32 million annually through 2018 to renovate the others and expects that, by 2018, around 25 of the AMF centers will have been converted to Bowlmor Lanes and around 60 of the AMF centers will have been converted to Bowlero centers. Within the United States as of June 2015, centers consisted of 266 operating under the AMF, Brunswick, and Brunswick Zone brand names, 18 Bowlmor, 4 Bowlero, 13 Brunswick Zone XL, and 3 Brunswick’s.〔 ==History== Bowlmor AMF was formed in July 2013 when AMF Bowling Worldwide (successor company to American Machine and Foundry), which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2012, reorganized and combined with Strike Holdings LLC (doing business as Bowlmor Lanes, an upscale bowling and entertainment company). The new company is jointly owned by Bowlmor, certain of AMF Bowling’s second lien lenders including an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, and Credit Suisse. At time of the merger, the merged company operated 272 bowling centers and had 7,500 employees and a combined annual revenue of approximately $450 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130701005676/en/Bowlmor-AMF-Bowling-Worldwide-Announce-Completion-Merger#.Uvqf53khGLs )〕 In the AMF Bowling reorganization, AMF’s second lien lenders converted their debt into equity in Bowlmor AMF. Credit Suisse provided a $230 million term loan facility and a $30 revolving loan facility, and the largest holders of AMF’s existing second lien debt provided $50 million of backstop financing to provide working capital for Bowlmor AMF and to pay cash distributions in varying amounts to AMF’s other creditors. AMF’s first lien lenders received payment in full, in cash, of principal, interest at the non-default rate, and their fees.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130517006034/en/Bowlmor-Joins-AMF’s-Existing-Lien-Lenders-Including#.UvqgQnkhGLs )〕 Bowlmor Founder and CEO Tom Shannon became Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of the combined company, and Bowlmor’s Chief Financial Officer and former President, Brett Parker, became Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Vice President. Shannon and Parker collectively own 22% of Bowlmor AMF〔 and will receive bonuses based on their ability to increase the profitability and worth of Bowlmor AMF.〔 As part of the AMF Bowling reorganization, Bowlmor AMF assumed control of AMF Bowling’s 50% interest in QubicaAMF Worldwide, one of the largest manufacturers of bowling products in the world.〔 In December 2014 the Qubica founders and partners acquired this interest from Bowlmor AMF.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://talktenpin.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10341&Itemid=135 )〕 In July 2014, the company announced that it had agreed to acquire all 85 centers of Brunswick Bowling & Billiards in a transaction to be financed by the sale and leaseback of 58 of the centers to (iStar Financial ), as well as a term loan. The acquired centers are to be operated as a stand-alone division retaining existing branding.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bowlmor-amf-to-acquire-brunswick-corporations-bowling-center-business-267558621.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://commercialobserver.com/2014/08/istar-seeking-120m-for-bowling-portfolio-acquisition/ )〕 The acquisition was completed in September 2014.〔 Shannon was named Bowling Proprietor of the Year in 2014 by Bowlers Journal International Magazine in recognition of his "vision and bold initiatives" to "divide the AMF bowling empire into three distinct brands."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bowlmor AMF」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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