“What else do you do in Juneau in the winter?” Ellison asked. “I cleaned out my locker. I didn’t know if we’d still have a bowling alley. It’s something we definitely didn’t need to lose in Juneau.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Collegiate bowlers from Juneau, Eric Lambert and Trevor Perov, said they’re happy they still have a place to bowl while home for the summer.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Trevor Perov prepares to bowl at PINZ, Monday, May 27. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t
Lambert bowls at Siena Heights University in Michigan and Perov bowls at Purdue University in Indiana. Both are Thunder Mountain High School graduates.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It would’ve been a heart-breaker,” Lambert said. “We wouldn’t have had a place to practice this summer.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Despite some local bowlers being relieved the alley is open seven days per week, Petersen said he’s seen some confusion online about whether the alley is open and what it means for people who may still have gift certificates.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I’m honoring anything Taku Lanes had set up with anyone else,” Petersen said of a plan to accept gift certificates or other arrangements people may have had with the other business.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Petersen said he’s also working to make it easier to find out more about PINZ and its business hours online, and the business already has a Facebook page under the name PINZ llc<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t PINZ is open 3 p.m.-midnight Sunday through Thursday, and noon-midnight both Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t “It gives me an excuse to be here every night,” Petersen said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t He also intends to try to reintroduce food, fountain drinks and alcoholic beverages to the venue. Currently, only vending machine snacks and soda are available.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t [Special Olympians and league players unite at bowling alley<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t “Right now it’s just a bowling alley,” Petersen said. “There’s soda pop and chips and candy.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t However, he said getting concessions setup should be a fairly fast process.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t “The food will be back fairly quick,” Petersen said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Getting to the point where people can drink beer while they bowl will likely be a different story.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Back in March, the state Alcoholic Beverage Control <\/a>Board<\/a> denied renewal of Taku Lanes alcohol license since bowling alleys are not included in the state law that outlines the recreational places where alcohol can be sold.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t