![]() ![]() The two-level, dual-sport facility is part of South Point’s business strategy of cornering the market for contrasting niche sports - tournament bowling and equestrian/bullriding events. After an April 2013 announcement, the facility went up fast because it was assembled using pre-fabricated building sections, kind of like an erector set, Growney said. South Point financed the $35 million bowling/equestrian center with internal cash flow, Growney said. The 60-lane, 90,000-square-foot bowling center, outfitted with a 167-foot-long video screen, is already booked for 100 dates in 2015, said Ryan Growney, South Point general manager. The bowling center, called South Point Bowling Plaza, debuts Saturday with the Geico PBA World Series of Bowling, which will draw the sport’s top professionals. South Point’s new $35 million sports center houses both a championship bowling center on the second floor and an equestrian venue called the Priefert Pavilion on the bottom level. While a stadium funding debate rages in Las Vegas and MGM Resorts International forges ahead with its arena construction on the Strip, the valley’s newest and most unique sports facility will hold an inaugural event in a few days. Director of bowling operations Mike Monyak bowls at the new South Point Bowling Plaza at South Point casino-hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday, Oct.
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