The former Metro Bowl building may have played host to a cornucopia of memories since it was built in 1960, but now it is a shell. The front doors are boarded up and signage is stripped to reveal its guts. On the upper part of the south side of the building are holes exposing the interior to the elements.
City spokesperson Scott Bean said the property was in “deplorable condition.” A dumpster delivery service is operating at the back end of the property, behind a tall fence. Bean said there are no zoning or other violations with the business being there.
It swallows up 5.43 acres, mainly with a sea of crumbling asphalt parking.
The owner is Property Ventures of Lansing LLC. The address on city property records is a collision repair shop on Lake Lansing Road. A visit by City Pulse left employees of the business scratching their heads because they had no idea who owned the property or why it was listed as the collision shop.
According to an online history of local bowling alleys, Metro Bowl opened in 1959 and closed in 2015.
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