All courtesy of Yonah Bowl and Skate through Facebook. They had both bowling and roller rink. Very post-1990s look in the rink because it was all grey carpet but the bowling lanes had 1990s style carpet! Interesting!
Courtesy of Loop Net. Better view of bowling alley with white lights on!
Yonah Bowl and Skate 81 Albert Reid Rd, Cleveland, GA
Yonah Bowl and Skate was a multi-entertainment complex. Both roller skating and bowling. I am sure an arcade as well since it is the norm to have both.
Apparently they folded by 2016 when they sold it. Facebook is showing just end at 2013. They did not open too long before that either. They opened in 2001.
It is a beautiful facility. Those photos showed how beautiful they are.
I think the highway department owns it now and ruin it with bunch of garage doors and floor all ruined. IF anyone wants to buy it.. quite expensive to rebuilt the inside. Usually bowling machines are taken aback to the manufacturer as I learned some time ago. This is normal that machines are returned back to the manufacturer. And for the rest.. the floor.. its gone. Oh well.
I think I know why they closed. I looked at the map online and whoa.. beautiful countryside and seemly afar from civilization. A few rinks were like that. And usually go out of business because of the distance. People prefer in town, village, or city, not countryside because then they can easily jump over to a fast food restaurant or a chain restaurant and eat after all that skating and bowling or anything physically active. If you drive a bit, you will be tired by the time you arrive at a restaurant and say, forget it. Just want to go home. That is what I mean here.
UPDATE --
I received an email (finally on 11 August 2021 because I was away for few days went camping) from someone who skated there. This is what I have here for you to read.
You’re absolutely right with it not having a liquor license though, the county it was operating in was a completely dry county until after they closed down, and even now the county doesn’t offer any more than beer and wine.
Towards the end of its life, I believe it traded hands because the owners wanted to retire. It closed for a while during that exchange and opened briefly again before shutting down for good.
Very interesting website you’ve got, and I was surprised to find my hometown rink mentioned.
Thanks!
--GG.
You are welcome, GG. No problem. So, apparently according to my research about retirement and because of dry county that no alcohol beverages not allowed did hurt the business.. perhaps twice. And please do send me pictures of updates and pictures from the past. Would be helpful!
The Interior.
Skate rink area: It had beautiful Blue and White thick polyurethane coated floor. I could not tell if it is wood or concrete. I think the Concrete. it looks so glassy that they have very colorful disco lights around on the ceiling that the reflexion makes the place looked so sparkling. Something like you seen on TV or movie with those sparkles. That is exactly what I mean by those look and feel. It is very nice and beautiful looking place. Too bad they are gone. I would have loved to skate there! No murals. Not like 1980s or 1990s look. It was back to basic 2000s look. Very clean and modern. No retro feel. None of that.
Both the gift shop and the skate rentals appeared to be claustrophobia because of tight space and counter. Usually rinks have much wider counter. This one being smaller. And I noticed the skate rental are all inline, no quads.
The other part was the bowling ally. 24 Brunswick Lanes. It looked very sleek modern with Blue hue, like the rink itself, and the exterior, it is all blue. It had very simple back wall design compared to other alleys that they usually have more fancier design. But this one is more basic.
Both of the snack bars are very simple with White wall background but very organized snack bar. It did not have a liquor license so maybe that is part of reason why they could not survive because adults usually drink beer and bowl at the same time. Its a cliché if you will call that. Been like that for many decades.
There are no competition within 40 miles of this location!
The Exterior.
It had that country-feel of warehouse-like buildings. It was shaped like an "L" that one building appeared bigger than the other building which was narrower. When you enter the parking lot, the building on the left is the narrow one and built as North-South direction. The other building which is more square in shape and larger was on the right side.
There is a very cute country-feel entrance in between the two buildings. I believe that was the main door to go in between the buildings. I felt like this exterior looked more like a church building.
The South end of the narrow building had a White diamond-shaped wall with look like a name on it. Google map in 2000s were terrible at taking pictures. Oh well, they did not go back to re do it again. Until McFly and Doc can take me back in time to take pictures, I cannot do anything. But I am sure one of you did! Did you? Please email me!
What really interested me at this rink was their sign. They had a huge white bowling pin as part of a sign. Again, Google Map did terrible job in 2009. You already saw that above about the pin. I could not see the name on the sign at all. Very grainy. Terrible. Anyone got a time machine? Puhaseee!! Hahaha.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Likely Concrete, Blue and White thick polyurethane coated floor.
Floor Layout: Standard.
Building Size: 40,376 SF Built: N/A Demolished: Still standing. Now DOT.
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Truss Steel Walled Warehouse Building (2) adjoined
Roof: Gable
Acres: 5 Acres
Lanes: 24 Ten Pins.
Operated: c. 2001 to c. 2013 or 2016.
Reason for Closure: Family wanted to retire, sold, empty, then brief operations. Dry county (no alcohol allowed).
Wanted: Information regarding Photographs of exterior. More interior if any. Exact dates of open and closed and why they closed?
Anyone has pictures and/or information please let me know at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Facebook, Rink Time, Dun & Bradstreet, Yelp, Loop Net,
Date of Issue: 2020. Update: 11 August 2021.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3, 16.
Apparently they folded by 2016 when they sold it. Facebook is showing just end at 2013. They did not open too long before that either. They opened in 2001.
It is a beautiful facility. Those photos showed how beautiful they are.
I think the highway department owns it now and ruin it with bunch of garage doors and floor all ruined. IF anyone wants to buy it.. quite expensive to rebuilt the inside. Usually bowling machines are taken aback to the manufacturer as I learned some time ago. This is normal that machines are returned back to the manufacturer. And for the rest.. the floor.. its gone. Oh well.
I think I know why they closed. I looked at the map online and whoa.. beautiful countryside and seemly afar from civilization. A few rinks were like that. And usually go out of business because of the distance. People prefer in town, village, or city, not countryside because then they can easily jump over to a fast food restaurant or a chain restaurant and eat after all that skating and bowling or anything physically active. If you drive a bit, you will be tired by the time you arrive at a restaurant and say, forget it. Just want to go home. That is what I mean here.
UPDATE --
I received an email (finally on 11 August 2021 because I was away for few days went camping) from someone who skated there. This is what I have here for you to read.
You’re absolutely right with it not having a liquor license though, the county it was operating in was a completely dry county until after they closed down, and even now the county doesn’t offer any more than beer and wine.
Towards the end of its life, I believe it traded hands because the owners wanted to retire. It closed for a while during that exchange and opened briefly again before shutting down for good.
Very interesting website you’ve got, and I was surprised to find my hometown rink mentioned.
Thanks!
--GG.
You are welcome, GG. No problem. So, apparently according to my research about retirement and because of dry county that no alcohol beverages not allowed did hurt the business.. perhaps twice. And please do send me pictures of updates and pictures from the past. Would be helpful!
The Interior.
Skate rink area: It had beautiful Blue and White thick polyurethane coated floor. I could not tell if it is wood or concrete. I think the Concrete. it looks so glassy that they have very colorful disco lights around on the ceiling that the reflexion makes the place looked so sparkling. Something like you seen on TV or movie with those sparkles. That is exactly what I mean by those look and feel. It is very nice and beautiful looking place. Too bad they are gone. I would have loved to skate there! No murals. Not like 1980s or 1990s look. It was back to basic 2000s look. Very clean and modern. No retro feel. None of that.
Both the gift shop and the skate rentals appeared to be claustrophobia because of tight space and counter. Usually rinks have much wider counter. This one being smaller. And I noticed the skate rental are all inline, no quads.
The other part was the bowling ally. 24 Brunswick Lanes. It looked very sleek modern with Blue hue, like the rink itself, and the exterior, it is all blue. It had very simple back wall design compared to other alleys that they usually have more fancier design. But this one is more basic.
Both of the snack bars are very simple with White wall background but very organized snack bar. It did not have a liquor license so maybe that is part of reason why they could not survive because adults usually drink beer and bowl at the same time. Its a cliché if you will call that. Been like that for many decades.
There are no competition within 40 miles of this location!
The Exterior.
It had that country-feel of warehouse-like buildings. It was shaped like an "L" that one building appeared bigger than the other building which was narrower. When you enter the parking lot, the building on the left is the narrow one and built as North-South direction. The other building which is more square in shape and larger was on the right side.
There is a very cute country-feel entrance in between the two buildings. I believe that was the main door to go in between the buildings. I felt like this exterior looked more like a church building.
The South end of the narrow building had a White diamond-shaped wall with look like a name on it. Google map in 2000s were terrible at taking pictures. Oh well, they did not go back to re do it again. Until McFly and Doc can take me back in time to take pictures, I cannot do anything. But I am sure one of you did! Did you? Please email me!
What really interested me at this rink was their sign. They had a huge white bowling pin as part of a sign. Again, Google Map did terrible job in 2009. You already saw that above about the pin. I could not see the name on the sign at all. Very grainy. Terrible. Anyone got a time machine? Puhaseee!! Hahaha.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A Floor: Likely Concrete, Blue and White thick polyurethane coated floor.
Floor Layout: Standard.
Building Size: 40,376 SF Built: N/A Demolished: Still standing. Now DOT.
Type of Building: Free Span Steel Truss Steel Walled Warehouse Building (2) adjoined
Roof: Gable
Acres: 5 Acres
Lanes: 24 Ten Pins.
Operated: c. 2001 to c. 2013 or 2016.
Reason for Closure: Family wanted to retire, sold, empty, then brief operations. Dry county (no alcohol allowed).
Wanted: Information regarding Photographs of exterior. More interior if any. Exact dates of open and closed and why they closed?
Anyone has pictures and/or information please let me know at [email protected]. Thank you.
Sources: Facebook, Rink Time, Dun & Bradstreet, Yelp, Loop Net,
Date of Issue: 2020. Update: 11 August 2021.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3, 16.