Other times are also posted online, but the center notes that open play lanes may not be available during league play and are subject to a waiting list. to 1:30 a.m.Īccording to the bowling alley’s website, the best times for open play bowling during the day is Monday through Friday from 3-5:30 p.m. to midnight, and Friday and Saturday from 9 p.m. Karaoke is a popular attraction on Wednesday and Sunday evenings from 9 p.m. The center offers all you can bowl Cosmic Bowling under the lights on Saturday evenings from 10 p.m. On Fridays, dollar games are offered from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday Steve Cook’s Fireside Lanes offers dollar games from 3 to 6 p.m. His preference, he said, is to “keep flash to a minimum, and concentrate on good customer service.” Related: New burger joint gets green light from city to build in front of Fireside LanesĬook describes his Fireside Lanes as having a “classic, gimmick-free” appeal, while some bowling centers are taking a more active entertainment center style approach. Looking to the future, he said the center has had a popular youth league through the years which continues to attract younger bowlers to the sport. He’s also pleased the city is working to revitalize Auburn Boulevard through a $20 million infrastructure project that will extend from Rusch Park to the Roseville border. I’m hoping in the future to make additional improvements and refresh the outside with new paint and redo the parking lot,” Cook said.
“We want to spend our money on improvements wisely. “We place a great emphasis on customer service,” he said, crediting his staff and on-site manager, Jack Thomas, for helping keep customers coming back for more. Since he took ownership, Cook said overall business income at Fireside Lanes has been stable. In the United States, the bowling industry currently generates about $6 billion in revenues annually. After retiring from competition, Cook developed his own bowling supply business with two locations, one in Sacramento and a second in Southern California, which serves the wholesale bowling industry by selling a complete line of bowling balls, bags, apparel and accessories.īowling remains the most popular participatory sport in the United States, with millions of people bowling each year. Open (one of four total titles he earned in 1986 alone).Ĭook is the brother-in-law of fellow PBA Hall of Fame bowler Mike Aulby. Among the titles were major championships at the 1981 PBA Tournament of Champions, the 1983 Touring Players Championship, and the 1986 U.S. A sports bar to watch sporting events is also a popular draw.Ĭook, 62, won his first PBA title at the age of 21 and finished with 15 titles in his career.
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The center features a Pro Shop and a Hall of Fame Bar & Grill offering hot meals and snacks. “We made about $650,000 worth of much needed improvements including a new roof, upgraded bathrooms, new setters and new ball returns,” Cook said. Related: Here’s the ‘Top 20’ oldest businesses in Citrus Heightsįor decades, the bowling center had been a mainstay of the Citrus Heights and Sacramento area, providing quality entertainment to families, amateurs and professionals alike. Now known as Steve Cook’s Fireside Lanes, the center is the sixth oldest continuing business in Citrus Heights, according to a “Top 20” oldest business list compiled by the city. The bowling center opened as Fireside Lanes in 1959. “I’m honestly grateful to the people of Citrus Heights for their ongoing support,” Cook said. Most of his regular business is based on league play. Today, his Steve Cook’s Fireside Lanes employs 35 to 40 people to manage the day-to-day operation of the lanes and operate the snack bar.
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The 6-foot 7-inch Cook, a retired left-handed, ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1993. I felt if I didn’t come in to save it, it would have shut down,” Cook told The Sentinel in a recent phone interview. I saw the condition the center had deteriorated to. “I bowled at Fireside Lanes when I was young.
In 2014, Cook stepped in to buy the 32-lane bowling center when he thought it might close. CH SentinelĬitrus Heights bowlers have retired professional bowler Steve Cook to thank for keeping their beloved Fireside Lanes going strong at 7901 Auburn Blvd. Steve Cook has owned Fireside Lanes in Citrus Heights since 2014.
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