Avid bowlers file class-action lawsuit against Bowlero

6 articles · Updated · The Lever · May 8

The case, filed Wednesday in Washington state federal court, alleges the private equity-backed chain broke federal antitrust and state consumer-protection laws.
Plaintiffs say Bowlero bought hundreds of alleys nationwide in a years-long consolidation drive that drove up prices, worsened lane conditions and harmed local bowling venues.
Court papers describe the strategy as a bid to become the “Starbucks” of bowling, while bowlers say it has damaged a decades-old American pastime.

As private equity builds a bowling empire, can this lawsuit save the traditional American league?

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