Strike Bowling Bar

Strike Bowling Bar is an Australian-based company that owns and operates 12 venues along the east-coast of Australia. [nb 1] Strike Bowling is currently Australia's largest privately owned bowling chain. [nb 2]

In addition to traditional ten pin bowling, most Strike venues also offer bars, themed laser skirmish, karaoke, escape rooms and arcade games.

Strike Bowling Bar along with Sky Zone forms the two entertainment brands owned by Fun-Lab which has been established since 2002 by Michael Schreiber.

Strike Bowling Bar is more than the traditional 10 pin bowling venue. Each Strike venue offers a fully equipped cocktail bar, a gourmet kitchen, projector screens playing the latest music videos, themed laser tag arenas*, private karaoke rooms*, and Exitus*, Australia’s latest escape puzzle rooms.

Laser tag

Strike Laser Tag brings a whole new concept in laser skirmish. With capacity up to 30 people to compete in the themed arenas featuring state-of-the-art laser tag technology[nb 3], amazing props and easy to use weapons for an adrenaline-packed experience.

Private Karaoke Rooms

Strike introduced karaoke with private rooms in 2009. Strike Karaoke offers the latest hits and the best of the classics all in a private room and includes a box of props and rounds of drinks can be brought to your private room for a memorable night.

Exitus Escape Puzzle Rooms

Exitus escape puzzle rooms is Strike’s latest concept. Introduced in 2014, Exitus is a challenging and interactive real life game where a team of six is led blindfolded into a trapped room and have 50 minutes to escape using the clues set out around the room. There are five different themed rooms and varies between each venue - Butcher’s Burrow, Forensic, The Garden, Da Vinci and Injustice. Each room has its own level of difficulty.[4]

Strike Publicity

QV2.0 Unveiling and Launch of Casino Heist Escape Room

Strike threw a launch party for the grand unveiling of QV2.0 and launch of Casino Heist Escape Room, including an amazing live appearance from The Potbelleez in October 2015.[5]

Human Bowling Event

In August 2015, Strike ran a competition at Melbourne Central where ten competitors oiled up and slid down the lanes for a chance to win $5,000.

Fitzy & Wippa’s ‘Strike from Work’ Strike Party

Close to 200 people went on strike from work on Thursday 6 June 2013 and headed along to Strike Bowling Bar at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park for Fitzy and Wippa's Strike Party.[6]

Social media powered flight

In April 2012, in the middle of Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, Strike Bowling launched their media manager 40 feet into the air using the power of Facebook shares, likes, tweets and instagrams. Every social interaction was rewarded with more helium into the balloons engaging the public. [nb 4] [nb 5]

Live on the Lane

Strike launched ‘Live on the Lane’ in June 2011 at Strike King Street Wharf, Sydney with Bag Raiders headlining the event and DJs, Alison Wonderland and Hobophonics as supporting acts.[9]

Ruby Rose Fashion Launch

In 2010, Ruby collaborated with the Australian fashion label Milk and Honey. The laidback launch party took place at Strike Bowling Bar Moore Park in 2011.[10]

Ruby Rose at Strike Charlestown Square Launch Party

Star DJ and entertainment personality Ruby Rose was among the first to test the lanes at the Strike Bowling Bar VIP launch party at Charlestown Square in November 2010. Rose joined members of the Newcastle Knights, Zoo magazine calendar girls and a few lucky competition winners for a night of bowling, cocktails and karaoke.[11]

Celebrity Visits

Angelina Jolie takes the family bowling

Whilst in Queensland, Australia filming Unbroken, Angelina Jolie mixed business with pleasure visiting Sydney with the kids and took them bowling at Strike Bowling Bar Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park. Staff said the family were "lovely" and didn't want a "big deal" made over them.[12]

Strike Chapel Street

Before the first Strike Bowling Bar closed its doors in Chapel Street, Melbourne, it played host to a number of celebrities including Usher, Public Enemy, Ja Rule, Lady Gaga, pretty much any AFL player ever to set foot in Victoria, Hamish Blake, Serena and Venus Williams, half the cast from Neighbours, Stan Walker, Ruby Rose and many more.

Locations

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Strike Bowling Bar[1]
  2. ↑ Australasian Leisure Management, 2012, Laserforce opens new gaming site with australia's largest boutique bowling chain [2]
  3. ↑ Helen Fletcher, Intergame, 2012, Laserforce wins fifth Strike Bowling installation[3]
  4. ↑ CB, Campaign Brief, 2012, Strike Bowling Bar's new venue promoted with world's first social media powered flight[7]
  5. ↑ Best Ads, 2012, Strike Bowling: The World's First Social Media Powered Flight[8]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ten Pin Bowling, Laser Tag & Karaoke - Strike Bowling
  2. ↑ Latest News - Australasian Leisure Management
  3. ↑ Laserforce wins fifth Strike Bowling installation | News | Coin-op | InterGame
  4. ↑ "Strike Escape Rooms".
  5. ↑ "Strike QV2.0 | Now more Striking.". www.strikebowling.com.au. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  6. ↑ "Fitzy and Wippa's Strike Party video". Nova 919. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  7. ↑ Strike Bowling Bar's new venue promoted with world's first social media powered flight - Campaign Brief Australia
  8. ↑ Outdoor ad: Strike Bowling: The World's First Social Media Powered Flight
  9. ↑ "Strike Bowling's Live on the Lanes with Bag Raiders moves to Sydney this week! | the AU review". the AU review. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  10. ↑ Johnson, Kent (2011-03-11). "Street Fashion Sydney: Ruby Rose (fashion designer) we Love You!". Street Fashion Sydney. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  11. ↑ Media, Fairfax Regional. "Ruby Rose a striking success". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  12. ↑ "Angelina Jolie's life in the Aussie fast lane - family goes bowling in Sydney".
  13. ↑ Beck, Maris (26 January 2012). "Importing people to pour beers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  14. ↑ "See & Do: What’s on around town". The Weekly Review. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Critics' choice". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2014.

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