A new duckpin bowling experience is coming to The Werks in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
Funk Bowling is preparing to install four duckpin lanes with Nexus scoring at the venue, adding a compact bowling attraction built around casual play and groups. Once open, the lanes will give guests another activity they can enjoy together without the space requirements of a traditional tenpin bowling center.
For our team of duckpin bowling installers, projects like The Werks are a good example of how bowling continues to find a home in entertainment spaces that were never designed around full-size lanes.
Four Duckpin Lanes Coming to The Werks
The upcoming installation will include four Funk duckpin lanes, giving The Werks enough capacity for several groups to bowl at once while keeping the overall footprint manageable.
That’s one of the practical advantages of duckpin bowling for entertainment venues. The smaller balls and compact lane format make the game approachable for casual players, while the reduced space requirements give owners more freedom to work bowling into a larger entertainment concept.
Rather than dedicating most of a building to bowling, a venue can make it one part of the guest experience.
At The Werks, the four new lanes will create another place for people to spend time together, whether they’re keeping score or simply playing a few games with friends.
Nexus Scoring Keeps the Experience Simple
The Werks installation will also feature Funk Nexus scoring.
For guests, Nexus provides an easy way to start and manage a game without needing much explanation from staff. Players can follow the action on-screen while the scoring system handles the game in the background.
That simplicity matters with duckpin. Many guests who encounter the game in an entertainment venue may be playing for the first time, so the experience needs to make sense quickly.
Nexus also gives operators a modern scoring platform designed to work with Funk’s bowling equipment. By pairing the lanes and scoring system as part of the same installation, our duckpin bowling installers can plan the equipment around how the finished space will actually operate.
Planning Duckpin Bowling Around the Available Space
Every duckpin project starts with the building.
Before equipment is installed, our team works through the available dimensions, lane configuration, equipment requirements, and other details that affect how bowling will fit into the venue. Because Funk manufactures its bowling equipment in-house, we have flexibility when working with spaces that don’t fit a standard bowling-center layout.
That’s especially useful for duckpin projects. Operators are often adding bowling to a broader entertainment concept rather than building an entire facility around the lanes.
Four lanes can provide enough room for group play while leaving valuable floor space available for the other parts of the business. For The Werks, that balance will allow bowling to complement the venue rather than dictate the entire layout.
Duckpin Bowling Built for Social Play
Duckpin has become a natural fit for venues focused on social entertainment because the game has a low barrier to entry.
The balls are smaller than traditional tenpin bowling balls and don’t require finger holes. The compact format also makes it easy for people with different bowling experience levels to play together. Guests don’t need to be regular bowlers to understand the game or enjoy a round.
For venue operators, that opens bowling up to a broad range of customers. A group can make duckpin the focus of its visit, or bowling can be one activity guests move through while spending time at the venue.
The Werks will have four lanes available for exactly that kind of casual group play once the installation is complete.
Working With Experienced Duckpin Bowling Installers
Installing bowling inside a modern entertainment venue involves more than delivering equipment.
Lane dimensions, pinsetter placement, scoring technology, electrical requirements, access for maintenance, and the surrounding guest area all need to work together. Getting the bowling team involved early can help identify potential issues before construction reaches the installation stage.
Funk has been manufacturing bowling equipment for more than 130 years, with installations in traditional bowling centers as well as restaurants, bars, hotels, residential properties, and entertainment venues.
That experience gives our duckpin bowling installers a practical understanding of how bowling needs to fit into very different types of buildings and businesses.
Coming Soon to Wheat Ridge
The duckpin lanes at The Werks are not open yet, but once installation is complete, guests will have four new lanes equipped with Funk Nexus scoring to enjoy.
For Funk, the Wheat Ridge project is another opportunity to bring duckpin bowling into a venue where social play is part of the overall experience. Our team will be working with The Werks to turn the planned space into a complete bowling installation, with the lanes, equipment, and scoring technology designed to work together from day one.
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