The Yard at South Bowl is Opening on This Week Featuring Batting Cages, Arcade, Pool Tables and More

When it comes to outdoor spaces with entertainment, few places offer as many options for activities as The Yard at South Bowl (19 East Oregon Avenue). This unique space offers a variety of outdoor activities including their popular batting cages, shuffle board and arcade will reopen for the season on April 26th.

In total The Yard is 5,000-square-foot area that includes slow and fast-pitch batting cages, two 40-foot-long bocce courts, shuffleboard, horseshoes, an outdoor arcade area with billiards, and a full bar with lounge seating. The Yard will also offer rotating food, drink, and batting cage specials during the season and can be rented for private events as well.

For those that aren’t familiar, the adjacent South Bowl is a 25,000-square-foot bi-level space that has been renovated from a former tomato and vegetable packing plant to a stylish retro bowling space. South Bowl can accommodate 600 guests and boasts 26 bowling lanes, two full-sized bars, multiple lounges, and a rooftop deck. Another highlight of the facility is its extensive mix of games, from billiard tables to over 20 retro arcade games, foosball, darts, and air hockey.

South Bowl utilizes state-of-the-art Qubica AMF bowling lanes with BES X, the latest bowler entertainment and scoring systems technology. For little ones, South Bowl offers bumpers and the necessary equipment to help get the ball rolling. The bowling alleys are spread throughout the complex and designed to present bowlers with a range of experiences. The main hall features 16 lanes, used for regular and league play. Each lane can host up to six players. Even the bowling alley seating is unique; benches were built using reclaimed pre-1940 Maplewood from shuttered bowling alleys throughout
Pennsylvania and upstate New York.