Duckpin Social
Bowling
Small but mighty entertainment
FOOTPRINT
9.5m x 3.5m pair
height 3.505m
SPEND PER HEAD
£15.75
Players
1 - 6
ROI
12 months
BRAND
Brunswick
REVENUE
£4,152 per sq.m.
How Duckping Social boosts your business
- Brunswick engineering delivers safety & reliability
- Short lane for reduced footprint
- Minimal inventory with one size ball & no shoes
- Perfect for children, challenging for adults
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Why invest in Duckpin Social Bowling?
Duckpin Social is simpler and smaller than traditional bowling, bursting with charm and charisma. It can easily be incorporated into any environment or interior design style. Putting a highly engaging game alongside a proper bar is a proven model, and Duckpin Social delivers this experience with exceptional space efficiency. It appeals to young and old, drives food and beverage sales, keeps guests in the venue longer, encourages repeat visits and builds guest loyalty.
The commercial metrics speak for themselves. Operators consistently observe a typical return on investment period of 9 to 12 months alongside a typical five-year ROI of over 300%. Venues see a x1 to x3 typical food and beverage spend per pound spent on bowling.
From an operational perspective, the model is incredibly lean. Duckpin Social’s small footprint maximises revenue per square foot, but the savings go much further. There is significantly less inventory required since Duckpin Social uses a smaller sized ball and rental shoes are not required. Guests play in their own footwear, which removes the staffing friction of a shoe exchange counter. There is no hunting around for the right weight ball, because everyone uses the same equipment. Smaller and without finger holes, our Duckpin Social balls are easier for children to use whilst making the game more challenging for adults to master.
Cost savings continue at the machine end with minimal lane and pinsetter maintenance requirements. Any member of your team could keep your lanes ticking over and our Support Team are available for more technical matters. The compact and durable StringPin pinsetters even auto-detect tangles and automatically right the pins. That margin profile is what allows a venue to run a highly profitable attraction without adding complex technical roles to the wage bill.
Duckpin Social is designed for restaurants, bars, entertainment centres, resorts, leisure centres, holiday parks and hotels, anywhere and everywhere people get together to have fun.
A Duckpin Social Installation
More than just a scaled-down game
A commercial Duckpin Social installation is a combination of specialist equipment, technology and design working together to create an engaging guest experience. Duckpin Social lanes can be installed in a space less than 10 metres in length, compared to standard bowling lanes which require three times the footprint, making Duckpin Social a great option for venues where space is at a premium.
Will it fit? The questions we settle first
We would rather find a constraint at survey than at installation, so these are the things we check early:
- Ceiling height: clearance over the lanes and above the pinsetters
- Floor: level, loading and the depth available for the lane foundation
- Length: the full run from approach through to pin deck, plus machine access behind
- Power and services: supply, distribution and ventilation at the machine end
- Access: how the equipment gets from the street to the floor
What is included in a Duckpin Social installation?
Every project is tailored to the requirements of the venue, but a typical installation can include:
Brunswick Bowling Equipment
- Commercial grade Duckpin Social lanes
- Compact StringPin pinsetters
- Surface ball returns
- Duckpin balls and pins
- Approaches
- Clear-view masking units or LED video walls
- Lane furniture and seating
Technology and guest experience
- Brunswick Sync scoring and centre management system
- Digital displays
- Optional self-service kiosks
- Online booking integration
- Interactive entertainment features e.g. Sync Games
- Optional interactive Spark to elevate the visual experience
Venue design and planning
- Lane configuration
- Customer flow planning
- Spectator areas
- Party and event spaces
- Food and beverage integration
- Lighting and audio-visual considerations
Tenpin Bowling Project delivery
- Site assessment
- Technical planning
- Equipment installation
- Commissioning
- Testing
- Staff training
- Opening support
Brunswick – The Authentic American Brand
When investing in a bowling installation, choosing the right partner is critical.
The technology behind your venue needs to create memorable guest experiences while delivering the underlying reliability, performance and support required for long-term success.
Accelerated Play is the exclusive UK distributor for Brunswick Bowling, a trusted name across more than 100 countries with a proud engineering heritage dating back to 1845. From inventing the commercial automatic pinsetter to developing today’s industry-leading Sync management ecosystem, Brunswick has spent generations helping operators thrive through pioneering innovation and quality.
For an operator, that heritage earns its keep in the running costs. Powered by Sync Scoring, Duckpin offers a variety of games and formats that keep the experience fresh and can be tailored to guest preferences. At the back end, the compact and durable StringPin pinsetters require a fraction of the power and maintenance of traditional freefall machines. Fewer moving parts means less to service, less to go wrong and lower energy use. This level of automation means your front-of-house team can focus entirely on hospitality and service.
Constant development, innovation and the highest quality manufacturing along with an intuitive, deep rooted knowledge of the ever changing market has maintained Brunswick’s position as the market leader.
Why choose Accelerated Play?
Our site has just undergone a mass renovation which included having to move our Duckpin to a new location on site. The Accelerated Play team were so helpful with this, and it was moved and ready to use within a week. The whole team were so helpful, from training services to emergency calls to help fix any issues. They always go above and beyond to help with any needs we may have, and we couldn't praise them enough.
Jess
Holmes Mill, Group Marketing Manager
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