Stumbling Upon Forgotten Money, Liquor, and Ammo in an Abandoned Bowling Alley

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This bowling alley has quite the sad history. The previous owner had passed away leaving this entire bowling alley to the family. Unfortunately they were not able to keep up with it and ultimately had to close. Through the offices we found some very curious items. The will of the previous owner, death certificate, and even the obituary. It still shocks me to see all of the equipment and items left.
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@joethompson5673 5 лет назад

I moved out of Detroit in 2001... We used to come up to Pampas for the Rock and Bowl on Friday and Saturday nights... sad to see it in this shape

@DetroitEXP 5 лет назад

That's really interesting. Growing up in this area, I never actually got to go to this alley.

@niecek.6473 2 года назад

No way! This was Pampa Lanes? before they Demo’d it! Jim Bruises & his brother Larry owned it (Name not spelled right)… my brother in law Mike Cook (died last October) Mike managed it for years and hired me in the 70ties… I worked in the disco “The Sound Machine” my husband Joe Cook came back from California, and that is where we met! So many memories ❤️ this is your cousin in california… Denise ❌⭕️❌⭕️

@niecek.6473 2 года назад

Detroit EXP never takes anything ❤️ everything inside was auctioned off. My brother in law said his friend has two of the lanes in his house ❤️

@madisongreene8853 4 года назад

Pampa Lanes had the Brunswick A-2 pinsetters, which I have been a mechanic on for many years. I used to love rebuilding those pinsetters. It's a shame so many bowling centers closing these days but the demand for bowling is long gone.

@crxmovies19 Год назад

Where did you train? Good money ?

@Kirby07 4 года назад

Man.. Those A-2 machines are expensive and probably can still operate. Sad to see these beautiful machinery didn't get sold.

@rays242 3 года назад

This was a competitor of ours. I own an alley not far....we are getting strangled by this covid thing. I hope we dont share this fate

@MellowMechanic87 22 часа назад

Bowling mechanic here on 82-70s love the video, I have a RU-vid channel all about the back end of the ally

@chernobyldgnmod 3 года назад

Risking WPD...I live in this city and they're super overzealous, you guys have guts

@tamarawalker8973 5 лет назад

Can't believe it's in such good shape. Looks like it was pretty nice. Love the ones with so much left behind. Before the thieves & taggers get to it. Great explore! Great light!!

@joethompson5673 5 лет назад

tamara walker the place was pretty sweet when it was up and running... They used to do the Friday and Saturday nights Moonlight Rock and Bowl there the place was all lit up with black lights the tunes were pumping... Was a good time... it's really sad to see it like this... thinking of all the free beers I want on that pool table... and all the drinks I bought other people because I'm a terrible bowler LOL

@tamarawalker8973 5 лет назад

@@joethompson5673 sounds like you have fun memories. Bowling is just fun, doesn't matter if your good at it. Lol.

@DetroitEXP 5 лет назад

It's incredible the amount of stuff that is left behind. Honestly blow my mind. Thanks for watching.

@paulsolfelt8452 Год назад

@@joethompson5673 where are the red , green and yellow pins they would use for moonlight bowling games, ? hit those in a certain order and you win more $

@jon8885 5 лет назад

this is so sad! i used to bowl here on saturday mornings right up until they were about to close down. never would’ve thought it would end up like this :(

@DetroitEXP 5 лет назад

Very sad. It's crazy how much stuff is left inside.

@DoubleDsp 5 лет назад

All that booze is still good. Surprised it's still there in that area! Kinda makes me want to visit.

@DetroitEXP 5 лет назад

Most if it was actually unopened. Thanks for watching.

@dopeexplorers3133 5 лет назад

dan pascal too late beat u to it

@cheezybeans6692 4 года назад

This makes me so sad knowing that someone just shut it down even though people went it's also sad about how much stuff was left behind like it could have been donated to other alleys being a bowler myself this just makes me sad knowing that this is just sitting there and decaying and breaking down by the day knowing that all those shoes balls and pins are sitting there waiting to just break down it sucks bowling is such a mislead sport but if you take time to do it us so much fun anyways hope u guys have fun and I hope to explore this someday

@quasimodoshunchback 4 года назад

i loved this explore.

@JB-bs1se Год назад

Those storm sirens going off in the back ground really gives off that creepy feeling

@DetroitEXP Год назад

Yes it was very unexpected.

@mishakimble9840 4 года назад

This was my Family's Bowling Alley (Espo's) before they sold it to the people who let it go to shit and abandoned it. This was our legacy and home that has been ruined, my childhood growing up in there, working in the banquet centers all of it had been destroyed after my family had to sell it. My Aunt and Uncle, my parents and the rest of our family are absolutely HEART BROKEN that this is what it has become. I AM STILL IN ABSOLUTE TEARS OVER THIS VIDEO. Max (Strange Places) Could you please send me a copy of all of this and the part 2 of the lounge/bar area in here as well? PLEASE??? The city won't let us in and all we want are a few bricks from the building we loved😭😭😭💔💔💔 before it is flattened forever.

@mrsandmom5947 3 года назад

@Misha Kimble so sorry.

@clevelandbci9562 3 года назад

Sorry for your loss. That's definitely got to hurt.

@crazybenzy3426 2 года назад

Your family's bowling alley? It belongs to the Bruczessi family since it opened in the sixties. The father used to own Fantasy Lanes in Detroit and decided to build a new bowling alley in Warren on Van Dyke. The place caught on fire and burned down around the early sixties. They rebuilt it but the father passed away before he seen it rebuilt. There's a picture on RU-vid when it caught fire. There was even a recording studio that was used by many of the local Talent from Detroit. The mother of the original owner passed away about 20 years later and left her son to run the place. Then a few years before it closed down Larry's son passed away. The rest of the family didn't seem too interested keep the place open. The reason it close down is because he let bills pile up because allegedly Larry had a gambling problem. He tried to keep it running by a huge gasoline-powered generator on the outside of the building. Some of you will remember that. Unfortunately the generator wasn't strong enough to run the lanes and they had problems with the voltage keeping up. So unless you belong to that family that is not your Bowling Center.

@crazybenzy3426 2 года назад

By the way the story of Pampa Lanes in Warren Michigan is available and prove that you did not sell a bowling alley

@Lancegirl4 4 года назад

Being in the bowling industry. I can imagine closing, if the family couldnt keep up. But there are so many parts that could of been sold to other centers. Lanes, machines, tables. Etc. some bowling centers cant replace the scoring system and monitors. I wonder why they didnt Sell some of it? Wonder if the lane machine to oil is there. That can cost $25k+ per lane machine. Probably some amazing gem bowling balls in there too people would buy.

@Lancegirl4 4 года назад

It caught fire in 2019.

@LANESxNOWONLYx 3 года назад

@@Lancegirl4 Total loss?

@ericjohn8466 3 года назад

Sadly, a few of these local centers revert to auctioning items off to make some money before closing for good. Including ball return systems, scoring systems, whole lanes, etc. for far below what they cost. I was part of the auction company that auctioned off Continental in Roseville, Salt River in New Baltimore, and Fountainview (which my my Mom worked at for years and where i bowled when i was younger) and also Chaplins Comedy club. Fountainview was bought after closing back in 07-08 i believe to someone who kept all the lanes and everything else bowlimg related intact and tried making it a teen night club which failed and was sold again to another person i knew who tried revamping back to a bowling alley but had to abandon due to another financial investment that needed immediate attention. Currently (June 2021) the site is being transformed into a large scale storage facility.

@railroadskater2896 5 лет назад

Different!! A Lazy susan for shoe storage. What a shame about this place, some of the equipment doesn't look all that old.

@Free4All 5 лет назад

We literally just explored this place a few days ago 😂 great exploration video! Keep it up

@gfhrsthgasfsdgadfg9090 5 лет назад

Free4All Did u take the bowling pins and a ball back home lol i wanna do that

@Melly_z 2 года назад

umm so I just came to the realization that I need to get out more and I have legit been sleeping under a rock. I have only visited there a few times but I didn't know all of this happened... This was a great video! Kudos xx makes me want to go exploring!

@DetroitEXP 2 года назад

Thanks for the comment! This place has gone down hill recently.

@ItsaRomethingeveryday 5 лет назад

Pretty cool explore,, likeD

@coffeepot3123 22 дня назад

There should've been a bowling alley in a Fallout game tbh, but like the "Wild Wasteland Perk" so you see old bowlers turned ghouls, still bowling after the bombs fell, and the entrance was blocked off, and they only attack if you interrupt their game!.

@luckylambdin8269 3 года назад

My hometown lost my childhood bowling alley to a hurricane in 1983 - it lay fallow for years & years & was finally demolished. I can't understand why everyone left so many items behind here at Pampa's.

@DetroitEXP 3 года назад

Seems like they forgot about this place. Very sad to see.

@kjkj6362 4 года назад

I always get amazed when I see old recorded paper documents left in binders from years ago. We used to hold everything and all it does it collect dust and take up space most of the time until someone, eventually throws it all away

@patriciacomeaux211 Месяц назад

I can't believe 😪 they took everything but the penny's 🎉❤🎉❤

@crazybenzy3426 3 года назад

There was a recording studio in there look on the back of your live bullet CD Bob Seger or album it was mixed in the studio at Pampas.

@gmtawny7183 5 лет назад

It amazes me just what people leave behind!

@DetroitEXP 5 лет назад

It's honestly incredible. So much value left behind. Totally forgotten.

@Onj207 4 года назад

At least take your pictures!

@Zsa380 3 месяца назад

Pool tablebowling is a good time to 😊😊❤😂

@discoron77 5 лет назад

2:21 pretty sure I played pool on that table before.

@joethompson5673 5 лет назад

Opee Cee. It's been 16 years since I've been back there but I want to say it's at 12 and Gratiot it used to be the old Pampas bowling lanes they had the Saturday night Rock and bowl there

@joethompson5673 5 лет назад

Opee Cee i did

@DetroitEXP 5 лет назад

Really interesting. I unfortunately never got the chance to go to this alley. Looks awesome though.

@barbaracleri123 5 лет назад

So sad AWWW.

@carsomichigan Год назад

You should go back and explore the basement. Bob Segar recorded in the studio down there and I would love to see what that looks like.

@Urban_exploring26 10 месяцев назад

Place is completely striped down to the bone now

@carsomichigan 10 месяцев назад

@@Urban_exploring26 Did you check out the basement?

@Urban_exploring26 10 месяцев назад

@@carsomichigan I couldn’t find it anywhere

@carsomichigan 10 месяцев назад

@@Urban_exploring26 Darn

@Dragonborn_1992 4 года назад

I used to have a league at this bowling alley

@cherylgillis4978 5 лет назад

It looks like others have been in there Use to go there in the 70's. What a shame and shame on the family

@tinamarie6492 4 года назад

Cheryl Gillis things happen. Shame on you for shaming a family that probably couldn't make ends meet. Fool.

@Raidergeek34 3 года назад

damn lucky you got there I did a quick search looks like it caught on fire

@clevelandbci9562 3 года назад

Damn, that sucks.

@paulsolfelt8452 Год назад

my ex brother in law worked at a bowling alley that burnt down in a fire, someone said he did it because he was fired, when i asked him he said no, they had just waxed the lanes and a welding spark working on the pinsetters had strayed and started it, i guess we will never know, he was not arrested in the case. !

@closeddoors11 11 месяцев назад

it’s not badly damaged at all you can still go and have fun 👍👍👍

@VinceOlson96 Год назад

It's crazy that they left all that stuff behind. Also I kinda want to go there now and see if the drinks you poured out are still sitting there.

@DetroitEXP Год назад

This place suffered a fire a year or so after this video, I'm not sure if they are still there.

@Urban_exploring26 10 месяцев назад

It’s unfortunately completely striped to the bone now😢

@jimlepardigitalmaging 3 года назад

there is so much in here that they just could have sold and made so money back and the Brunswick pinsetters are a perfect example

@DetroitEXP 3 года назад

I totally agree with you on that. The monetary value of the stuff in here is incredible.

@letaloudone 2 года назад

Actually no there is not a huge monetary value on the equipment anymore. I seen part at the end of this video that a few of the pinsetters were closed.

@traceylockaby9982 5 лет назад

Used to be a nice bowling alley and Bar

@fadishaje1616 4 года назад

Tracey Lockaby okay do Yk the address to it

@aydengaines3924 5 лет назад

This made me cry😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@CursedLemon 5 лет назад

I used to go here all the time with a friend who lived in the adjacent condo complex. This is depressing.

@fadishaje1616 4 года назад

Cursed Lemon where is it at

@CursedLemon 4 года назад

@@fadishaje1616 Detroit suburb

@deborahchesser7375 4 года назад

Sad to see

@deveauxvikings2334 4 года назад

Millions of dollars worth of stuff just left behind.... that’s crazy

@Urban_exploring26 10 месяцев назад

It’s unfortunately completely striped to the bone now absolutely no resemblance of what it used to be 😢

@DetroitEXP 7 месяцев назад

This is what I heard, I drive by frequently. I believe it had a fire within the past few years that destroyed a lot of character from inside.

@chriskelly509 4 года назад

Crazy.....

@clevelandbci9562 3 года назад

5:55 Used to change the signs like at movie theaters.

@DetroitEXP 3 года назад

That's awesome. Thanks for watching!

@sky1hawk988 4 года назад

What a shame.

@mikedendooven4490 5 лет назад

Surprised the alarms didn’t work.

@Greggys10Pins 9 месяцев назад

Hard to watch. It is sad though. I have seen centers that owe money and the bank will just one day come along and lock it up. Hard to believe that two centers I've worked at in the past; one operantly shut down, the other got bought by Bowlero.

@DetroitEXP 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the comment! It is tough when I see things in the suburbs close after so many memories.

@dasmackman 5 лет назад

Bowled here on wed nites gm mens league, how sad =(

@fadishaje1616 4 года назад

Bob Summers where is it

@raeannafrasier4681 4 года назад

Death , causes people to quit doing what their loved ones did. Depression & the denial of death caused this family to not want to continue....what a sad thought, but this here is the prime example of what a sudden death can do. Totally breaks my heart. ☹️😢

@paulsolfelt8452 Год назад

thats what happens when you follow the news media and government all the way to the n.w.o slaughter house to hell, lol !

@shakejackson7513 3 года назад

This is so painfully sad. There's a lot of alleys closed in thé Detroit Metro areas waiting here in 2020 for this virus to hide its ugly head so we can get back to fun

@deborahchesser7375 3 года назад

It is sad, a few alleys closed here in Ohio too. Along with all the drive-in movies, what happened to all the cool shit ? Pinball and other games all lined up by the pool tables and lounge. There’s nothing cooler than a bowling alley bar either, dark with cushy booths and a jukebox glowing in the corner. Damn I miss the 70’s-80’s

@paulsolfelt8452 Год назад

@@deborahchesser7375 venders usually put pinball and games in there, they probably took them out, the pool table was probably a house non coin operated one like our bowling alley, !

@porto_bowls2807 3 года назад

Some of those balls are actually worth a lot of money depending on the brand if its storm or moto they're worth it

@DetroitEXP 3 года назад

Interesting! Thanks for this perspective. I never knew anything about bowling honestly.

@murdermittenman 3 года назад

Were is this place 🤔I want to see

@EddieAndElwood Год назад

Scary

@DetroitEXP Год назад

This place was very spooky.

@letaloudone 3 года назад

Im sure that was expensive to heat and cool with tall ceilings

@Bowling16200 4 года назад

Also how did you get it

@Elena_47. 4 года назад

👍👍👍👍

@dealeronetime 11 месяцев назад

You totally missed the recording studio in the basement. Bob Seger and a few other bands recorded and mixed their albums there.

@DetroitEXP 7 месяцев назад

I did not realize there was a recording studio?

@tornadoguygaming 3 года назад

i believe that was the local siren test at 7:10

@DetroitEXP 3 года назад

Yes Michigan has siren tests on the first Saturday of every month at 1PM.

@ninjaturtlemaster24 5 лет назад

Shut down in 2012?? The computers and phones look so old though, like 90s stuff. I guess they werent making enough money even to update their stuff so shutdown was inevitable. Sad to see it go though, like most places shutting down. :(

@DetroitEXP 5 лет назад

Yeah it's unfortunately a common theme. Upgrades are not exactly top priority in these businesses. Thanks for watching.

@CesarGarcia-nd5xz 3 года назад

If you ever need mugs, drinking glasses, etc. Don´t buy it, just you to some of this places and take what you need. I would totally keep that mug 1:53.

@dasmackman 5 лет назад

those pins make great firewood

@cheezybeans6692 4 года назад

Bob Summers they might if I were there I would have left them being a bowler myself I would love to buy fix up and re open that alley

@deborahchesser7375 4 года назад

Somebody needs to save the lanes and pin setters, even at that age they are worth good$, it costs $60k for one lane installed

@firealarmguy100 4 года назад

Silent hill sirens 7:09 lol

@katelynnhanesack1670 3 года назад

Hi 👋👋

@madisongreene8853 3 года назад

Didn't that place burn down recently? I saw it on the news...

@rays242 3 года назад

Yes, Pampa lanes had a fire

@crazybenzy3426 2 года назад

Didn't burn down completely cause a lot of damage behind Lane 36 through 40

@southernrebel9081 4 года назад

It caught fire not to long ago

@paulsolfelt8452 Год назад

yes some idiot kids probably torched the place !

@ladymace 5 лет назад

duudes where is this!!? I live in the Detroit area

@joethompson5673 5 лет назад

Becky Timmins gratiot and 12 mile i think

@joethompson5673 5 лет назад

Becky Timmins as you're heading north on Gratiot it'll be on your left hand side... Used to have a big sign out towards Gratiot that said Pampas

@ladymace 5 лет назад

Awrsome me an my brother might go check it out \m/ thanks

@tubiobethards1328 5 лет назад

I can't belive everything is mostly intact and the booze....great find great video of it.

@aileenhnidy7337 5 лет назад

@@joethompson5673 On Van Dyke

@sydviscous7006 2 года назад

4:12 At least the last ball rolled was a strike!

@DetroitEXP 2 года назад

Absolutely, that's what we like to see.

@georgemoorcroft5687 5 лет назад

who heard a trnado siren in the bar area

@mobnhiro4475 4 года назад

6:44 is that protection

@dannielguazon8802 4 года назад

its a conoms

@TheRealBGregz 3 года назад

They’re finger condoms for when you need to hold a bandage on. Most restaurants/bars have them for employees, so they don’t accidentally drop them in the food.

@Lukey06 5 лет назад

i hear a 2001 siren

@theripoffchicago 5 лет назад

Which bowling Alley was this ??

@rays242 3 года назад

Pampa lanes Warren, mi

@TRX__RON 5 лет назад

Pampa’s closed down in 2016 or 2017 not 2012

@DetroitEXP 5 лет назад

I couldn't find anything about that in the building. I only found documents dated 2012. Even some of the calendars were dated 2012.

@paulsolfelt8452 Год назад

@@DetroitEXP13:05 I saw a 2016 date stamp on one of those beer bottles , proof is in the pudding. or beer in this case, lol ! I used to drink killians red in a 3.2 bar on tap in a bar, only us regulars new it was strong beer in that keg at the time , they have since got a license for strong liquor so they bartend everything now, lol !

@DSBOY33 Год назад

You was right about one of those years I think it was 2016 I started bowling there before they closed

@jaeaventures2880 4 года назад

The place just burned today

@x9tkl803 Год назад

Am I the only one who would just go to the pro shop and take all the good balls?

@DetroitEXP Год назад

There were so many left in there.

@x9tkl803 Год назад

@@DetroitEXP that’s exactly why some vintage bowling balls so for up to $500

@a.j.8004 5 лет назад

This is soooo fucked up. Wow. Just....wow. #time #machine

@MEXICANMOOSE1976 5 лет назад

It disgusts me that they d idnt fix the place up and continue with business..what were they thinking?? 😣😣😣

@DetroitEXP 5 лет назад

I guess the money just wasn't right. It's honestly very sad. The structure is great, very surprised it's in that condition.

@jessicajacobsen3433 5 лет назад

My uncle passed of cancer. He couldn’t.

@MEXICANMOOSE1976 5 лет назад

@@jessicajacobsen3433 Oh I am so sorry hun.. I wish he'd of had a back up plan for that instance! The place was stunning!! My condolences to you and your family!! 😞

@Dragonborn_1992 4 года назад

At the end of business they were using generators because they were cut off from the power grid because of lack of money

@TheJayClair 3 года назад

Probably bc they didn’t have the money, dunce. That’s Detroit during the recession. That city is/was broke.

@SHAFARTE. 5 лет назад

" WOW " what a waste, ONLY in America so much waste.

@DetroitEXP 5 лет назад

It's definitely a huge waste. Thanks for watching

@SHAFARTE. 5 лет назад

" But " check his out we learn to work hard and make a lot of money and buy the biggest house we can, but at the end of the game fo life, for what ??? just look ??? PEACE well done on the Abandoned bowling alley filming.

@gonzarellious6102 3 года назад

You're a special level of stupid if you honestly believe that waste on a large scale is ONLY an American thing. You sound like an arrogant European.

@crazybenzy3426 2 года назад

@@jessicajacobsen3433 the owner did not pass away his son did. Owner's name was Larry bruzzese

@crazybenzy3426 2 года назад

@@jessicajacobsen3433 the owner's son passed away not the owner. I believe the former owner Larry capital bruzzese sells real estate in Oakland County. He loved casinos do I need to say more?

@porto_bowls2807 3 года назад

You would expect them to take the booze for themselves

@DetroitEXP 3 года назад

There were actually some unopened bottles left on the shelves.