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21
Mar

US Bowling Congress Receives State Funds For Move

Author: Raine Devries, Category: Business, News, Politics, sports

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The state of Texas will pay the US Bowling Congress $693,000 from the Texas Enterprise Fund to spur it to relocate its headquarters from Greendale, Wis., near Milwaukee, Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office announced.

The enterprise fund award was the last hurdle stopping the organization, which sets the rules and keeps records for amateur bowling in the United States.

The group is expected to set up headquarters near the HQ of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, which is on Six Flags Drive in Arlington.

Its new headquarters, is expected to house 200 employees and a 12 to 16-lane bowling facility for testing equipment and training.

Though the property sale of the site hasn’t cleared, the agents involved in the transaction on behalf of the Bowling Congress and the Bowling Proprietors Association of America say the competitive real estate market in North Texas helped clinch the deal.

Besides the enterprise fund incentives, Arlington’s proposal included:

* a 50% tax abatement on property improvements made to the building site;
* work force training;
* a cash rebate of some money generated through Arlington’s hotel tax as a result of Bowling Congress-related events.

The bowling deal brings North Texas one step closer to becoming a sports hub, in light of Dallas being home to the Mavericks and the Stars, and Arlington being home to the Texas Rangers and the future home to the Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium.