The bowling industry's biggest annual gathering - International Bowl Expo 2010 - is on the horizon and the Bowling Examiner will be there to provide first-hand coverage.

This year's event, which carries a theme of "The Best Is Yet to Come," will officially begin Monday at the Las Vegas Convention Center and Las Vegas Hilton and run through Thursday.

The estimated 5,000 attendees will have plenty of chances to learn the latest about the sport, recreation and industry through a variety of educational seminars, networking opportunities, trade show and and special sessions and speakers including former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican presidential vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Palin (pictured right) will give the general session keynote on Wednesday morning.

"Our Bowl Expo theme this year, 'The Best is Yet to Come', is very appropriate as we strive to make our sport and businesses better than ever," said outgoing BPAA President Jim Sturm (left) in his From the President message in the Bowl Expo registration book.

Educational sessions Monday and Tuesday will center around topics such as bowling management, coaching, family entertainment centers, pro shops, small centers/small markets and youth.

Following Palin's keynote, attendees will descend upon the trade show where hundreds of vendors from every aspect of the bowling business will be available.

Other organizations hosting festivities during the week include the International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association and Bowling Writers' Association of America.

 

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