Northern Nevada is known for its love affair with bowling. According to, a Reno Gazette Journal article published in 2016, "...the earliest reference that could be found about bowling in Northern Nevada was in a March 1909 Nevada State Journal, and not in the sports section but the society page – bowling was fast becoming an acceptable diversion for young ladies."

High Sierra Lanes
Even High Sierra Match Club's bowling house has a long history - as the first post-war bowling alley to be built in Reno, The Town & Country (now High Sierra Lanes) was opened in April of 1958, more than six decades ago. 

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?In 1995, the National Bowling Stadium opened, considered the "Taj Mahal of tenpins"; it is the only facility of its kind in the world, with 78 lanes, and took three years to build at $47.5 million. The National Bowling Stadium went through a major renovation in preparation for the 2020 US Bowling Congress Open Championships, supporting the saying, "All lanes lead to Reno."
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It has also been utilized as a filming location for several feature films. In the 1996 comedy Kingpin, the National Bowling Stadium was used for the final face-off between Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson’s characters.

The stadium was also used in the Michael J. Fox film Greedy, and Billy Crystal and the late Robin Williams also bowled at the stadium while in Reno filming the comedy, Fathers’ Day.