Blainbrook Bowling and arcade center in Blaine, MN, vandalized

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Blainbrook Bowling and arcade center in Blaine, MN, vandalized

Most of you from MN or WI who have been anywhere near a pinball machine know of Don's establishment in Blaine, MN. He's got at least 50 pins in there, and probably half as many classic vids too.

Last night his establishment was vandalized by a few 14-15 year old teens. They opened tappers and drained 11 kegs worth of beer on the floor, trashed the bar and bowling areas, smashed glass all over.

Thankfully they left the pins and vids untouched.

Pics are on Facebook. Like their page or add as a friend to see the pics. Pretty crazy stuff.
 
Most of you from MN or WI who have been anywhere near a pinball machine know of Don's establishment in Blaine, MN. He's got at least 50 pins in there, and probably half as many classic vids too.

Last night his establishment was vandalized by a few 14-15 year old teens. They opened tappers and drained 11 kegs worth of beer on the floor, trashed the bar and bowling areas, smashed glass all over.

Thankfully they left the pins and vids untouched.

Pics are on Facebook. Like their page or add as a friend to see the pics. Pretty crazy stuff.

That is an absolute shame. What the hell is wrong with some people? Donny has so many pins and classic vids and he has to put up with that bs Brunswick Fun Zone that opened literally 2 blocks from his long time establishment. I wish nothing but the best for him. He gets in all the new pins and keeps things in good working order, he doesn't deserve another headache. Did they at least catch the kids?
 
Some pics attached.

Ketchup and mustard smeared all over everything. Bowling counter completely trashed. Redemption prize cabinets destroyed, booze poured all over prizes.

Stupid kids. The most ironic part (and thankful!!) is that there's over $100,000 worth of pins in there, and they didn't touch a single one.
 

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Think about how messed up in your head you have to be to trash a wonderful place like this.
They robbed the owners of hard work they put into this place.
They robbed the customers the ability to have fun in this place. ( I hope for just a short time.)
Yes they have insurance but typical when you put a claim in your payments go up.
Money got to come from some place? Higher cost, Lower quality of food and or service?
I hope there a civil suit against their parents. Why should other suffer for thug kids?
If the parents are on government assistance. It should be reduce or eliminated.

laughs
We should tag them and put them on a GPS ankle bracelet device and let everyone know where they are at any time via the web.
 
That is terrible. I've met Don and he's a nice guy.

I hope this is the end of it. Nice if they catch and make the idiots pay for the damage.

LTG :)
 
That is an absolute shame. What the hell is wrong with some people? Donny has so many pins and classic vids and he has to put up with that bs Brunswick Fun Zone that opened literally 2 blocks from his long time establishment. I wish nothing but the best for him. He gets in all the new pins and keeps things in good working order, he doesn't deserve another headache. Did they at least catch the kids?

Just out of curiousity what makes the Brunswick Fun Zone such BS? We have a couple of Brunswicks here in Chicago and they seem to be ok, mainly just newer redemption type games but still can bowl a game or two.
 
I don't know what the laws are in that state but the insurance will pay for it. The insurance company can then go after the parents of these kids for the money. They have VERY GOOD people in charge of getting their money back. It may not hurt their rates. I've had to file claims the last two years and my rates didn't go up. And that's considering that North Carolina doesn't consider insurance companies a victim and won't allow them to sue the criminals.
 
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