New Owners Plan Tangerine Bowl Renovations and Pin City Rebrand

QUINCY � One of Quincy�s longtime entertainment landmarks is getting new owners, a new name and what promises to be a significant facelift.

Trevor Beck and Nick Hiland, two of the businessmen behind The Range at KC, have purchased the Tangerine Bowl and plan to rebrand the bowling center as Pin City Bowling. The new owners explained the change won�t mean shutting the doors while work is underway. Bowling leagues, the restaurant, bar and other activities is anticipated to continue during most of the renovation process.

�We won�t close,� Beck noted during an interview with MRN�s Crissie Caccamo on this weekend�s MRN Business Spotlight. �There will be no cease in business. The restaurant maintains the same. The bar stays the same. The league, the bowling, all those things stay the same.�

Beck and Hiland explained the opportunity surfaced with a phone call, leading them to consider whether the longtime bowling center would be a natural extension of what they have developed at The Range at KC, but it didn�t take long for them to see the possibilities.

�The idea at first was like, �Do we want to tackle this?�� Beck said. �But at the same time, it will sync really well with The Range and the atmosphere of The Range.�

The pair explained one of the surprises after opening The Range was how much of the business became centered around family entertainment instead of strictly golf. That same idea will be a major part of the plan for Pin City.

�A larger percentage of the people coming to The Range are not necessarily golfers,� Beck said. �They just want an entertainment value.�

The Tangerine Bowl already offers many of those elements with its bowling lanes, restaurant, bar, arcade, pool tables and other activities. Beck and Hiland plan improvements both inside and outside the building while maintaining an atmosphere that serves serious bowlers as well as families and people simply looking for something to do.

One of the biggest improvements will come to the lanes themselves.The owners plan to install synthetic lanes in the spring of 2027. That work could require a temporary interruption in bowling, but they explained the restaurant and other portions of the business would remain open whenever possible.

�We have some great plans to put some TLC in it and renovate inside, outside, create a family-oriented � also create a bowler atmosphere for the people,� Hiland said.

The ownership change also won�t spell the end for one popular Tangerine Bowl tradition � trivia. That will remain.

Another idea in development would connect Pin City with The Range through a family membership that could be used at both businesses. The Range currently offers individual and corporate memberships, but Beck and Hiland explained they had already been considering a family option even before the bowling center opportunity surfaced. Now they envision a membership allowing families to choose between hitting golf balls at The Range or bowling at Pin City.

�You can come and use the bowling alley or you can go to the driving range under that family membership,� Hiland said.

The owners also see an opportunity for the bowling center to bring more visitors to Quincy. They explained they have already been talking with the owners of Casino Lanes regarding working together to pursue larger tournaments. The two facilities would provide a combined 52 lanes � 24 at the Tangerine Bowl property and 28 at the Casino Lanes, which could also include a return of the Illinois State Bowling Tournament to Quincy. Tangerine last hosted the women�s state bowling tournament in 2009.

�If we sync together and run larger-scale tournaments, all of a sudden you start seeing more people coming to Quincy,� Beck said. �With (Casino Lanes) redoing their house, with us redoing this house, we can work together and really create a great environment for bowling again in Quincy.

�We�re not trying to outdo them. We look at it as being one unit, even with two separate locations.�

The philosophy is similar to what the ownership group has tried to establish at The Range � create a place that appeals even to people who aren�t necessarily golfers and they want Pin City to operate the same way. That means the building won�t simply be viewed as a bowling alley.

�We focus on experience,� Hiland said. �Every element that goes into it � from cleanliness, keeping things up, keeping staff happy � all the things either take away or contribute to the experience.

�We�re whatever you need us to be We�re a bowling alley. We�re a bar. We�re a restaurant. We�re an event space. We�re a destination for a class reunion, whatever.�

The purchase wasn�t something Beck and Hiland had on their list of plans entering the year, but after the success of The Range and the growing emphasis on entertainment and sports tourism in Quincy, they believe the timing makes sense.

�This was not on our bingo card in 2026, but here we are,� Beck said.

You can watch Crissie�s full interview with Trevor Beck and Nick Hiland Saturday on MRN Business Spotlight, brought to you by Bank of Springfield.