Jax Lanes West was a sizeable bowling alley featuring 32 lanes, a snack bar and arcade in Jacksonville, Florida. To get more casual bowlers into the building, Jax Lanes advertised a disco-like environment with neon bowling pins and black lights called ‘cosmic bowling.’ During cosmic bowling, the lights are out except for where the pins are. Rotating lights, strobes, and loud music enhance the experience. Jax Lanes also hosted open bowling leagues, birthday parties, and banquets.
In the 2000s, Jax Lanes West garnered a reputation for being unsafe and poorly managed. Online reviews would remind customers to lock their doors and not carry cash. By 2012, Jax Lanes West had permanently closed. With no interested buyers, the bowling alley sat abandoned. A developer bought the lot in 2017 and demolished Jax Lanes West. The vacant lot is currently for sale.
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My name is Leland Kent and I have had an interest in abandoned places ever since I was a kid. In 2016, my obsession with the forgotten and abandoned inspired me to create this blog. My goal is to showcase the obscure, sometimes historic, forgotten places I have visited across the Southeast. I hope to preserve the past through documentation and photographs since many of these amazing places are often lost to neglect, demolition, or renovation. I released my first book, Abandoned Birmingham, in July 2018 and it is available worldwide through most major booksellers. My photographs have been featured on CBS Inside Edition, CNN Travel, Houston Chronicle, The Weather Channel, MSN, Yahoo News, NPR, the UK Sun, the Daily Mail, NOLA.com, AL.com, and many others.
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