Events Center hosts events in late April and May

The United States Bowling Congress has selected Reno as the host city for the 2009 and 2010 USBC Conventions and Annual Meetings.

Events will be held both years at the Reno Events Center adjacent to the National Bowling Stadium.

• 2009 Convention/Annual Meeting will be held April 29-May 2

• 2010 Convention/Annual Meeting is slated for April 28-May 1.

Reno beat out Minneapolis, Minn., and Portland, Oregon.

USBC President Jeff Boje said Reno was selected for many reasons. Partly because the USBC Women's Championships will be in Reno in 2009 and the Open Championships will be here in 2010.

United States Bowling Congress
The United States Bowling Congress, as the national governing body, ensures the integrity and protects the future of the sport, provides programs and services to more than 2.6 million adult and youth members and enhances the bowling experience.

While this will be the first time the USBC Convention will be held in Reno, the organization's predecessors, the American Bowling Congress and Women's International Bowling Congress, held their annual events there a combined seven times between 1995 and 2004.

In fact, it was in Reno in 2004 that ABC Convention delegates approved the amendment to create USBC. The previous year in Reno, WIBC Annual Meeting delegates failed to approve the original proposal. They ended up approving the follow-up amendment in Wichita, Kan., in 2004.

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