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| Sports & Games (page 2) |
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| Giant Bowling Pin Tampa, FL |
Giant Bowling Pin Lebanon, TN |
Giant Bowling Pin Tremonton, UT |
Giant Bowling Pin [gone] Marshalltown, IA |
Giant Bowling Pin Imperial, MO |
Giant Bowling Pin Waynesville, MO |
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The Bowling Pin in Tampa stands just outside Splitsville, a contemporary bowling alley which opened in 2004. The owners claim that this is the world's largest bowling pin. It appears to be about 20 feet tall. I believe the other pins in this row are about 15 feet tall.
The Bowling Pin in Lebanon is located at Pro Bowl West. [map] The Bowling Pin in Tremonton is installed above the sign for the Grille Restaurant. It advertises for the Bear River Bowling Center. The bowling alley was built as the Golden Bowl in 1960. [map] The Bowling Pin in Marshalltown was located next to the former Chippewa Lanes. It was about 20 feet tall. This photo is from 2010. By 2013, the pin was gone. The Bowling Pin in Imperial is installed at Imperial Bowl. [map] The Bowling Pin in Waynesville is installed at Buckhorn Lanes. The bowling alley closed in 2018 and the building is vacant. This Pin remains. [map] |
| Giant Bowling Pin [gone] Harrisburg, PA |
Giant Bowling Pins Clayton, OH |
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The Bowling Pin in Harrisburg was installed on a trailer at the Red Crown Bowl & Brew. It was still there in 2016. However, by 2017, the Bowling Pin and the bowling alley itself were gone.
The Bowling Pins in Clayton support the canopy at Timber Lanes bowling alley. I believe this place is closed now. The Pins were still there in 2021. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Bird Bowl Bowling Center Miami, FL |
Bowling Pins and Ball Santa Cruz, CA |
Bowling Pin Bishop, CA |
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The Bird Bowl Bowling Center opened in 1956. There was originally a large neon sign on the front of the building. These pins were probably added in the 1960s. For more, see this website.
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These Bowling Pins and Ball in Santa Cruz are located on the roof at the Boardwalk Bowl. They appear to be about four feet tall. For more, see this website. [map] The Bowling Pin installed on a pickup in Bishop advertises for the Back Alley Bowl & Grill. [map] |
| National Bowling Stadium Reno, NV |
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| This mosaic tile sculpture at the National Bowling Stadium museum was created by Eileen Gay in 2012. It is titled "Pin Setting." The pin is eight feet wide. For more, see this website. |
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More Bowling Pins:
Bay Lake, FL Dolton, IL Detroit, MI Medina, NY Port Jefferson, NY Mentor, OH Lawrenceburg, TN Bluefield, WV Calgary, AB Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Giant Hockey Stick & Puck Eveleth, MN |
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| This Hockey Stick is 110 feet long. The original hockey stick was built in 1995 and was 107 feet long. It began to crack and was replaced with this one in 2002. [map] |
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More Hockey Equipment:
Goalie Mask (Pittsburgh, PA) Hockey Stick and Puck (Duncan, BC) Hockey Stick (Winkler, MB) [map] |
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More Sports Equipment:
Tennis Ball (Borrego Springs, CA) Pool Table (Fredericktown, MO) Shuttlecock (Kansas City, MO) Ping Pong Paddle (Columbus, OH) Barbell (Sellersville, PA) Shuttlecock (Frisco, TX) Tether Ball (Appleton, WI) Curling Rock (Arborg, MB) Curling Stone (Thunder Bay, ON) |
| Giant Game Pieces Philadelphia, PA |
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| These Giant Game Pieces were installed in 1996 in Thomas Paine Plaza downtown. The fiberglass and steel statues include dominos, chess figures, bingo card markers, a Monopoly hat and iron, and Parcheesi pieces. The artwork is officially entitled "Your Move" and was a collaborative project of Daniel Martinez, Renee Petropoulis and Roger White. [map] |
| Giant Chess Set Newport Beach, CA |
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| This Giant Chess Set has been located at the Hyatt Regency since at least 2015. Evidently, there are other Hyatts that have these, including these in Anaheim, CA, Australia and Egypt. [map] |
| King Chess Piece St. Louis, MO |
Giant Chess Piece and Set St. Louis, MO |
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This King Chess Piece is installed at St. Louis University in front of the Sinquefield Chess Commons which was dedicated in 2022. I don't know if the Piece was installed then or if it has been there longer than that. There are tables with inlaid chess boards and a giant chess board on the ground. [map]
This King Chess Piece and Giant Chess Set are located at the World Chess Hall of Fame which opened in 2011. This Chess Set was probably installed then or in 2012 when a 15-foot-tall Chess Piece was installed. The Chess Piece was replaced with this 20-foot-tall, mahogany version in 2018. [map] |
| Giant Chess Set St. Louis, MO |
Knight Chess Piece Cloverdale, CA |
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This Giant Chess Set was installed in front of The Cheshire hotel around 2015. [map]
This Knight Chess Piece was created by Peter Crompton and Robyn Spencer Crompton. It was built from reinforced concrete and installed in town in 2019. [map] |
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More Chess Sets & Pieces:
Chess Set (Morro Bay, CA) Chess Pieces (Denver, CO) [map] Alice in Wonderland Chess Set (Columbus, OH) Chess Set & Piece (Medicine Hat, AB) |
| Monopoly in the Park San Jose, CA |
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| Monopoly in the Park was built in 1992 and officially opened in 2002 with the completion of Guadalupe River Park. The giant Monopoly board is 930 square feet. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Giant Dart Sacramento, CA |
Giant Lawn Dart Lafayette, CO |
Giant Dominos Davis, CA |
Lego Blocks [gone] Grand Junction, CO |
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The Giant Dart in Sacramento is one of three installed in front of Golden 1 Center. They are made of fiberglass and stainless steel and were created by Gale Hart in 2016 as part of the "Missing the Mark" installation. The sculpture group also includes a dart board, concrete numbers, and a giant hand with dart tails. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]
The Giant Lawn Dart in Lafayette is installed near the Bob L. Burger Receration Center. The sculputure, titled "Banned," was created by Jim Small in 2009. [map] These Giant Dominos were created by Eddy Hood in 1994. The sculpture, "Domino Effect II", is part of the City of Davis Art in Public Places program. [map] These giant Lego Blocks were installed on the roof of the eBricks Outlet Store. This photo is from 2012. By 2018, the store and the Legos were gone. |
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More Dominos:
Coral Gables, FL [map] Miami, FL More Lego Blocks:
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| Ball and Jacks Parker, CO |
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| These stainless steel Ball and Jacks were created by Christopher Weed and installed in 2016 in front of the Douglas County Library. The two Jacks are 14 feet tall. [map] |
| Ball and Jacks Napa, CA |
Spinning Top Casey, IL |
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This iron Ball and Jacks sculpture is located at Blackbird Vineyards. It has been here since at least 2011. From around 2013-2015, the sculpture was briefly replaced with a key and keyhole sculpture. For more, see this website. [map]
This Spinning Top was installed around 2018. Visitors can push on it to make it spin. [map] |
| Teeter Totter Casey, IL |
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| This 82-foot-long Teeter Totter was built sometime after 2015. Visitors can walk across it on Saturdays to make it tip. [map] |
| Slingshot Loveland, CO |
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| This Slingshot has been located next to Majestic Roofing since at least 2018. [map] |
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More Slingshots:
Columbus, OH [map] |
| Giant Poker Chips Reno, NV |
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| The Giant Poker Chips are made from concrete and covered with glazed porcelain mosaic tiles created by Eileen Gay. The sculpture is titled: "In The Chips: Fate, Luck & Magic." The three stacks function as public seating. They were installed in 2006. [map] |
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More Games & Game Pieces:
Dreidel and Menorah (Miami Beach, FL) Paddle Ball (Cleveland, OH) Rubik's Cube (Chillicothe, TX) Sorry! (Ottawa, ON) |
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