Hanover Bowling Center, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal by four liquor licensees (Protestants) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County which reversed an order of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) denying a liquor license to the Hanover Bowling Center (Applicant). We reverse.

Applicant operates a 32-lane bowling alley located in Penn Township, York County. The premises also contains a food service area, a pro shop, a game room with video games and pool tables, and a nursery. The bowl*524ing alley handles approximately 500 bowlers per day, or about 1700 league and 800 “open” bowlers per…