HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - A new sport conceived by tailgaters at the Indianapolis 500 is off to the races near Detroit.
Part football, part bowling, the hybrid game of fowling (FOAL'-ing) is the draw at a 34,000-square-foot repurposed industrial site in Hamtramck.
The Fowling Warehouse features 20 lanes, where players or teams try to be the first to knock down all 10 of their opponents' bowling pins by tossing a football from a distance of up to 48 feet.
Owner and game creator Chris Hutt says the early numbers are encouraging, with fowlers packing the place on Friday and Saturday nights.
Hutt says the game he invented while messing around with friends “is simple yet difficult, infuriating yet hilariously fun.”Mike Householder
