Jaybowl, which opened inside the Kansas Union in 1953, will close for good on May 9, 2015. Here are a few photos of Jaybowl from years past, many of which were published in the Journal-World in connection with stories about developments there.

photo by: Nick Krug

Bins filled with shoes await bowlers on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University freshman Darious Crawley, Houston, Texas, rolls down the lane during a bowling class on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Jaybowl. The bowling alley, which has been around since 1953, will close in early May.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Shannon Bradbury a KU sophomore concentrates as she gets set to bowl during an April 2015 class at the Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.

photo by: Contributed photo from Kyle Rosberg

The KU bowling team pictured at Jaybowl in 2014 at an event the team put on for members of the Boys and Girls Club.

photo by: Meagan Thomas

Nine-year-old Natalie Savant has a goal to bowl in each of the 48 contiguous states as a way to raise money and awareness for youth bowling. Monday Savant stopped in Lawrence to bowl at Kansas University's Jaybowl.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Risa Ito, 15, left, from Hiratsuka, Japan, celebrates a successful score while bowling Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at Jaybowl in the Kansas Union. Students from Hiratsuka, one of Lawrence's sister cities, have been touring the area since July 29 and will return home Sunday. Earlier this year, students from Lawrence toured Japan. In foreground at right is Koharu Suzuki, 14.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University senior Lindsey Wiegele, Shawnee, bowls at the Jaybowl in the Kansas Union. The Kansas Union's board of directors passed a proposal that would allow sales of 3.2 beer in the Jaybowl and Hawks Nest on the lowest level of the union. The proposal must be approved by the provost's office.

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World File Photo

In this file photo from 2007, teens with the Upward Bound youth program spend an afternoon at the Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A youth participating in the summer Upward Bound program at KU bowls at the Jaybowl in the Kansas Union. The bowling alley is a popular spot for KU students to visit and was a haunt of basketball player Julian Wright.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Darci Eveleigh, a Kansas University junior from Coffeyville, right, watches CNN coverage of the shooting deaths at Virginia Tech during a bowling class at the Jaybowl in the Kansas Union. At least 32 people were killed Monday in the shooting rampage on the Virginia Tech campus.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Larry Woydziak, of lawrence, holds the distinction of having bowled in every Kansas county that has a bowling alley, 79 of the state's 105 counties. "I enjoy traveling around Kansas. It's quite simple," said Woydziak, 51, a former Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical captain. "What I learned is that folks are good. People are all right. Kansas is a good place to live." Woydziak talked about his journeys last week at the Jaybowl in the Kansas Union at Kansas University.

photo by: Thad Allender

Zac McIntyre, seen through an opening in the wall of Jaybowl in the Kansas Union, makes his approach. A group of Kansas University students is pushing for beer to be served in the Kansas Union. "If people want alcohol here, then they will want to start having it at football games," said McIntyre, a 21-year-old Lawrence freshman, on Tuesday. "It might start more problems."

photo by: Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo

Kelly Zapf bowls a line at Jaybowl. Zapf, from Rochester, N.Y., chose KU over Nebraska despite the fact she gets no scholarship money to bowl for the Jayhawks.

photo by: Thad Allender/Journal-World Photo

Jesse James, Lawrence, bowls a frame at the Jaybowl. James, who plans to join the professional bowling tour in January, practiced Thursday at the Kansas Union.

photo by: Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo

KU bowling club coach Mike Fine looks over the refurbished Jaybowl. The remodeled facility is set to open on Sept. 3

photo by: Melissa Lacey/Journal-World Photo

Aubrey Frook, 5, gives it his all during a bowling session at Royal Crest Lanes, Ninth and Iowa streets. Although Aubrey's family had a choice of open lanes Thursday, availability may change now that Kansas University's Jaybowl is closing for a year.

photo by: Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo

KU's Glenn Harrison practices at the Jaybowl. The Frontenac junior was bowling on Wednesday at the Kansas Union.

photo by: Photo courtesy of the Spencer Research Library, Kansas University Libraries

People bowl and socialize at the Jaybowl during the 1950s. Photo courtesy of Spencer Research Library, Kansas University Libraries.