WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Governor Roy Cooper extended phase 2 to August.
Bars, gyms and more are forced to keep their doors closed for three more weeks.
Bowling alleys fall under the phase 2 umbrella -- but their case is different.
A judge ruled they could reopen, last week.
Bowling alleys like Creekside Lanes in Winston- Salem were ecstatic.
“Wewere all excited. My phone was ringing off the hook when it was announced,” said manager at Creekside Lanes, Cindy Scott. “My employees were like okay when can we come back?”
The exciting sensation of getting a strip was fun while it lasted, because the state supreme court blocked that decision.
Scott said they opened Monday, and the next day they learned they must shut down again.
“Oh my god not again,” Scott said. "Those that were using bowling as their physical therapy can no longer do so and they can’t get in with a physical therapist.”
Scott said now she and her 20 employees are stuck between a pin and a hard place.
“The bills are still coming whether we’re open or not,” Scott said.