A customizable housing for a bowling ball return at a bowling lane can be provided. The housing can include a housing body, and a throat defined in the housing body that is sized, dimensioned, or configured to allow for passage of the one or more bowling balls to a retrieval area. The housing further can include one or more customizable, modular, or interchangeable portions of a selected size, dimension, shape, or configuration that are configured to be selectively coupled to the housing body, which portions include a surface or face with one or more selected colors, images, depictions, graphics, themes, finishes, textures, or combinations thereof provided thereon.

A ball accelerator device for use with a ball lift assembly includes a first set of rollers configured to engage with a rotating belt of the ball lift assembly. The ball accelerator device comprises a second set of rollers configured to engage with the rotating belt of the ball lift assembly, wherein each roller of the first set of rollers and the second set of rollers is freely rotatable upon engaging with the rotating belt. The ball accelerator device comprises a top bracket with a securing assembly configured to secure the ball accelerator device with a cylindrical tube assembly of the ball lift assembly. When the rotating belt rolls a bowling ball, the ball accelerator device maintains a frictional engagement of the bowling ball between the rotating belt and a lift rail of the ball lift assembly.

A ball accelerator device for use with a ball lift assembly includes a first set of rollers configured to engage with a rotating belt of the ball lift assembly. The ball accelerator device comprises a second set of rollers configured to engage with the rotating belt of the ball lift assembly, wherein each roller of the first set of rollers and the second set of rollers is freely rotatable upon engaging with the rotating belt. The ball accelerator device comprises a top bracket with a securing assembly configured to secure the ball accelerator device with a cylindrical tube assembly of the ball lift assembly. When the rotating belt rolls a bowling ball, the ball accelerator device maintains a frictional engagement of the bowling ball between the rotating belt and a lift rail of the ball lift assembly.