Their continued success comes from innovation such as investing in the idea of soft tip darts for use with electronic dartboards. They currently have a 60,000 ft² warehouse. As time continued darts become even more popular across the US and they quickly outgrew their original home and finally set up where they remain today in Muskego. Leagues become very popular, local owners needed to restock their dart supplies.Īfter a $100 investment they formed English Dart South, they got their first inventory. Seeing the hottest trends in bar games being darts, they decided to create dart leagues to draw in consistent customers. Soon there were dartboards in every local establishment around the area and players were forming dart leagues of their own. Five friends that were bar owners attempted to drive more traffic into their bar.
Founded in south Milwaukee in 1981, Great Lakes Dart Manufacturing has grown to become a premier name in darts, gaming tables, and billiards.