Bowling ball ramp including embedded lighting and/or sound

A method for providing a bowling ball ramp with illumination, comprising:

• providing a stand assembly comprising a generally U-shaped stand defined by a pair of legs each having a lower end and an upper end with the upper ends of the pair of legs being interconnected by a crossbar and at least one cross member that extends between the lower end of one of the pair of legs and the upper end of the other of the pair of legs;
• providing a ramp assembly rotatably coupled to the stand assembly and supported by the stand, the ramp assembly comprising a ramp defined by a pair of ramp arms each having an upper end rotatably attached to the crossbar of the stand, the ramp arms comprising a pair of horizontally extending ball supports extending from the crossbar of the stand and a pair of angularly extending ball supports extending from the horizontally extending ball supports, the ramp further comprising at least one medial crossbar disposed on the pair of angularly extending ball supports and a linkage extending between the cross member of the stand and the medial crossbar of the ramp, the linkage having a hinge operable for extending the ramp assembly relative to the stand assembly in a locked position and for collapsing the ramp assembly relative to the stand assembly in an unlocked position;
• providing lighting on at least one of the stand assembly and the ramp assembly;
• providing a detection sensor operably coupled to the lighting;
• and
• illuminating the at least one of the stand assembly and the ramp assembly in response to the detection sensor detecting a bowling ball on the ramp assembly.