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BrianCRX90

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35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« on: July 06, 2008, 05:13:30 AM »
For those that live in high priced cities I feel for you. But in Texas, I should not have to pay anything close to 5.00 a game. At 8 pm and I was in the area by this AMF house I used to bowl at league before the house kicked us out so they could have glow bowl. A small league at a 52 lane house along with a few or so other people practicing and that was it. It cost 35 dollars with tax for 6 games. That's outrageous. If someone is going to charge that much they could at least put in a "buy 2 get 1 free". Unless you live right next to a bowling alley no one practices for 3 games and leaves. If you have 3 people your going to bowl more then 6 games so I ask who the hell is able to afford practice at centers like this?
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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2008, 07:33:09 PM »
3.50 per person per game after 6
2.75 per person per game before 6
kids and seniors 2.75 anytime
league rate 2.25 a game

but we charge only 1.75 for shoes
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VxSaUcYxV

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2008, 07:35:09 PM »
I get my games for $1.50 but sometimes depending on the mood there in i get my games for free but that it crazy 35 dollars for only 6 games wow
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witesoxwoz22

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2008, 08:28:24 PM »
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I geuss I have it good. Bowling Green in West Chicago IL. is a $1.00 a game all summer long so far.


Are they going to keep that rate for July also?  I was there every weekend and was hoping it was more than just a June promotion.
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scadreau

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #19 on: July 06, 2008, 11:36:48 PM »
Our newest Brunswick Zone XL is $4.75/game without tax.  And...there is a wait for lanes on Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun.  On Friday and Saturday evenings, it looks like a popular club with literally a line outside to get in!
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Jay

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #20 on: July 06, 2008, 11:45:56 PM »
Prices range from 1.50 to 2.50 around here.  No discounts unless you work there I bet, sometimes probably not even then.  It used to be $1 but they changed it this summer to 1.50 at the center I bowl at.  When I could have bowled 6 games, I can now only bowl 4.  Not cool.
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Mike James

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #21 on: July 07, 2008, 10:22:44 AM »
When i lived in Tallahassee,Fla, (thank goodness i dont anymore)....to bowl one game anytime was 4.75....and you can't bowl one game on the weekend you have to rent the lane for an hr...32.00 per hr...now i was in there on fri evening once to observe and they don't even have a fri nite league!!!they wait till 9:00pm for the cosmic bowling....during the week there is no 2nd shift leagues just one league per nite.....there's only 2 bowling house in the whole city and both conspire to charge the same amounts.....they did have a special on sunday morning from 9:00am to noon.....22.00 per hr....so i finally broke down and went there at 10:00 am....3 people working there, one guy was fixing the lanes but i was the only person in the whole 38 lane house...after i bowled an hr?....i was still the only person there beside the workers...what a waste of a bowling center....now in Ohio sunday mornings you pay 1.50 per game and your on a waiting list if your not there by 9:30am...and thats at 2 large house and of course they both have fri leagues with cosmic afterwards
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qstick777

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #22 on: July 07, 2008, 10:43:25 AM »
Our non-AMF centers are somewhere around $4.95 after 6pm.  $2.59 M-F and $3.29 S-S before 6pm.  

I think the going rate for AMF was around $5 per game, although they have been advertising $2.25 games before 5 pm - must be hurting since they chased all their leagues away!

I don't know what a "fair" price is, as I don't run a center.  I know they are expensive to build and maintain, and you have to pay most of those expenses whether you have 3 people bowling or if you have 5-10 people per lane.

The thing I hated about AMF was they wanted you to pre-pay for your games.  Many times I've gone in to bowl 3 games and ended up bowling 9-12.  Last time I went to an AMF center, I told the guy 3 games - he only heard 2, and I wasn't upset in the least.  Worst conditions I've ever had - didn't see a drop of oil on the lanes.

We always see people complaining about the cost of bowling, but rarely anything about the price of soda ($3 for 16oz, $3.50 for 24oz, or $4 for 32oz), the $7 for the 1/4lb cheeseburger, or the $4 for what amounts to a supersized McD's french fries.  Heck, I think it's almost $4 for a grilled cheese sandwich, yet I can get a kid's grilled cheese meal (same sandwich) for $2.59, and that comes with fries and a drink!


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Madiballz23

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #23 on: July 07, 2008, 11:13:04 AM »
I think games run around 3 for non-peak and like around 5 for peak times. It gets quite expensive to bowl, unless you have coupons. This is why I only practice when I do have coupons, but then, I also only practice when they have Sport/PBA shots out on the lanes.

Like Bill said, with today's house shots, who needs to practice on that?
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burly

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #24 on: July 07, 2008, 11:26:14 PM »
thats cheap.
Chelsea Piers in NYC chargers 9 dollars a game at times.
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tenpin477

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #25 on: July 07, 2008, 11:44:40 PM »
My center is usually not cheap, but they run an awesome promotion on Monday Nights over the summer.

5 dollars per person for 2 hours on the PBA condition that is used for the following nights PBAX League. I was down there myself tonight and got a lane, bowled about 8 games for 5 bucks.
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sevenpin63

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #26 on: July 08, 2008, 08:00:58 PM »
Whitesoxwoz22


   That would be a yes, they will have $1.00 a game for July also
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rvmark

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Re: 35 $ for 6 games on a Tuesday night
« Reply #27 on: July 08, 2008, 10:47:01 PM »
The house I bowl summer league in gives you a card for three free games/day during the summer, one of the other houses in Sioux Falls has 1.99/line for everyone or a discount for their league bowlers, the other two lanes in town are around 3.50-4.00 per line.  While on vacation this week was down in Omaha, NE tried out a new bowling entertainment center on the west side and they rent the lanes by the hour.  We bowled a total of 14 games in 2 hours for a total of $35.  Guess prices are a little cheaper in the midwest.

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