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BrianCRX90

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Expensive open play
« on: June 04, 2009, 04:01:22 PM »
There is this one center I love in my area and feel more comfortable in it then any bowling alley but the prices are ridiculously stupid. $4.00 on weekdays before 6 pm and it's 4.50 on weeknights and on weekends it's 5.50.

I realize that some of you may pay that much anyways because of the area you live in but to me it's robbery. Even if your a league bowler it's still 2.50 which is outrageous and it's 3.00 on weekends. How are you supposed to develop your game or get people to bowl at an alley with stupid prices like these? Also, fyi this alley I went to I got a ball drilled there and tried it out on a Friday night and hardly anyone was there in a 50+ lane house. Only a 10 lane league and a few other people were bowling. This is Friday at 7pm. I go to my local house with is 4 times cheaper with 40 lanes and you are always on a waiting list.

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Easy10pins

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Re: Expensive open play
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2009, 06:58:41 PM »
I guess I got it good.  At Sandy Hill Lanes on Marine Corps Base 29 Palms, Mon, Wed and Fri between 11am and 1pm, bowling is free.  

The most I've ever paid was $6.50 a game at Gold Cup Bowl somewhere in GA.
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tc300

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Re: Expensive open play
« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2009, 02:55:01 AM »
i wouldnt mind paying a the price IF they had a fresh shot or even a sport or pba shot....thats why i dont practice much cuz the lanes are burned up or not ran.
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JessN16

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Re: Expensive open play
« Reply #18 on: June 06, 2009, 03:04:58 AM »
We get what I consider a great deal -- $2/game if you're a league member.

The only complaint I have, and it's a small one, is the pattern they run for open practice isn't the league pattern. It's actually harder -- pretty flat shot, shorter by a couple of feet but heavier volume, with big-time OOB because of the flatness. But if you're trying to get dialed in for the actual pattern that matters (and some of us suck enough that yes, we do have to get dialed in even for THS), you can't do it in practice.

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