Author Topic: Are all AMF bowling centers high priced??? (Read 6639 times)

jmattox · « **on:** June 13, 2009, 07:12:39 AM »

Just got back from the AMF in South Milwaukee and it cost me over $26 dollars for 6 games. Is it that high all around the states? Just seems high to me.

cheech · « **Reply #1 on:** June 13, 2009, 04:40:33 PM »

ya pretty much. around here its 3.50 for weekday afternoons so like 450-500 for the weekends
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Atochabsh · « **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2009, 05:20:34 PM »

quote:
Are all AMF bowling centers high priced???

yes

DON DRAPER · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2009, 06:17:47 PM »

the ones in the kansas city metro area all charge around $4.50 a game during daytime hours monday thru friday.........nights, weekends, and holidays are even higher.

charlest · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2009, 06:18:26 PM »

New Jersey:
My "special" rate, requiring a bar coded card at a local AMF center was $2.25 per game.

I can walk into my local Brunswick center, just tell them I'm a league bowler, and I can bowl for $1.50 per game during the day.
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Brickguy221 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2009, 07:47:59 PM »

AMF is something like $4.50 or so in Edmond, OK and $5.50 or so evenings and week-ends and to top it off, the lanes are bad and ill-maintained, score-keepers malfunction, pin setters malfunction plus set pins out of line, the people that work there have "an attitude" and your bowling balls take a beating any time you bowl there. That's why I quit bowling there 3 years ago. Were it not for Anne Marie Duggan's Pro Shop there bringing in lots of people, I doubt this house would make it.

I now bowl in a Brunswick House owned by an individual that owns something like 7 bowling centers. It has older but well maintained pinsetters that work well all of the time, sets pins properly lined up, score keepers work great, the lanes are Brunswick Pro Anvil Synthetic Lanes and are well maintained and the people are real friendly and treat you as if you were their best friend. It cost me as a senior bowler $1.15 per game 7 days a week. For others, I think it is somewhere around $2 a game day time give or take a wee bit and higher in evenings & week-ends but not sure how much.
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AStrikingChink · « **Reply #6 on:** June 14, 2009, 01:08:27 AM »

I am extremely bothered also by the fact, that for the vast majority of AMF Centers, its just a bunch of late model Brunswick A-2 machines, and B-2000 ball returns with the 2000 masking units also, and they just slap AMF logos in the middle of the Masking unit where it used to say Brunswick or the name of the center when it was Mom and Pop owned. It's not like AMF built these centers from the ground up with 82-70's or AMF 90 XL's, and installed the Quibica/AMF/Bowland scoring system and ball returns, thus they might be able to justify some higher prices because they do have top of the line equipment from their OWN COMPANY!!

I live a good 3 hours from a certain AMF Center in Sturgis Michigan, and the its really sad, that a town of around 11,500 is subject to having a single bowling center in their town and its a terribly ran 32-lane AMF corporate owned center, I have many friends from that town. Even more disgraceful is that this center was founded by the family of PB III's wife Leslie, and when AMF bought it, they ran it to nothing. If I had some $$$$ I would change this situation. As with most on these boards, I could ramble on all day about everything wrong with AMF Bowling Centers.

Matt(the former chink of collegebowling)

dw23 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 14, 2009, 01:27:13 AM »

I don't know what the open play price is but the league bowler price was just lowered to $1.69 a game here in California.

Atochabsh · « **Reply #8 on:** June 14, 2009, 01:32:25 AM »

WOW where in CA? BEcause here the AMF houses have raised the league lineage to the point where leagues are leaving. Its above $10.

One league wanted to move to another nearby AMF house and were told they'd have to take a penalty in higher lineage for changing centers.

Erin

dw23 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 14, 2009, 01:53:28 AM »

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WOW where in CA? BEcause here the AMF houses have raised the league lineage to the point where leagues are leaving. Its above $10.

One league wanted to move to another nearby AMF house and were told they'd have to take a penalty in higher lineage for changing centers.

Erin

In Torrance, CA the league bowler practice price is $1.69. They also have specials a couple of times a week where you get 2hrs of bowling for $7.50. Everyone is going there to practice now.

Vinny1013 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 14, 2009, 03:16:34 AM »

A few AMFs in orlando are running a summer long special its 1.99 Prime time and .99 non prime time which is every day from open till 5 and then again at 9 to close

JOE FALCO · « **Reply #11 on:** June 14, 2009, 07:19:31 AM »

SAWBONES where are you now! Tell me again what's killing bowling!
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JonDaggett · « **Reply #12 on:** June 14, 2009, 07:23:06 AM »

i know all the amf centers in metro detroit are expensive as hell
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thinkyoung · « **Reply #13 on:** June 14, 2009, 08:29:05 AM »

I bowl two leagues AMF house, one league private owned house. All
are senior leagues.

Amf house rates lineage $7.40 get free game card for 3 games plus
free soda and coffee. Practice $1.29 a game anytime.

Private house rates lineage $6.75 buy first soda or coffee, refills
free. Practice $1.50 weekdays $2.00 weekends per game

Atochabsh · « **Reply #14 on:** June 14, 2009, 01:11:07 PM »

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I bowl two leagues AMF house, one league private owned house. All
are senior leagues.

Amf house rates lineage $7.40 get free game card for 3 games plus
free soda and coffee. Practice $1.29 a game anytime.

Its quite common for senior leagues (in the day time and morning) to be MUCH cheaper then evening leagues. But AMF is still more expensive then privately owned centers. One center (non AMF) charges $3 lineage total for three games. For a senior men's league. Its over $10 for mixed adult leagues in the evening.

We have 5 AMF centers and none of them are as inexpensive as the Torrance center mentioned. The only center I've been in in Torrance was Gable House.

Much of our lineage in the area is similar (AMF is still high) but the main reason bowlers are leaving the AMF centers is service. Since we do have non AMF centers its an option if the league can find available lanes. Leagues are even willing to pay $2 more then the AMF center to get to a new privately owned center down the road.

Erin

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