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Title: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: The Hose on May 06, 2003, 07:43:56 PM

I went to the only center in town today to find out if they had leagues tonight.  A couple of friends, who don't bowl, wanted me to  go bowling tonight and drink some beer.  The price is 2.50 per game.  There is no "rent by the hour" or any other promotions.  The manager told me that they don't have to reduce rates and that they don't charge 3.00 during the winter.  With this being the only game in town, I don't know what other centers do.  What about in your area?

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: mumzie on May 07, 2003, 10:45:40 AM

Well, I don't pay for practice at my home center, because I have a PWBA card. BUT - if I did, when I bowl a summer league, I get three free games a day. If I bowl 2 summer leagues, I get 6 games free (and so on...)
Nice incentive to keep people in leagues over the summer.

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One advantage of bowling over golf
is that you seldom lose the ball.

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: NevadaBowl on May 07, 2003, 10:46:30 AM

$1 in one center.....$1 to 1.25 in another....and $1.50 in a third...these with league bowler discount.

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: Rock77 on May 07, 2003, 11:18:12 AM

They pass out AMF coupons at my place. Bowl 2 get 2 free. Bowl 2 get the last one free, things like that. Not a bad deal. I think the price per game is $1.65.

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: jkiser01 on May 07, 2003, 11:40:40 AM

If you bowl in a summer league at the house I bowl in, they give you 10 FREE games per week for the 12 weeks of the summer league. I plan on taking advantage of that as much as I can.

JK

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: Bujo on May 07, 2003, 08:36:04 PM

Im going to try to work something out with the local manager where i pay something around $40 for free bowling all summer. I hope it works.
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"Isn't Bowling supposed to be scored like Golf?"

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: mumzie on May 08, 2003, 09:34:29 AM

The house I bowl in also offers a monthly pass for $60. All the open bowling you want, as long as lanes are available. Pretty good deal if you use it!
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One advantage of bowling over golf
is that you seldom lose the ball.

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: Nicanor on May 08, 2003, 09:42:23 AM

I practice in the military houses from 11 til 1 on Mondays and Tuesdays when it is free.  Other then practicng for free at the Grove, which is closing, I don't pay for practice because I am either pot bowling which pays for my bowling or going head to head with someone and loser pays for lineage.  So I don't pay.

V/R,
Nicanor

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: Rockbowler on May 08, 2003, 09:59:55 AM

I pay a dime for every game of practice. This is my league discount for a house I bowl on here in the Bay Area.

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: mikeyhammer on May 08, 2003, 10:21:56 AM

I tend to get whatever discount the person at the desk is willing to give.  Usually its like $1 a game.
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What a tenpin??  Where's the messengers?

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: michelle on May 08, 2003, 10:49:32 AM

quote:

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open bowling is $4.60
league rate is $2.30
employee rate is $1.40

expensive aint it! :-P

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Justin, is that Showplace?  I was fortunate enough to get the same rate as the PBA members, but that was before the most recent managerial change...not that I practiced enough over there to know whether Jairo would let the staff continue to do so.

Dart/Westgate/Highland are all still $1.50/$1.75 for league bowlers.

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: CJ on May 08, 2003, 10:56:23 AM

Few houses i've gone they offer $.99 pergame on sundays and but there hours are different one starts @ 8 to 12 and the other @ 9 to 2. then also they have like $1.25 per game but its at nite @ 9 in certain days but i dont' know what days though the only thing i know is on the sunday for both houses.

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: The Hose on May 08, 2003, 11:03:51 AM

I went with some friends yesterday to the center at 5:00.  We were the only ones there and we bowled a few game but drank quit a bit of beer.  

I don't understand why the center doesn't offer great deals just to get people in.  I'd think they'd make some money off of food, beverage, and video games to make up the difference.  

Am I wrong?  They keep two employees there at night even if no one is there.  The chick at the snack bar is reading a book while the dude behind the desk chain smokes cigs.  If no one comes in before 8:00 they lock the doors.

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: rocnbol on May 08, 2003, 12:53:43 PM

THey should do something. One house in my area is dead after leagues. Actually the whole town is dead after 9:30. but the owner started doing .99 cent games and having karaoke in the bar, which is a nice bar, on Wed. nights. Last night they had 10-12 lanes going at 11:30 and about 30 people in the bar singing and drinking.

As far as summer rates go, a different center is running a bowl two leagues and open play is free. Only restriction is lane availability and cosmic nights. So I will be bowling in the sport league and a Jr/adult and LOTS of practice this summer. Some centers are still charging as much as 4.50 a game and 3.25 for shoes. Wonder why no one is ever there?

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: DON DRAPER on May 08, 2003, 03:34:49 PM

olympia lanes, st. joseph, missouri, part of the JOMA chain. open play is $2.45 a game but for league bowlers in the summer it's 50 cents a game.

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: kev3inp on May 09, 2003, 04:24:58 AM

Mon. - Fri. (8AM - 6PM)
$3.00 + tax per game or
$12.00 + tax per lane per hour
 
Sun. - Thurs. (6PM - 2AM)
$3.75 + tax per game
$18.75 + tax per lane per hour
 
Fri. & Sat. (9PM - 2AM)
$22.00 + tax per lane per hour
Sat. & Sun. (8AM - 9PM)
$3.75 + tax per game
$18.75 + tax per lane per hour

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the 3 is silent

Title: Re: How much do you pay for open bowling in the summer time?
Post by: da Shiv on May 09, 2003, 05:52:45 AM

I usually pay about $1.50 per game.  The replies in this post surprise me.  There are only a few people paying high ($3.00-$4.00) prices to bowl.  I've seen so many posts on this board from people complaining of paying those high prices that I had started to figure that high prices were the norm and that I was just lucky.  The results of this post seem to indicate that more reasonable prices are the norm, especially if one is a league bowler at the place where they practice.

Shiv

Edited on 5/9/2003 5:52 AM