Cost of League Bowling...

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Most all of the leagues at my local house is 15 dollars a night (save for Youth...which is 10 IIRC). For me, 60 bucks a month does make a slight dent in my wallet. Working part time and then bowling each week took a fairly big hit last season so this season I'm taking off 'til the summer.

What's everyone elses league fees, and what's your opinion on it. Is it high, or low?

[striker12]

i bowling a youth leauge and i only pay $12 but for the past couple years i have been saving up money tobeableto ay for bowling but if i ever forgot my money then they would let me still bowl but have to take the money over to them that night hich they just lived up the street from me but $12 is a good price ableto do $48 a month causei getpaied ever 2 weeks

[DaveAyotte]

My Monday Men's League is 23$ per week... but that price is reflected in the cash prizes at the end. Plus there is an extra incentive right now from the owner - he put an additional $2,500 in the pot for first place to draw more of a crowd in for the new format that we're using. (Head to Head, 5 man teams: each game is a point, total is 2, and team series is 2. Total of 23 points per week.)

There is a league down a few towns from here that does 30$ per week... but the prizes are insane. Last year they had 20-something teams, and first place paid $2,500 per man. So it's all relative.

[chrono00]

my tuesday mixed league is 18 a night

the monday men's league there is 25 a night

[americantrotter]

11 a night for my league. The prizes arent big, but they fill all 32 lanes. 3 games for 11 bucks isnt a bad deal.

[DaveAyotte]

wow, 23 is beginning to seem kind of steep... but we do get $2 (22oz) draughts :)

[Motiv Girl]

Thirty dollars per week.Classic All-Star League.The league is split into thirds.It's $ 8000.00 first place for each third for 16 team league.

[DaveAyotte]

4 or 5 person teams?

[10-in-the-pit]

$22 for me

[Motiv Girl]

Five person team.

[MFein]

Monday Night - $23
Friday Night - $22
Saturday Night - $17

Total - $62 a week

I can afford it, but barely. Our teams are starting to slump again, so I'm hoping we get out of this rut and come right back up. We're still very close to 1st in all leagues.

[swingset]

My mixed league is $13, the spring one I'm joining is $12. Not huge prizes, but both are fun leagues and the beer is cheap at that center too so I really like it.

I've paid $20-25 a league for men's leagues with high payouts, but I haven't felt compelled to roll competitively in a while.

[J Anderson]

Monday night sport league: $25 per week plus $25 entry fee. Minimum cash last place $50
Wednesday night church league: $16 per week. No cash prizes, banquet at nice restaurant and trophies.

[MiggityMac]

Our winter league fee is $12 a week.

We also sell tickets for $1 and then pull the winning ticket for a chance to win the pot by rolling a strike. If the winner does not roll a strike, the pot carries over to the next week. Sometimes the pot gets pretty big.

[JerseyJim]

My Monday night league is $25. The prize fund is pretty hefty with the league winner getting $5000. It would normally be larger, however in NJ we can no longer run 50/50's. They consider it illegal gaming. We still have pots, we just can't mention dollars over the PA system.

[kev3inp]

my tuesday mixed league is 18 a night

the monday men's league there is 25 a night

Sounds like our place. Identical pricing.

[Bowling Wonder]

My league is $14 per week.

[HvilleRoller]

15 a night i thought was kind of steep

[chrono00]

15 a night i thought was kind of steep

meh not at all. anything under 20 is fine with me.

I just put 20 in the envelope every week. like tuesday nights are 18, so I put in 20 and theyn every 9th week I don't pay so it's like a free night.

[JaMau24]

I'm in two leagues on Sunday. The first one is $16 dollars with a $8,000 prize at the end. The second league on Sunday is $15. Thursday is $10.

[Grimthrow]

I don't think it's worth it. I can bowl every morning for $1 a game and play sport lanes on Tuesdays and Sundays for versatility and the same price. I mean obviously it's worth it if you can win the big prize at the end...

[Timmytomma]

The draw is to put yourself against other people not just against yourself and to hang out with your teammates/ meet new people its just like anything...I could golf cheaper than in a league but its not anywhere near as much fun alone

[chrono00]

I don't think it's worth it. I can bowl every morning for $1 a game and play sport lanes on Tuesdays and Sundays for versatility and the same price. I mean obviously it's worth it if you can win the big prize at the end...

my league is 18 a night. each win nets about 4 dollars per person on a 4 man team. 18*36weeks=648
last year my team was i think 9th in total wins out of 12 teams, and I got about 180 back after team/individual prizes. so I spent 468 over 36 weeks. 13 dollars a week to bowl 3 games, learn a lot as a newer bowler, and overall just have fun with a bunch of friends

last year I think my team won 16 games one quarter as our best. this year we've averaged about 20 wins over the first 3, so more money already

and really, winter and summer leages, whatever money i put in is gone to me. the winnings I get back, I take maybe 20-40 out for fun, and throw the rest in a pile in my room as extra/fun money to cash in sometime. I have like 400 dollars in that pile to use for whatever. so really, I'm having fun/stockpiling money that could be useful for more fun sometime

[DaveAyotte]

pile in your room huh? all I can picture is someone 'scrooge-mcduckin' into a big vault of money. Sorry - just had to share.

[TheJourney]

I currently bowl on a 3 man team and it is $10 a week. This summer I'm bowling on a 2 person (4 games) league and it will cost us $11. Most the leagues in my area stay under $25 except one league that they do over the summer where you pay anywhere from $18-$30 but some of that money goes to a new ball depending on how much you pay. It adds up but doesn't break the bank either.

[chrono00]

pile in your room huh? all I can picture is someone 'scrooge-mcduckin' into a big vault of money. Sorry - just had to share.

well it's more of an envelope tucked away. I save random money like that all the time.

I filled up my empty protein powder jar with silver change only, and cashed it in for about $700 like 2 years ago. I bought a 50'' plasma tv, and the change paid for most of it.
since then I've filled up another jug and am on a second one.

it's fun buying something nice and you barely touch your bank account

[DaveAyotte]

no, that's cool - smart actually. It was just the visual that I had, and it made me chuckle.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/cheekie84/scrooge_mcduck.jpg

[chrono00]

no, that's cool - smart actually. It was just the visual that I had, and it made me chuckle.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/cheekie84/scrooge_mcduck.jpg

I wish I had the kinda money scrooge mcduck had

[warpdrvr]

We are starting in our very first league in April. We are on a 4 person team, me, wife, sis in law and her fiancee. $24 per person per week, but it's a Vegas league, so the cost helps pay for 2 nights in a hotel in Las Vegas at the end of the season. We do live in SoCal, so the costs here are a little higher than some other places....

[DaveAyotte]

would that happen to be at the Kearny Mesa? Love that place.

[MFein]

no, that's cool - smart actually. It was just the visual that I had, and it made me chuckle.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/cheekie84/scrooge_mcduck.jpg

Lmfao! Just burst out laughing. Oh how I miss DuckTales. Some of the best cartoons I had as a kid.

[Stormed1]

Both my Monday and Friday leagues are $18.00 week