Cheapest bowling you have played?

[rv driver]

I paid a quarter a game back in the '70s.

[jab5325]

My local lane does $1.99 on Sundays, and has a bit of a tough time getting folks in there for open bowling. It's about $3.50/game otherwise.

I've always wondered: Have any operators ever tried "memberships", similar to a golf club? It sounds crazy, but it may be worth exploring.

Perhaps something like this:

- League bowlers get a card for open bowling, good for an increment of games, for a set price. There would be multiple increments, each with more of a per-game discount. The card is good from September-April.

Based off of $3.50/game, something like this:
25 games, $75
50 games, $125
75 games, $200
100 games, $300

Or

- For $50, league bowlers get $1 off per game for 50 games, something along those lines.

[white_rabbitt]

Lots of deals around here...just have to go to right place at the right time. One house has penny per pin you shoot (shoot 86 and it's $.86, max of $1 for 200+), there are a couple different $9 unlimited bowling + breakfast from 9am-12pm Sunday morning places, $1 game time slots, and I get $1.95 games w/ my league card at any AMF center anytime.

[britjeff]

lucky buggers. my local alley is £5,25 a game( guessing that would be around $7 ish) even with my league discount it.sstill£2 a game ,round about $3 and a half, or $4 a game. can only get discount before 5 though

[britjeff]

bowling aint cheap in the uk. wish we lived in the states

[white_rabbitt]

That sucks man! That's one of the best parts about bowling...that it's relatively cheap. (unless, of course, you have an equipment obsession like some)

[J Anderson]

bowling aint cheap in the uk. wish we lived in the states

Depends on which part of the U.S. you live in. At my local center, league bowlers are charged $3.50 per game for open bowling. Depending on who is working the counter I can get games for $2.50 each as a youth coach.

[Blomer]

I bowl before 5 on the weekdays for $1 a game. Price went up but being a regular I still pay $1.

[swingset]

Best price was my AMF that had $10 for league play, plus unlimited open bowling after leagues...by the time we rolled out of there at closing, games were probably less than $.20. Plus we got a pizza every week!

That was only a few years ago, adjusted for inflation, made the $.50 games I played as a kid seem downright expensive.

[ralphs007]

The main bowling center I bowl at charges the following rates. The time you get there determines what you pay per game.
10:00 am. .50 every game you bowl
11:00 am. .50 every game you bowl
12.00 pm. .75 every game you bowl
1:00 pm. 1.00 every game you bowl
2:00 pm. 2.00 every game you bowl
My brother and I get there at 10:00 am. M-W-F and bowl ten games each. The total for both of us is ten dollars, and they always give us a 5.00 off of ten dollars coupon. That comes out to .25 a game ! I usually bowl ten games by myself once a week and it cost me 5.00. So for a total of 40 games a week, I pay 12.50 !