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    As a league bowler, I pay $1.50 per game, but often I just get the two hours for $10 price because I can bowl about fourteen games in that time. I don't remember what the non-league rate is, but the two hours is for anyone at any time.
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    Enough to where I almost did the ol spray the drink out of your mouth in shock thing. 6 bowlers, 4 kids, myself and one other adult. They all needed shoes, I have my own. We bowled only 2 games and it was $88. Way too much IMO. I'm used to a couple bucks a line but I guess it costs what it costs now a days, this isn't 1993 anymore. Plus I'm currently not on any leagues as of yet.

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    I live in NJ so games are about $6. League bowlers pay $3. They usually have decent specials during the week though. $8 for unlimited bowling after 9PM on Weds. $2.22 Tuesdays after 9PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phonetek View Post
    Enough to where I almost did the ol spray the drink out of your mouth in shock thing. 6 bowlers, 4 kids, myself and one other adult. They all needed shoes, I have my own. We bowled only 2 games and it was $88. Way too much IMO. I'm used to a couple bucks a line but I guess it costs what it costs now a days, this isn't 1993 anymore. Plus I'm currently not on any leagues as of yet.
    Over thanksgiving, we had 6 or 8 adults and almost as many kids, with shoes, etc - got the pair for an hour, barely squeezed in one game, it was well north of 100 bucks.

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    In one center I pay $1.69 per game, in another I pay $1.50 per game. Those are league bowler rates. Non league bowler would be $4.50+ per game.
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    It varies from house to house as a league bowler one house supposedly charges $1 per game but they always just wave me off when I go to pay. the rest vary from 1 to 3 dollars per game. non league rates go from 3.50-5.00 a game.
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    My local alley has no specials and 2.50 is the cheapest, which isn't too bad I guess. It's just weird they don't have at least part of one day a week you can go for some cheap games. 2 bucks for league members.

    My old local alley, which is about 45 min away now is dirt cheap. 1 to 2 bucks all through the week and 2.75 on saturdays.

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    At our center we pay $1.25 per game + tax if you are a league
    bowler and on Tuesday evenings it is $10.00 + tax for all you can
    bowl in 2 hrs. otherwise it is something like $3.25 + tax per game
    for anyone not on a league to bowl a game.
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    Between $2-4 per game normally, late Monday nights (9-11 pm) are $5 cover and $ 0.25 per game, Tuesday late night (9-12) you pay $0.01 power pin bowled, Friday is ladies night, 9-12 cost me $16 and my wife (or daughter) bowls free.

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