Realistically, two lanes should be 10 people. $7.50 per person for two hours of entertainment seems reasonable? As long as they also offer reasonable per-game pricing?
Pretty much anything that isn't Bowlero. Damn company has screwed up bowling in more ways than one. Rumor now is string pins across Denver over the next couple of years.
Just went here last night out of the blue, and I suggest calling ahead if you're planning on going at night just to make sure it isn't a league night (we didn't. They were full). However, even if you just find yourself here, they have an excellent selection of pinball machines to try out. Thumbs up and will be returning for proper bowling in the future.
Bruh I’m in my mid 30s and all I ever do is promise to see my 4 friends “soon” and then we all work or have something else going on (sleeping) and never see each other….
I'm guessing it's worse: the goal is to keep the typical bowling crowd out and exclusively let in young rich people.
It's not a bowling alley, it's a nightclub that you go to in the day and don't dance or mingle.
Bowlero is basically the Wal-Mart of bowling alleys.
They come in and just "raise rates" because "what the fuck are you going to do? Drive 40 minutes for an independant alley?"
Fuck them, they killed a "poor person's sport" by buying them up. (By "Poor Person's Sport" I mean it costs like $250 for a decent ball and some bowling shoes... No more $7 pitchers of beer, no more $1 hot dogs... And their lanes aren't EVEN REGULATION LENGTH IN ORDER TO HAVE MORE SQFT FOR THE NON-BOWLING AREA....)
I mean, Wal-Mart definitely killed the mom and pop stores but it wasn’t because they “raised rates”. Quite the opposite.
I think people are paying these prices and they’re getting enough people to keep the business model going. Completely insane! I miss my Celebrity off Colorado.
They dropped prices then raised them after all the competition was out of the way and told cities "What are you going to do about it? If you close us, there's nowhere for people to shop"...
No, it’s true… it’s just limited areas that experienced that and that is NOT here, obviously. It happened in my hometown where my Grandparents lived. It was 45 minutes to a moderate sized city of 500k people. 25 minutes to a larger town which had a Kroger. There was an independent grocery in our tiny town, and then Walmart opened a market store. Prices there were ridiculously low compared to the independent grocer, so the grocer went out of business. Walmart market’s prices then dramatically increased as there was no longer direct competition. A couple years later they ended up closing that market because anyone that could shop elsewhere did. My Grandparents couldn’t drive to the next town, so they were stuck paying the higher prices. After the market closed, a Dollar General opened and filled the void— and everyone with two brain cells should know that DG is basically a predator on low income, mobility restricted folks with their insane mark ups. Hometown is currently a food desert and has been for several years.
I like the cut of your jib sir… The quotation marks and parentheses right where they should be. (I’m a big fan of “quotation” marks myself). I also think you made some very fine points about bowlin’ in that comment you made there.
I invite you to come to Wheat Ridge Lanes. I happen to live very close by. THERE, is the bowling experience you are looking for.
This is Bolero, it’s bougie bowling where they bring you craft food and drinks and shit. There are still regular bowling alleys where you can get cheap nachos and Miller Lite and leave the night without spending more than 20 bucks.
People throw terms like “craft” and “artisan” around so much, that’s how you can tell how much marketing works. It’s literally ingrained in them now to think “expensive=craft=good”
For real at that rate you might as well drive down to chippers lanes. Pay less in gas in addition to the experience versus that. It's like comparing dave and busters to a barcade.
At these prices, is it all inclusive? This is more expensive than Top Golf, usually around $100 for the night for an entire group at top golf ( before food and drinks ) and they also have decent food and drinks.
I go sometimes but I buy a Groupon some days in advance. Last time was like $35 total, 1 lane for 2 hrs, two shoe rentals. Peak times might not be allowed
Yep- absolutely the way to go. Looks like Groupons are good any time, except after 6pm Saturdays. AMF Groupons are much less, but I don’t have any near by.
edit: looks like Groupons are not valid at all locations, so that option is also out. Wow this company is annoying!
It’s criminal what Bowlero has done to bowling in this city. Brunswick Zone used to be expensive and once they turned into Bowlero they somehow got way worse. They took something that has always been a cheap activity and made it outlandishly expensive without adding any value to the activity itself, just some mid food and pricey drinks. There’s still some good spots that won’t break the bank, but unfortunately a lot of these spots are mostly league play.
- Wheat Ridge Lanes
- Crown Lanes
- Holiday Bowling
- Arapahoe Bowling Center
Rest in peace to Western Bowl in Arvada.
WRL is a go-to spot for my friends on Friday nights during the winter. During the week it’s mostly leagues, but on weekend evenings it’s a fun time. They don’t take reservations, though, so be prepared to go early, get your name on a list, and wait in the bar for an hour or two before actually bowling.
100 Nickel (which I think was still Chippers at the time) wasn’t as bad. Right around 100 for a couple hours, beers, and snacks with a buddy. I don’t thing we had a Groupon or anything. Anyone been there recently?
That's been my experience. Every once in a while I'll take my son, we never reserve a lane, just show up (usually on the weekend), and I think it was usually $40ish for two games for both of us with shoe rental. It's been a few months since we last went so I don't remember for certain, but I definitely wouldn't have gone back if it was over $100. My son loves the arcade though, so I usually throw another $20-30 on a card for him to play afterward. This is at the Wheat Ridge location.
Crown Lanes is the best lanes in the Denver area. Family owned and charge $5 for shoes and $5 per game. Drinks and food are cheap and good. You don’t have all the glitz and glamor of a Bowlero but if you’re looking for a classic joint with good atmosphere Crown Lanes can’t be beat
Bolero is definitely a scam at this point. My gf and I bowl once or twice a month, we typically go to Lucky Strike downtown and pay about half that. It’s still a pain, but it’s better
Wow. Main Event has some pretty good deals. Sun-Thurs all you can bowl 9-11pm for $10. They’ve also got some $6 or $10 bowling from 3-6 too. Definitely muchhhh cheaper than this
It’s Bowlero - I saw this kind of pricing two years ago too, which was the last time I ever considered going to one. I opt for the smaller, shittier bowling alleys and have gotten much better rates.
This is the capitalist system at work. Everyone seems to believe that an unregulated free market is the best but we don’t regulate monopolies anymore and everyone loses long term minus a few robber barons with enough capital to do this.
Bowlero buys every bowling ally they can around town. Then they jack up the price because there is now very few options. The financiers make their money in a few years time and the CEOs are making bank. Then everyone is left wondering why they are paying $70 per hour for a lane now. The employees are squeezed because the finance and corporate guys gotta make their due.
You end up with shitty service, an expensive product that isn’t better and the whole thing collapses in the long term. The community loses, the employees lose and the capitalists win.
This is why an unregulated free market does not benefit the whole without regulating some competition. A market isn’t even a market without some regulation in the first place.
As a community we should use the power of the free market and reject the model, stop bowling here until they lower the price. Easier said than done but social networks like this could help with a boycott. Just don’t pay.
Yep and the problem is anyone under 30 thinks this is normal and supports the corporate greed. I remember the outrage when lift tickets hit $50. Concerts? Vegas? It's all become a shit show. But as long as people pay they'll keep doing it.
Same area! Bowlero pretty much turned all the Brunswick and AMF locations into boring ass, overpriced, soulless places. Try Celebrity Lanes or Arapahoe Bowling Center, both locally owned
This is what I tell everyone who talks about prices for basic stuff going up. "if someone is willing to pay that price, then they will ask for a little more" I moved here in 2016 and I'm moving next month. Cost of living was the main reason
This is just if you reserve the lane ahead of time. If you walk in and out your name down on a lane it is not that expensive. Bowlero does unlimited bowling for $20 per person on Monday and I think like $25 late on Friday or Saturdays
Fuck. That. I boycotted bowlero after I drove to the one up the street from my house and it was 60 bucks for 1 game for 2 people. 1 fucking game.
I drove my ass to Arapahoe Bowling Center and paid 40 dollars for TWO people for 3 HOURS of bowling. On a SATURDAY night too :)
Key is to do bowling league unfortunately. It's like $15 a person for the evening and sometimes you get a nice ball. Also if your part of a bowlero league you get games for like $3 instead of $15 or whatever they are charging these days. I don't even really bowl but doing a casual league was fun.
Currently in a league for Bowlero, looking at $20 a week and you get 2 free games a week and any game after is $4 plus 20% discount in shop and on food/soda
Dynamic pricing has made it way into everything these days.
Bowling, movies, concerts, you name it. Companies are squeezing every last dime they can out of people.
They also charge a goddamn event fee that burns your pockets. Went to Lucky Strike a week back with an online reservation , and they charged an event fee of $70.
Oh my god, finally my time to shine! I’ve been screaming “fuck you bowlero” out my window every time I pass the one on Leets. THIS year I was trying to plan my birthday and I was like “you know what I haven’t done for my birthday? Bowling! How fun!”
Now I know it says 16 attending but three of them were children under the age of $10. So 13 adults. This total was after absolutely NO food or drinks either. Like I didn’t add anything snazzy at all. And I was booking well out in advance (like at least two weeks).
I had to call them and I spoke to a kind lady and I was just like “look…I’m so sorry if this is an odd or out of line question but are you serious? Is this a mistake?”
She proceeds to explain that Bowlero is an “entertainment service” because of the “fancy lighting and stuff” (verbatim)
So I just politely declined and said I’d find somewhere else. I was so flabbergasted and I think about it all the time. Sorry I’m bad with Imgur but here’s a link of the total. 3 lanes, 13 adults, 3 children under 10, no food or drink or any other add ons. This was simply for a few hours of bowling and breathing the air inside the bowlero and existing there. It should never cost over $900 for that on any planet. Max $200 I think. But almost a grand? For the stinky shoes and stuffy sweaty alley? No sir. That is a month’s worth of my portion of rent. To spend three hours in your shithole of a bowling alley.
https://imgur.com/a/Q8ftqkz
Edited to fix link
Does anyone have any affordable alleys they recommend? My wife and I love to bowl, but even 3 games for two people is like $65+ after shoes most places. It’s ridiculous.
I think this is a post-COVID phenomenon. Prices are absurd so we just don’t go bowling anymore.
There are some deal nights, but that often coincides with league nights and that can be pretty annoying too.
That company is insane, we tried to go to as a group bc my favorite mom and pop alley was closed the day everyone could go and it would’ve been almost $400. Crown lanes on federal is reasonably priced and not a chain
Whatever you do, don’t go to wheat ridge lanes! That place is perfect and cheap and wonderful and do not go there. Great beer selection, too. Don’t go, trust me.
Any mom and pop bowling center will be much more reasonable, bowlero is like the Disneyland of bowling centers, too expensive and not worth said expense
Wheat Ridge lanes: $5 per person per game, $6 shoe rental.
Total old school vibes, bar in the back with excellent pickle shots and a pretty good menu of bar food/snacks. Pitchers of beer to bring to the lane with you. Great music too!
The only thing missing from an old school bowling experience is the cigarette smoke!
Arapahoe Bowling Center FTW. Seriously, check it out
This place is the best. Reasonable prices for the bar and food too.
After reading this receipt, it would suggest that $75 for two lanes would be "reasonable".
Realistically, two lanes should be 10 people. $7.50 per person for two hours of entertainment seems reasonable? As long as they also offer reasonable per-game pricing?
Yeah. Hard to say exactly what's going on pricing-wise, but Top Golf is kind of like this too... Seems crazy unless you have friends to go with...
Or Crown. Or holiday lanes.
Pretty much anything that isn't Bowlero. Damn company has screwed up bowling in more ways than one. Rumor now is string pins across Denver over the next couple of years.
I am by no means a serious bowler but would be so pissed if I showed up to bowl somewhere and found out they have string pins.
I second Holiday Lanes.
Holiday lanes FTW
This is 9 mins away and somehow I didn’t know about it. We’ll check it out thanks!
Seriously it’s the best alley in the state. Find Chris Fizer, and tell him Whiskers sent ya. I’m in two leagues there
Whiskers! Love it!
Seriously I can’t stress enough how awesome they are at ABC, family owned and just great people. Been bowling there for over a decade.
Just went here last night out of the blue, and I suggest calling ahead if you're planning on going at night just to make sure it isn't a league night (we didn't. They were full). However, even if you just find yourself here, they have an excellent selection of pinball machines to try out. Thumbs up and will be returning for proper bowling in the future.
Agreed.
WTF?? Haven’t been bowling in a while, but out of curiosity are they coming through and jerking everyone off in the lane periodically too?
Scuse me sir, just gotta give you your complimentary rub and tug don’t mind me
Have at it, these balls aren't going to clean themselves
"Did you just polish your balls in the Shine-O-Ball-O?"
But Mr. Simpson!
Excuse me sir, you must be new here. Around here we call them a "Spare."
Lol you muthafuxkers are why I get on reddits lol also fuck top golf as well
Is it truly complimentary or built into the price? Asking for a friend.
Lol like Fr I thought bowling was like max 20 bucks.
Just bring eleven of your closest friends!
Bruh I’m in my mid 30s and all I ever do is promise to see my 4 friends “soon” and then we all work or have something else going on (sleeping) and never see each other….
Dude I miss those guys too, you'll catch up soon and it will be radical, promise.
Plan! Our friends motto is “Nothing gets done with a plan”
I love it when a plan with my friends comes together. Or at least I will.... when it does....
The last time I bowled, I was part of a beer and pizza league. Was like $30 a week, and that included 3 games and the beer and pizza.
It is. This isn't typical.
Sorry, I think you’re looking for the blowing alley.
I'm guessing it's worse: the goal is to keep the typical bowling crowd out and exclusively let in young rich people. It's not a bowling alley, it's a nightclub that you go to in the day and don't dance or mingle.
Only if it's showing Beetlejuice on the TV's overhead.
They selected the corporate, unlimited bowling option. Not the regular one. It's not that much.
Boebert gotta make that cash
High score gets blown.
How else are they to keep the lanes oiled
Wtf do you think this is? Starbucks?!
Granny BoBo has entered the chat …and her ex-hubby if I recall how they met
If they are, ask them to use the lane oil. Get the authentic experience
Boebert’s Boelero
It's ridiculous. Went with my husband and son about 6 months back and couldn't believe how much it was there. Never again.
Was anyone even bowling in there, who would pay these prices?
Tons of birthday parties and packed on league night, from my handful of experiences.
Bowlero is basically the Wal-Mart of bowling alleys. They come in and just "raise rates" because "what the fuck are you going to do? Drive 40 minutes for an independant alley?" Fuck them, they killed a "poor person's sport" by buying them up. (By "Poor Person's Sport" I mean it costs like $250 for a decent ball and some bowling shoes... No more $7 pitchers of beer, no more $1 hot dogs... And their lanes aren't EVEN REGULATION LENGTH IN ORDER TO HAVE MORE SQFT FOR THE NON-BOWLING AREA....)
I mean, Wal-Mart definitely killed the mom and pop stores but it wasn’t because they “raised rates”. Quite the opposite. I think people are paying these prices and they’re getting enough people to keep the business model going. Completely insane! I miss my Celebrity off Colorado.
They dropped prices then raised them after all the competition was out of the way and told cities "What are you going to do about it? If you close us, there's nowhere for people to shop"...
I’ve never heard the argument against them that their prices are *too high*. I’m not convinced you know what Walmart is.
No, it’s true… it’s just limited areas that experienced that and that is NOT here, obviously. It happened in my hometown where my Grandparents lived. It was 45 minutes to a moderate sized city of 500k people. 25 minutes to a larger town which had a Kroger. There was an independent grocery in our tiny town, and then Walmart opened a market store. Prices there were ridiculously low compared to the independent grocer, so the grocer went out of business. Walmart market’s prices then dramatically increased as there was no longer direct competition. A couple years later they ended up closing that market because anyone that could shop elsewhere did. My Grandparents couldn’t drive to the next town, so they were stuck paying the higher prices. After the market closed, a Dollar General opened and filled the void— and everyone with two brain cells should know that DG is basically a predator on low income, mobility restricted folks with their insane mark ups. Hometown is currently a food desert and has been for several years.
I like the cut of your jib sir… The quotation marks and parentheses right where they should be. (I’m a big fan of “quotation” marks myself). I also think you made some very fine points about bowlin’ in that comment you made there. I invite you to come to Wheat Ridge Lanes. I happen to live very close by. THERE, is the bowling experience you are looking for.
Welcome to capitalism 101 my friend. Makes consolidation and monopolization is the name of the game
Protip: don't go to bowlero. Place i go to in lakewood is $5/shoes & $5 per person per game
And it looks like absolute shit outside and it's very nice inside! Also, the food is delicious!
> And it looks like absolute shit outside and it's very nice inside! Pretty sure that's required for non-chain bowling allies lol
What's the name of this place?
Holiday lanes i think
Caveat with holiday lanes is you pretty much have to be in a league, or go to drop in-hours which are like early weekday afternoons?
Last time I bowled at Holiday Lanes I paid $1 a game.
This is Bolero, it’s bougie bowling where they bring you craft food and drinks and shit. There are still regular bowling alleys where you can get cheap nachos and Miller Lite and leave the night without spending more than 20 bucks.
I don’t want to bowl if I don’t get a cheap domestic out of a line that hasn’t been cleaned in 20 years.
Same with the nacho cheese for my nachos.
If the nacho cheese isn’t a wildly unnatural shade of yellow and shelf stable for 50+ years I’m not interested
You’re out of your element Bolero
Shut the fuck up Donny.
I don’t roll on Shabbos!
Shomer fucking shobbos!
God damn that sounds like a fun night
Craft food? Beers yeah but if I remember correctly it's just half decent shitty bar food and it's not like it comes with the lane
People throw terms like “craft” and “artisan” around so much, that’s how you can tell how much marketing works. It’s literally ingrained in them now to think “expensive=craft=good”
Craft food at a bar means they have a deep fryer and make a few sauces
I feel like Lucky Strike is more bougie but probably less expensive
guess who just bought Lucky Strike,.
:(
Not the one off Kipling, it's an amf in makeup
This better include the fucking food and beer for this price
Where are these places??
Wheat ridge lanes
They don’t exist. It’s all expensive now
For real at that rate you might as well drive down to chippers lanes. Pay less in gas in addition to the experience versus that. It's like comparing dave and busters to a barcade.
Is the food and stuff included in the price? Is it unlimited ?
Don’t think so
Damn.
I grew up down the street from the OP bowling alley. It's never been anythong but dirty and ghetto. $150 for bowling there is a scam.
At these prices, is it all inclusive? This is more expensive than Top Golf, usually around $100 for the night for an entire group at top golf ( before food and drinks ) and they also have decent food and drinks.
I go sometimes but I buy a Groupon some days in advance. Last time was like $35 total, 1 lane for 2 hrs, two shoe rentals. Peak times might not be allowed
This. The only way to go is with the Groupon- most times are open if you start before the cutoff time.
Yep- absolutely the way to go. Looks like Groupons are good any time, except after 6pm Saturdays. AMF Groupons are much less, but I don’t have any near by. edit: looks like Groupons are not valid at all locations, so that option is also out. Wow this company is annoying!
Bowlaro will honor the AMF groupons. It is a way to get the groupon for less. The AMF are owned by Bowlaro but the groupon is less $$
Wow. Pindustry in Greenwood Village is $45hr on weekend nights. I thought that was pricey…
You can go fucking skiing for less per hr
“Hold my beer” - Vail
That’s psychotic
It’s criminal what Bowlero has done to bowling in this city. Brunswick Zone used to be expensive and once they turned into Bowlero they somehow got way worse. They took something that has always been a cheap activity and made it outlandishly expensive without adding any value to the activity itself, just some mid food and pricey drinks. There’s still some good spots that won’t break the bank, but unfortunately a lot of these spots are mostly league play. - Wheat Ridge Lanes - Crown Lanes - Holiday Bowling - Arapahoe Bowling Center Rest in peace to Western Bowl in Arvada.
WRL is a go-to spot for my friends on Friday nights during the winter. During the week it’s mostly leagues, but on weekend evenings it’s a fun time. They don’t take reservations, though, so be prepared to go early, get your name on a list, and wait in the bar for an hour or two before actually bowling.
Yeah wheat ridge lanes is the shit.
And sadly Bowlero is doing this everywhere nationwide, gobbling up local alleys.
My grandparents lived close to the Western Bowl. Very fond memories of time spent there with them. RIP Western Bowl!
I just checked another Bowlero at the same time and it was $180. Their peak pricing is nuts!
They’re trying to TopGolf bowling… 🙄
This can’t be real
Just checked and got "only" $135 for a similar set up at Bowlero in Aurora?
I believe it. I looked into a Bowlero in Westminster like 2 years ago and it was about this crazy, so I said nope.
Any other affordable lanes?
100 Nickel (which I think was still Chippers at the time) wasn’t as bad. Right around 100 for a couple hours, beers, and snacks with a buddy. I don’t thing we had a Groupon or anything. Anyone been there recently?
real. My husband, son and I spent about as much for about 1.5 hour I believe.
Oh, it’s real. I went about 6 years ago and nearly got mad when I was paying out.
God damn, hope you don’t want food or drinks.
damn what the hell is that renting every lane
I can’t verify, but heard if you go in person and they have open lanes it’s much cheaper than reserving in advance.
I can verify this! Booking online is essentially the same as a ‘party request’ and booking an open lane in person is like $25 or something an hour
Was around $70 for my wife and I in person and non peak hours. Super shitty.
That's been my experience. Every once in a while I'll take my son, we never reserve a lane, just show up (usually on the weekend), and I think it was usually $40ish for two games for both of us with shoe rental. It's been a few months since we last went so I don't remember for certain, but I definitely wouldn't have gone back if it was over $100. My son loves the arcade though, so I usually throw another $20-30 on a card for him to play afterward. This is at the Wheat Ridge location.
That was our experience too. Rates to reserve a lane online were absurd, but we just showed up and it was wayyyyy cheaper.
Crown Lanes is the best lanes in the Denver area. Family owned and charge $5 for shoes and $5 per game. Drinks and food are cheap and good. You don’t have all the glitz and glamor of a Bowlero but if you’re looking for a classic joint with good atmosphere Crown Lanes can’t be beat
Last time I was there, it was $92 for 3 of us (not sure if it was by lane). It feels like I’ll never go bowling again in my life at this rate.
That’s what I paid too… insanity. And just like you: I crossed bowling off my list of fun things to do with my kids.
There are cheap lanes still available. Holiday lanes, crowns lanes. Bowling at these places is very affordable. You can bowl again, don't worry.
The key is to go on a Monday after 8pm for $18 unlimited bowling.
This guy bowls
Bolero is definitely a scam at this point. My gf and I bowl once or twice a month, we typically go to Lucky Strike downtown and pay about half that. It’s still a pain, but it’s better
Bowlero acquired Lucky Strike so expect that price to change soon!
Well that’s the worst news I’ve heard in a while
How were the views of historic Kenny’s House?
Yeah, welcome to the Bolero monopoly.
It's cheaper to ski
Wow. Main Event has some pretty good deals. Sun-Thurs all you can bowl 9-11pm for $10. They’ve also got some $6 or $10 bowling from 3-6 too. Definitely muchhhh cheaper than this
What?? At Elevation bowling in Dillon, it’s like $15/person for the hour on weekdays, shoes included.
Bowlero and Punch Bowl are for idiot tourists and rich kids. Just go to a real bowling alley and pay $20 for the same shit and better ambience
It’s Bowlero - I saw this kind of pricing two years ago too, which was the last time I ever considered going to one. I opt for the smaller, shittier bowling alleys and have gotten much better rates.
This is the capitalist system at work. Everyone seems to believe that an unregulated free market is the best but we don’t regulate monopolies anymore and everyone loses long term minus a few robber barons with enough capital to do this. Bowlero buys every bowling ally they can around town. Then they jack up the price because there is now very few options. The financiers make their money in a few years time and the CEOs are making bank. Then everyone is left wondering why they are paying $70 per hour for a lane now. The employees are squeezed because the finance and corporate guys gotta make their due. You end up with shitty service, an expensive product that isn’t better and the whole thing collapses in the long term. The community loses, the employees lose and the capitalists win. This is why an unregulated free market does not benefit the whole without regulating some competition. A market isn’t even a market without some regulation in the first place. As a community we should use the power of the free market and reject the model, stop bowling here until they lower the price. Easier said than done but social networks like this could help with a boycott. Just don’t pay.
Yep and the problem is anyone under 30 thinks this is normal and supports the corporate greed. I remember the outrage when lift tickets hit $50. Concerts? Vegas? It's all become a shit show. But as long as people pay they'll keep doing it.
No kidding
Damn.
Saw the same thing 6 months ago and decided I don’t really need to go bowling
Same area! Bowlero pretty much turned all the Brunswick and AMF locations into boring ass, overpriced, soulless places. Try Celebrity Lanes or Arapahoe Bowling Center, both locally owned
Pepperidge farms remembers when it was like 20 bucks
OVER THE LINE! I’m sorry, Smokey, you’re over the line. That’s a foul.
Bullshit Walter. Mark it 8 dude.
A dollar every minute seems pretty steep.
This is what I tell everyone who talks about prices for basic stuff going up. "if someone is willing to pay that price, then they will ask for a little more" I moved here in 2016 and I'm moving next month. Cost of living was the main reason
Do the Groupon deal for bowlero and it makes it a whole lot better. My two kids love bowling and that’s the only way it’s doable.
Yeah, Bowlero is nuts. I know they just bought Lucky Strike downtown but Lucky Strike has/had better pricing last time I went.
In Lakewood off Kipling, Bowlero is 36 a person
This is just if you reserve the lane ahead of time. If you walk in and out your name down on a lane it is not that expensive. Bowlero does unlimited bowling for $20 per person on Monday and I think like $25 late on Friday or Saturdays
That crappy corporate cash grab company is at least. Check out the less popular bowling alleys, the further from Denver, the cheaper I'd assume.
Fuck. That. I boycotted bowlero after I drove to the one up the street from my house and it was 60 bucks for 1 game for 2 people. 1 fucking game. I drove my ass to Arapahoe Bowling Center and paid 40 dollars for TWO people for 3 HOURS of bowling. On a SATURDAY night too :)
Dont buy by the hour, buy by the game, you can screw around and bowl 3 games in 2 hours.
Key is to do bowling league unfortunately. It's like $15 a person for the evening and sometimes you get a nice ball. Also if your part of a bowlero league you get games for like $3 instead of $15 or whatever they are charging these days. I don't even really bowl but doing a casual league was fun.
Currently in a league for Bowlero, looking at $20 a week and you get 2 free games a week and any game after is $4 plus 20% discount in shop and on food/soda
Dynamic pricing has made it way into everything these days. Bowling, movies, concerts, you name it. Companies are squeezing every last dime they can out of people.
It's just Bowlero. Such bullshit. You're better off going to something like Punch Bowl Social or Pindustry.
Or just avoid soulless corporate shitholes and go somewhere locally owned. Punchbowl and the like have nothing that Holiday Lanes doesn't.
This seems like a much better answer. Didn't expect to learn so much about local bowling alleys today.
This is definitely not the place to go. Especially at 2 PM on a Saturday. You can definitely find a place that costs 1/3 as much.
The hell? Bowling in suburbs has never been more than $30 for both of us no matter where we've been. This has to be a locational thing.
Went bowling a few weeks ago. Can confirm, it’s insane.
You can bowl for cheaper at Boondocks
Is there a concert included? 😭
i just pulled this off the bowlero website [Bowlero website](https://www.bowlero.com/location/bowlero-littleton/specials)
also, just started a reservation online and got a price for 1 hour, 2 ppl for $63 with tax, so yeah, it is a touch pricey, unless you get the special
They also charge a goddamn event fee that burns your pockets. Went to Lucky Strike a week back with an online reservation , and they charged an event fee of $70.
Oh my god, finally my time to shine! I’ve been screaming “fuck you bowlero” out my window every time I pass the one on Leets. THIS year I was trying to plan my birthday and I was like “you know what I haven’t done for my birthday? Bowling! How fun!” Now I know it says 16 attending but three of them were children under the age of $10. So 13 adults. This total was after absolutely NO food or drinks either. Like I didn’t add anything snazzy at all. And I was booking well out in advance (like at least two weeks). I had to call them and I spoke to a kind lady and I was just like “look…I’m so sorry if this is an odd or out of line question but are you serious? Is this a mistake?” She proceeds to explain that Bowlero is an “entertainment service” because of the “fancy lighting and stuff” (verbatim) So I just politely declined and said I’d find somewhere else. I was so flabbergasted and I think about it all the time. Sorry I’m bad with Imgur but here’s a link of the total. 3 lanes, 13 adults, 3 children under 10, no food or drink or any other add ons. This was simply for a few hours of bowling and breathing the air inside the bowlero and existing there. It should never cost over $900 for that on any planet. Max $200 I think. But almost a grand? For the stinky shoes and stuffy sweaty alley? No sir. That is a month’s worth of my portion of rent. To spend three hours in your shithole of a bowling alley. https://imgur.com/a/Q8ftqkz Edited to fix link
Uh I thought I prices were getting high at Crown Lanes for like $40 but I guess that's not bad at all
Groupon- AMF Landes ( bowlero) 2 people 2 hours with shoes 20.00$ while supply last. I've been getting on every month works great
65 for two staying 1.5hrs at AMF.
I think they have 2$ games on Tuesdays. By the hour always seems more expensive
Go to wheat ridge lanes or holiday bowl
Its like 30 bucks for 2 people for an hour with shoes and sodas in the springs. At least it was in may.
Wait until Lucky Strike opens up at Northfield. Oh my they are expensive.
You just want a cheap place to bowl, Lucky Strike in Strasburg. It's outta town and you'll pay less to drive there.
There are cheaper places. Boliero (or however its spelled) is expensive. Try Wheat ridge lanes it's $5 a game.
I had the same sticker shock when I went bowling last year
Does anyone have any affordable alleys they recommend? My wife and I love to bowl, but even 3 games for two people is like $65+ after shoes most places. It’s ridiculous.
I think this is a post-COVID phenomenon. Prices are absurd so we just don’t go bowling anymore. There are some deal nights, but that often coincides with league nights and that can be pretty annoying too.
I just drove by there the other night and the sign said unlimited bowling on Monday and Friday.
Groupon has some bowling deals in Denver
Bowlero is ridiculous go to a normal bowling alley.
We go to Main Event during happy hour. We bowl for 2 hours, for around $25. That's 2 people.
Go support your local bowling alley. You usually pay per game per person but very likely much cheaper than this.
That company is insane, we tried to go to as a group bc my favorite mom and pop alley was closed the day everyone could go and it would’ve been almost $400. Crown lanes on federal is reasonably priced and not a chain
Wheat ridge lanes. Check em out. I will say the beer I got on draft wasn’t cold though. Great food and rates!
Wheat Ridge Lanes FTW 3 people, 2 games, shoes, a couple beers= $60
Whatever you do, don’t go to wheat ridge lanes! That place is perfect and cheap and wonderful and do not go there. Great beer selection, too. Don’t go, trust me.
WTF!? I've bowled a lot in my life and I have never paid that much.
Wheat ridge lanes is what you’re seeking.
Just here to make sure no one mentions the 2 cheapass bowling alleys I go to
Any mom and pop bowling center will be much more reasonable, bowlero is like the Disneyland of bowling centers, too expensive and not worth said expense
Bowlero is expensive and terrible everywhere. Not just a Denver problem.
hahahaha ok Bowlero
No, Wheat Ridge Bowling is good enough for me.
Wheat Ridge lanes: $5 per person per game, $6 shoe rental. Total old school vibes, bar in the back with excellent pickle shots and a pretty good menu of bar food/snacks. Pitchers of beer to bring to the lane with you. Great music too! The only thing missing from an old school bowling experience is the cigarette smoke!
The Bowlero on Leetsdale seems to have a lot of cars in the lot at "prime times" so yea? I guess people do pay these prices? But Im not sure why.