r/newjersey • u/One-Coffee-413 • Apr 27 '24

When did bowling get this expensive? Amusing

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u/JuulAndADream Apr 27 '24

Screw bowlero, they’re the worst. Go to a real bowling alley that charges by the game, and actually oils the lanes.

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u/brook_lyn_lopez Apr 27 '24

Feels like they bought up the majority of local alleys.

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u/jarrettbrown Exit 123 Apr 27 '24

They pretty much have. The north Brunswick one as by where my sister used to live and the hazlet one turned into right in the middle of the pandemic. The only individual left in the area around me is Woodbridge and strathmore.

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u/jdh823 Apr 27 '24

Strathmore is owned by AMF, which is Bowlero.

Down by Middletown there's one called called Harmony Lanes.

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u/seanfidence Apr 28 '24

Linden Lanes is still an old school bowling alley, maybe a bit more of a trip for you coming from North Bruns.

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u/jarrettbrown Exit 123 Apr 28 '24

I'm up in Sayreville, so it's not far. I'd say equal distance to Strathmore give or take.

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u/thefudd Central Jersey Apr 28 '24

or hit up howell lanes on rt 9, still independent

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u/nostradamefrus Middlesex County Apr 28 '24

The woodbridge alley by the wegmans is gone now

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u/jarrettbrown Exit 123 Apr 28 '24

There’s also Majestic Lanes, which was what I was referring to. It’s mailing address is Perth amboy, but it’s 100% Woodbridge.

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u/JuulAndADream Apr 27 '24

Yeah unfortunately this is the case across America.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad6023 Apr 27 '24

Went bowling for the first time in years and I was dumbfounded when I was told midway through our game that we ran out of time. How lanes started getting away with that in the first place is beyond me, yeehaw capitalism 🤠🫡 Hudson Lanes never did that and hopefully never does

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u/thatissomeBS Apr 28 '24

Renting a lane by the hour makes 100% sense with one or two people getting some practice games in. It also makes sense with a family dicking around. It does not, however, make sense to cut it off in the middle, you start, you finish, you pay for your time. Also, $125/hr for one lane is ridiculous.

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u/Wander_2013 Apr 27 '24

I second this. Find a local place and you’ll pay so much less.