Strike!
Bowling is fun and cheap;
Center provides variety
By KELSEY BLACKWELL
UNIVERSITY JOURNAL
The Cedar Bowling Center, located on 421 E. Highway 91,
is an inexpensive recreation center that offers a variety
of activities – beside bowling.
Aside from bowling, the center has a video game room,
pool tables and air hockey tables. Jack Jones, owner of
the facility, said he has plans to open a sports corner
that will feature a big screen TV and add dart boards
to the center within the next two months. Jones said,
after buying the Cedar Bowling Center last July, he began
a remodeling project he said he hoped would bring it up
to date.
“When we (he and his wife) bought it we knew it
needed a little work done,” Jones said.
“The sports corner and darts will be free of charge
to students,” he said. “We just thought it
would be something nice to add.”
Jones said he encourages students to visit the center
because of its atmosphere.
“The atmosphere is nice here compared to say, going
to a bar,” he said. “It’s a smokeless
type atmosphere, but we do offer beer and coolers. We
have people that like that.”
Katie Nicholls, a sophomore chemistry major from Santa
Clara, said she has been to the center only a few times
but said she would recommend it as a good place to have
fun.
“In Cedar City it’s one of the only things
you can do that’s not really expensive,” she
said. “It doesn’t require a lot of planning
and you can go and have fun.”
The center offers a discount to SUU students of three
games for $5.97. Regular price for one game is $2.80.
With Halloween approaching, Jones said he hopes students
make plans to attend the center’s Halloween party.
“Last year, we had people dress up and had a drawing
for prizes,” he said. “We also did cosmic
bowling where we turn upour sound system and have a light
show. We have colored bowling pins and the lanes turn
blue. Its a lot of fun.”
This Halloween is not the only opportunity to cosmic bowl.
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Bowling is still a popular recreational activity
for many students. The bowling alley in Cedar City
provides a variety of activities for students at a
reasonable price.
ANNIE BROWN / UNIVERSITY JOURNAL |
The activity is also offered on Friday nights from 9 p.m.
to midnight. Aside from entertainment, the Cedar Bowling
Center has a snack bar that Jones said has become quite
popular simply through word of mouth.
The snack bar offers a variety of hamburgers as well as
chicken strips, pizza, fish and chips and other snacks.
Prices range from $1.59 to $4.49.
“Our portions are big,” he said. “For
what you would pay at a fast food chain here you get at
least four times as much.”
Jones said the Cedar Bowling Center is not only a good place
to have fun and eat it’s a great place to socialize
and meet new people.
“There are few activities where you can react with
others around you like you can with bowling,” he said.
“It’s great place to socialize.”
The center is open daily from 11 a.m to midnight. |
