I'm planning a work bowling outing and I need to find a nice bowling alley in the Raleigh area

must serve alcohol
must be clean
must have specials
must be during the evening/late night
must keep score automatically

so Western Lanes won't do.

I hate planning events, but no one else will do it.

Halp me!

7/22/2010 11:59:21 PM

I'd bowl in your alley, if that's what you're referring to.

7/23/2010 12:00:56 AM

^must be clean

7/23/2010 12:01:16 AM

You can come roll my ball.

7/23/2010 12:01:31 AM

My local bowling alley is giving out 10 free game coupons left and right

[Edited on July 23, 2010 at 12:01 AM. Reason : .]

7/23/2010 12:01:41 AM

no, but srsly

7/23/2010 12:04:56 AM

yeah, srsly.

7/23/2010 12:05:44 AM

insert obligatory sexual innuendo here

what part of raleigh exactly?

7/23/2010 12:05:56 AM

anywhere in raleigh/cary will probably be alright.

7/23/2010 12:08:47 AM

like what roads close to your work?

i think most of the places tend to keep similar services/specials

AMF/Buffalo Lanes/etc

7/23/2010 12:09:52 AM

well, we'll probably all meet at someone's place prior to the bowling so that we can pre-game/carpool. So, which ever bowling alley we use will decide where we meet prior. I was thinking about North Buffaloe Lanes but I'm not sure if they sell alcohol or not. Guess I can give them a call and see what's up.

7/23/2010 12:14:26 AM

most bowling alleys sell it now

jk apparently buffaloe lanes is behind on the times.

go AMF

[Edited on July 23, 2010 at 12:16 AM. Reason : ]

7/23/2010 12:15:04 AM

failthread

7/23/2010 3:22:04 AM

Buffalo lanes does not sell alcohol; its a family entertainment business so that's out.

http://www.buffaloelanes.com/

Quote :

"Our Family Friendly Bowling Facilities are Smoke-Free and Alcohol-Free for everyone to Enjoy!"

AMF has decent googlemaps reviews and is smoke free (according to a Jan 2010 review). On their website you can "Plan an event" but I'm not sure what that all does as far as discounts and whatnot. One review talks about "package deals" so I'd suggest going that route. It has food and a full bar.

http://www.amf.com/pleasantvalleylanes/Inquiries/group_event_form.amfx

Completing that form is just an inquiry, so you can fill it out and they get back to you. Or, just call it in. That's probably faster.

AMF does "Xtreme bowling" which seems about right for a bunch of work drunks. No telling on the scoring system; one review from March 2009 says that the "screens froze up" so that implies that there is an automatic scoring system. An earlier review, Jan 2009, says that the scores were kept manually, but its possible they switched to automatic scoring.

I'd go with AMF. They have midnight bowling for a bunch of drunks, is smoke free, and is right next to work anyway. The only other option to have alcohol period is Western Lanes. Besides that, the only bowling alleys in the Raleigh/Cary area look like different branches of the AMF and Buffaloe Lanes franchises.

[Edited on July 23, 2010 at 5:40 AM. Reason : link]

7/23/2010 5:16:12 AM

If keeping score is what's keeping you out of Western lanes you need to suck it up.

People have smart phones now, I'm sure there's a bowling score app.

7/23/2010 10:53:49 AM

come on. i posted gold in here people.

7/23/2010 10:54:21 AM

^^I don't mind Western Lanes but my manager hates it apparently

[Edited on July 23, 2010 at 10:55 AM. Reason : ^^^,^^^^ thanks ]

7/23/2010 10:54:37 AM

so many more obvious ones to go with though

7/23/2010 10:55:13 AM

the one off duraleigh near glenwood has specials one night but it will be too crowded for a large event though.

7/23/2010 10:55:20 AM

meh

7/23/2010 10:55:31 AM

there will probably be 8 or less of us going.

7/23/2010 10:57:28 AM

AMF Pleasant Valley isn't bad then

7/23/2010 10:58:10 AM

Yeah I've been to the pleasant valley AMF and it's pretty nice. Meets all those criteria, plus it costs too much! Win win win all around.

7/23/2010 11:09:15 AM

this thread reminds me of that dude in the latest Golden Corral commercial

7/23/2010 11:11:56 AM

Quote :

"plus it costs too much! Win win win all around."

wat

^and all for around 10 bucks

[Edited on July 23, 2010 at 11:20 AM. Reason : ]

7/23/2010 11:18:19 AM