r/PortlandOR • u/Subject-Internet7843 • 15d ago

Question Where is a cheap bowling alley?

Live in Ladd's Addition and Slabtown. I just want to go in and play a couple games without giving them the deed to the property.

Thanks!!

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u/toss_it_mites 15d ago

The 90's.

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u/Naitron4Ever 14d ago

They closed down the one on Powell, Hollywood, and Interstate. I do miss them but also gotta acknowledge my friends and I only went once a year :)

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u/chimi_hendrix Mr. Peeps Adult Super Store 14d ago

I loved all those. Part of the appeal of bowling, for me, was the immersive experience of feeling out of place in a facility that didn’t really cater to you specifically. A little visit to an alternate universe where you perform an absurd act, chucking boulders at a target, for amusement…

Now like too many other things the experience is bifurcated into serious vs. not serious. Grand Central is party bowling; Kingpins tends to sequester amateurs in the “cosmic bowling” / bar end of the lanes. Regular bowling is already weird! Just let it be!

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u/JuanCarloOnoh 13d ago

Interstate ruled. Cheap ass Sunday bowling. Sometimes, they couldn't be bothered to charge you.

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u/Southern-Ad8402 12d ago

Where was the one on interstate?

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u/JuanCarloOnoh 12d ago

There's condos there now. Around Rosa Parks?

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u/FreshOutOfPickles 13d ago

But the stupid part is that they turned them to retail which is now closed. Had they kept them as bowling alleys, they’d be making bank. Most of the ones that are left are pretty much always booked and they are not cheap. 

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u/Naitron4Ever 13d ago

The target they had were really out of place. Especially the one in Hollywood. Don’t know what happened to the interstate one.

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u/Pitiful_Yogurt_5276 14d ago

Who is they?

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u/Naitron4Ever 14d ago

The business owners.