Fun park brings cosmic bowling to Cache Valley
Cache Valley residents and students at Utah State University will soon be bowling down a new alley.
The Cache Valley Fun Park, located at 255 E. 1770 North, has announced the opening of a state-of-the-art bowling center.
Darby Hawkes, general manger of the Fun Park, said the new bowling alley will be the kind of addition Cache Valley needs.
“There is a demand for this kind of entertainment here between the families and college students,” he said.
According to a Fun Park press release, the new center will include extreme bowling which incorporates popular music and a glowing black-lit atmosphere of wall murals, balls, pins and backdrops.
Hawkes said this “cosmic” atmosphere will be geared more toward the college crowd and will be available 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday and Wednesday and 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
“Cosmic bowling has become very popular in other areas and is sometimes know as neon or extreme bowling,” he said. “We feel it will be popular here because of the large population of college students.”
Hawkes also said they are considering an 18-years-and-older night to cater toward the college life.
Matthew Wright, a student in business administration, said he is excited to hear about the new lanes at the Fun Park.
“It’s about time,” he said. “Club Skyline has been taking business from the Fun Park, and their mechanical bull just isn’t going to cut it anymore.”
Hawkes, a native of Richmond, Utah, said he and his wife have always wanted to build a facility of this kind.
“We started looking in my wife’s home town to open an entertainment center like this because she and her family are avid bowlers. I attended Utah State for a couple of years and decided to come back [and] look at Logan for possibilities,” he said.
Hawkes recalled many times during college he and his friends had to travel to Ogden or Salt Lake just to find something to do on the weekends.
He purchased land just east of the Fun Park as a potential spot to start building the center. The Fun Park owner found out what they had in mind and negotiations were made to combine the two facilities, Hawkes said.
Sixteen lanes for bowling will open Friday, although the grand opening will not be held for a couple of months.
“I see it as being a great success here in the valley because bowling is an activity that most everybody likes,” Hawkes said.
Many students like Annalisa McArthur, a senior in elementary education, have had to travel to Tremonton to go bowling because Logan Lanes is always full.
“It is great that there will be more bowling here because it gives you something else to do besides watch videos at home,” she said.
Hawkes said he hopes everybody will enjoy the new addition of bowling to the Fun Park.
“My favorite part is seeing people enjoy themselves,” he said. “A great part of life is having fun, and this is a safe environment where people can do just that.”
The lanes will be open for regular business hours Monday though Thursday 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. and Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Prices for adults are $2.75 before 5 p.m., $3.25 after 5 p.m. and $4.25 for cosmic bowling plus $1.75 for shoe rental.