OUR VIEW: USU could sure use a bowling alley
Tried to get a lane at Logan Lanes lately?
It’s nearly impossible because during the week it always seems to be league night, and on weekends bowling is the next best thing to going to a movie, so the place is packed.
Other college campuses in Utah have bowling alleys on campus. The University of Utah and Brigham Young University both have one. The bowling lanes in the Wilkinson Center on the campus of BYU also have ping-pong tables, foosball tables and air hockey. Bowling classes are taught at the lanes in the Olpin Union Building on the U of U campus.
Bowling is an excellent winter dating activity, since sub-zero temperatures aren’t exactly conducive to many activities. But who wants to drive to Ogden or Salt Lake just to be guaranteed the chance?
Logan Lanes has the monopoly on bowling in Cache Valley. One alley per 100,000 people isn’t sufficient. Even Afton, Wyo., and Preston, Idaho, have their own bowling alleys, and the populations of those cities plus the surrounding towns don’t even amount to 10,000.
Like BYU, the alley could house ping-pong, foosball and air hockey, which would give students a greater variety of activities to choose from than the pool and arcades of the Bull Pen. And like the U, the alley could offer classes through the HPER department as an addition to its already plentiful recreation courses.
A bowling alley in the Taggart Student Center or in another location on campus would provide a greater chance to get a lane for both students and valley residents, and would be a wonderful gathering place for big groups.