Bowling shoes aren’t just fashionable—they provide the added two inches of height needed to load your ball into a regulation-size trebuchet. Lace up and reach for a three-holed pin puncher with today’s Groupon to Fox Bowl in Wheaton. Choose between the following options:
- For $29, you get a bowling outing for four (up to a $67.10 total value) that includes the following:
- Two games (up to $4.95 value each per person)
- Rental shoes (a $3.50 value per pair)
- A pitcher of craft beer (a $13.50 value) or soda (a $5 value).
- For $59, you get a bowling outing for eight (up to a $134.20 total value) that includes the following:
- Two games (up to $4.95 value each per person)
- Rental shoes (a $3.50 value per pair)
- Two pitchers of craft beer (a $13.50 value each) or soda (a $5 value each)
Built around an epicenter of smooth, waxy wooden lanes, Fox Bowl's family-friendly facility bestows guests with an evening of competition-based revelry. With elite strike forces of four or eight, schedule a pin-scattering session, during which you can execute Travoltan toe-swivels in smooth-sole rental shoes and flex forearms between frames to strike fear into the hearts of opponents and the alley’s sentient pins. Sips from sudsy pitchers of craft beer or soda stave off midframe thirsts and can energize underperforming orbs. To help short-sighted rollers and those yet to develop necessary hurling fortitude, all of Fox Bowl’s lanes are equipped with optional bumpers to prevent errant rolls from straying into the gutter. Each two-game session grants patrons 20 frames of grommet-plugging practice, and those playing in the next bowling tournament held in a discotheque can glean much-needed preparation during cosmic bowling.
Fox Bowl
On Friday and Saturday, Fox Bowl transforms from a brightly lit bowling alley into an activity-filled nightclub equipped with laser lights, disco lights, fog machines, and a 10-foot screen broadcasting family-friendly music videos. This is cosmic bowling, a party-like event that begins early in the afternoon and extends late into the evening, allowing all ages to enjoy futuristic entertainment without having to watch robots perform cabaret acts. League opportunities are also available for both children and adults, as are private bowling lessons with USBC-certified instructor Gregg Zicha. During lessons, Gregg collaborates with digital video-analysis software and calls upon more than 20 years as a PBA member to help to perfect each student's form. He also reveals techniques that have led him through 47 perfect 300 games and two USBC national championships.