Bowlerama Barrie

Two games under one roof on Bayfield Street

Bayfield Street in Barrie has the Bowlerama centre that keeps both Canadian games under one roof: 22 lanes for ten-pin and 10 for five-pin. Lanes are rented by the hour rather than by the game, with up to six bowlers sharing one, and time is charged to the minute. Weekday daytime is the cheapest slot, at $32.99 per lane-hour before 13% HST, and the rate climbs on evenings, weekends and holidays.

Most specials revolve around cosmic bowling: an all-you-can-bowl block after school from Wednesday to Friday, a Sunday morning retro rate, and late-night deals on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays. None of them apply on long weekends, school breaks or holidays, when the centre also stretches its hours. Birthday parties are a big share of the business in Barrie, and Bowlerama takes corporate groups as well. Google lists midnight closing on most nights and 2 AM on Fridays and Saturdays.