Big Bear Today Magazine August 2022

Big Bear Today August 2022—Page 11
Glow Bowling, Laser Maze at Barn
Laser Maze is like limbo with lights for one or two players
Hot fun, cool sports bar with big
screen TVs at the Bowling Barn, with good
times on the lanes plus Laser Maze, great
food and drink, video games and more.
Plus air conditioning, a great way to beat
the heat!
Sixteen sanitized lanes separated by
plastic welding screens ensure bowlers social
distance safely while having a great
time. “The screens give the feeling that you
are in your own little space down there,”
said Bowling Barn’s Bill Ross. “There’s
only a handful of alleys in the country using
them and I’ve personally only seen one
other with them.”
When the house lights go down and
black lights kick up for Glow Bowling, the
experience gets surreal as the screen barriers
are something else to reflect light off.
Even neon bowling balls illuminate with
fluorescent color under the black lights in
dazzling orange, blue, green and red hues.
The Bowling Barn has high-powered
speakers and amps to kick up the sound
system a few decibels and really get the
party going. There’s laser lights, dancing
and spinning on the lanes and above the
pins, while center screen drops down to
play music videos, flanked by two more
screens on each side. New LCD wall too.
State-of-the-art scorekeeping on
screens above each lane tallies not just pin
total, spares and strikes but also running
player handicaps and even roll speed. Glow
Bowling is held after 2 p.m. on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday after noon, after 8 p.m.
weeknights.
For more
fun head to the
Laser Maze for
challenge
that’s straight
out of an action
movie. Enter
the Arena and
try to break
into the vault
on the other
side of the
room by avoiding
countless
crisscrossing
beams of light,
accented by
Screens separate guests at the Bowling Barn, which lights up for Glow Bowling
fog to make them stand out. Crawl, jump,
slide, roll, whatever it takes to cross the
obstacle course of light. Hurry...the clock
is ticking!
Break a beam and the penalty isn’t
death like in the movies, just time added
to your score. Once across hold your hand
on the master key, money and red hand
scanner to complete the mission. Takes true
Ninja skills and while the game is easy to
learn, it’s impossible to master with four
different skill levels to choose from.
Beam Buster in contrast sees players
trying to bust each laser beam before time
runs out. Both games are fun for the whole
family with top scores posted outside the
arena. Even record your experience on
video for just a buck.! Each game is $3 for
single player or $6 for two.
Alley Oops Sports Bar is open with
full cocktail service including specialty
drinks, microbrews and domestics on tap.
Happy Hour is 5:30-7:30 Monday-Thursday
but the prices are always good. Bowling
Barn has terrific grab and go food too
like barbecue chicken pizza, burgers, street
tacos, chicken wraps, flaming hot onion
rings, carne asada fries and much more.
There’s a myriad of video and action
games at Bowling Barn, like Hoop Fever,
pool tables, air hockey and many others.
Including old favorites like Alpine Skier
and Dance Revolution and today’s latest
machines, like super popular Jurassic Park.
Bowling Barn is at 40625 Big Bear
Blvd. (enter on Bonanza). Call 878-BOWL.