32 replies to this topic

[Erika]

Strikes is coming where the old Circuit City was by Costco according to City of Folsom site.

[john]

http://www.folsom.ca...nt/arrivals.asp

Cool!

[sunnyCA]

Great...we are looking forward to it!

[folsom500]

That will be a nice location for Strikes-

[mylo]

I still think the Natoma/Green Valley/Blue Ravine site would've been better.

[Dave Burrell]

Call me old school but I still think Folsom Lake Bowl is a better place, and since they are a long time business here that has been very supportive of the community, I will continue supporting them and giving them my business over a another new chain coming to town. Plus with the cost of running 3 or 4 strikes locations and setting up the old circuit city into a bowling alley, I would imagine their prices are going to be a lot higher then FLB's ... just my 2 cents...

[folsom4us]

I am all about supporting the locals but I would LOVE to see a Strikes here. It would be more "family" friendly than the card room. FLB really scares me at night. To go there for "glow and blow" with the kids. Creepy...just my opinion.

[mylo]

glow and blow? That sounds... tweaky?

[Dave Burrell]

I am all about supporting the locals but I would LOVE to see a Strikes here. It would be more "family" friendly than the card room. FLB really scares me at night. To go there for "glow and blow" with the kids. Creepy...just my opinion.

I don't think FLB ever intended their card room (nor bar) to be accessed by kids or be family friendly.... and Strikes has a bar too, except unlike FLB it's right in the middle of the place instead of a separate area like FLB has it setup... IMO, that's better.

Also, just for the record, Strikes does Texas Hold 'Em tournaments - at least in their Elk Grove location, they'll probably be bringing that here to compete with FLB

I thought Glow and Bowl was fun, it's good for families with older kids and for teenagers to have some fun but I don't know how many younger kids should be going to that, its a bit late for them to be out

[dansflb]

Every bowling center has a bar/sports bar/ lounge whatever they might call it. The difference between Folsom Lake Bowl Family Fun center and strikes is the family atmosphere at Folsom Lake Bowl. The FLB Sports Bar & Casino is a completely separate business not only through marketing but through the layout of the business. Look at any of the strikes locations and they have the bar located right in the middle of the bowling center. How family oriented is that? Kids can also sit a the bar, still family oriented?

Now let's talk about FLB Sports Bar & Casino. Not only can you not see the Sports Bar or Casino from the bowling center but it's also 21 and over only. So there are no kids allowed and there are no bars located in the family area, that is the difference between the two and is why Lake Bowl Family fun center is truly a Family friendly Bowling Center!

[Tas Cammara]

It will be more expensive ... but worth it. I am all for supporting local business, but all it took was going to FLB and dodging drunk people at the entrance. I took my kids to the bathroom and they heard every bad word possible from drunk "dudes" tring to pee and talk at the same time.

Also, the snack bar people seemed inconvenienced when I wanted to purchase soda AND... the hassle to walk into the bar, stand in line, get bumped and wait a long time for a beer while my family was waiting for me to bowl was horrible.
It is not a family atmosphere.

STRIKES!!!

[M.E.G.]

I am looking forward to Strikes coming to Folsom. While I have not been to FLB in a few years, that was bad enough. Dark, dingy, etc. A couple of weeks ago, my husband was busy during an evening, so my son and I went shopping over in Roseville (he was not thrilled). After shopping I said, we are close lets go check out Strikes and bowl. Its clean, well lit and I felt no concerns about being there past 9pm. We had a good time and I actually broke 100! (not going to quit my day job).

I have no problem with a bar in the middle Strikes or any other facility. I don't get the concern.

M.E.G.

[ambrno33]

Is the circuit city building going to be big enough? I've never been to a Strikes but from looking at their website- it looks huge.
I'm not sure a small town needs 2 bowling alleys...but I might be biased because I live right up Iron Point and don't really want to deal with more traffic

[MrsTuffPaws]

I think Folsom plenty big enough for 2 bowling alleys. Plus, there don't seem to be any other alleys along hwy 50, so it will probably draw in people from EDH, Placerville and Rancho Cordova.