If life is just a bowl of cherries, then bowling is a life of launching 12-pound cherry-flavored gumballs. Experience life's sweetest pastime with today's Groupon: for $69, you get a bowling party for 10 (a $206.50 value) at either St. Clair Bowl in Fairview Heights, Illinois, or Bel-Air Bowl in Belleville, Illinois. Both bowling centers offer specials for selected hours, so plan ahead and use your Groupon when you can get the best deal. This Groupon includes two hours of bowling on two lanes for 10 people ($112.50 value), shoe rental for 10 people ($30 value), two large pizzas ($19.50 value), 10 large 20 oz. sodas ($19.50 value), and 10 tokens per person ($25 value with 10 people).

With dozens of lanes that boast auto-scoring capabilities and plenty of on-site amenities, the St. Clair and Bel-Air bowling centers set the standard for high-tech bowling. With feet comfortably ensnared inside a pair of bowling shoes, bowlers will be able to topple phalanxes of uppity pins with the perfect fusion of style, power, and grace—dazzling onlookers with the flashy footwork and skillful tosses of ice-skating pizza makers. To prevent premature conclusions to a night of merrymaking, 10 arcade tokens will extend the entertainment past your double bout of ball-hurling. At St. Clair, bowlers can select from 50 different lanes, and the Bel-Air facility is permeated with free Internet beams that can only be perceived by WiFi-enabled computers and tinfoil-hat-enabled heads. Food and beverages are available at both locations.

Reviews

Although there are few reviews for St. Clair Bowl and Bel-Air Bowl, both were mentioned by the Belleville News-Democrat as hosts of the United States Bowling Congress/Women's Bowling Association Illinois State Women's Bowling Tournament. St. Clair Bowl has a four-star average from six Yahoo! Local users, and Bel-Air Bowl has a four-star average from three Insider Pagers.

• The annual women's state tournament is divided into singles and doubles competition, which will be held at St. Clair Bowl, and a team event, which will take place at Bel-Air. – Dean Criddle, Belleville News-Democrat
• I just love going here and having fun! They have so much to do. – Melanie F., Insider Pages, Bel-Air Bowl