Lunar Lanes, LLC

09/03/2026

Hey everyone, sad news. We discovered that we have no water, and thus can't operate tonight. Sorry to disappoint everyone again. We'll try to resolve this and be back tomorrow evening at our normal time. I will also be making an announcement shortly regarding our permanent closure, as we haven't had enough traffic to sustain operations beyond this month. I'll be posting more on that as soon as I have all the information.

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08/30/2026

I'm so excited to announce this news to our awesome bowling community: We have a new-to-us lane oiling machine!

Our friends at Bowl Mor Streator have generously donated a working lane oiling machine, as well as a second one we can use for spare parts. If you're ever up that way, stop in to bowl a few games with them. They're genuinely amazing people who have been incredibly supportive throughout our journey here in Hillsboro, and they've done an outstanding job with their facility!

Tom Reznicek - AKA The Vinyl Guy out of Raymond (support his business y'all, he's awesome) - drove up to Streator and picked them up for us, unloading them here in Hillsboro yesterday afternoon!

This is a literal game-changer for us, as we've been hand-oiling our lanes for the last year now, which isn't great for your game. With a working lane machine, those troubles can finally be put behind us, and your score will improve as a result.

I'll be working on putting this into service ASAP, so be on the lookout for updates. I'm pumped!

08/29/2026

Two specials running this weekend, y'all! Tonight, 8/29 is our "All-You-Can-Bowl Special" - $15 / person, all the bowling you can handle. Shoes included of course!

Tomorrow is our $3 / person, $20 / hour special from noon to six!

Hope to see you soon on the moon!

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08/26/2026

I updated our event calendar - check it out at lunarlanesbowl.com! I also had to repost this, because I messed up and had to fix the dates in september.

08/26/2026

Happy Wednesday folks!

This week is our last week of our casual league. We will try another one for the winter months on Thursdays starting in November. Again this will only be a casual fun league (need to find another name besides league).

That’s this weeks mission… let’s come up with another name to call our casual fun league besides a league so there’s no confusion between the two. It will be a while before we can certify any of our lanes so we need to clarify that we are a casual fun time only facility. No captions this week just help us come up with a new name to call our casual league.

We have been told several times that people didn’t know we were a bowling alley. So Nick is working on making our building look more inviting.

08/21/2026

Hey all! If you're interested in sponsoring a lane or advertising with us this year (and you don't want to wait on us to get your order in), here's a signup sheet for anyone interested!

We've only got 5 lane sweep slots still available, so get yours soon!

08/19/2026

Hi all - we're picking back up from the Summer, so I wanted to post some quick announcements!

Tonight, 8/19 is league night at Lunar Lanes, running from 6PM - 8PM. Open bowling is available tonight between 4-6 and 8-9:30.

We'll be offering lane sponsorships on 7 of our 8 lanes for $250 / year. Digital signage + scoring packages will be available for $200 / year or $20 / month ($40 discount for the year). If you'd like a combination deal with rake sweeps + signage, you can get that for $350 / year.

We'll also be offering vinyl banners as well, price TBD. Sign-up is simple, just give us a call at 217-608-0555, message us on facebook -or- stop in to see us for details.

Your sponsorships will go toward this year's property tax bill, and of course our renovation work. Slots are limited, so get yours soon.

Parties and events are filling up as well, so be sure to schedule yours soon! Our basic package is a flat rate of $100 for 2 lanes / 2 hours, additional lanes are just $25 / lane / hour. I honestly don't know where else you can book a party venue for less!

We typically schedule these before normal business hours, so we can give your party our full attention - though you're welcome to schedule during business hours as well. As with the sponsorships, call or message for details.

Thanks all,
Nick

08/05/2026

Happy Wednesday folks!

This caption game is gonna be slightly different..we used a 12 s clip this time. Let’s see what you guys can come up with this time.

Rules are simple: comment a caption for the clip and like any comments you think should win. Winner is chosen by most liked comment. Winner gets a free game of bowling. 🎳

If anyone has any photos they would like used please send them to us in a message.

In other news: There will be no leagues tonight due to Old Settlers. We will resume next week like normal.

08/03/2026

I don't think I've told many people why we chose 'Lunar Lanes' as our name, or why we're moon-themed. It was purposeful, but kinda loses meaning without telling the story.

Look up at the night sky and consider the moon. It's been up there the entire time we've existed as a species - and in fact, life on Earth as we know it is partially made possible because of the moon. It regulates the tides, keeps our core moving, helps catch space rocks for us... the moon's pretty cool actually.

In 1969, these United States landed two men on the moon. Further from home than any other person had ever been, no rescue possible if something goes wrong. Billions of dollars spent, people from around the world worked together, building skyscraper-sized rockets... we threw our best and brightest at the moon, just to say we could.

And we kept going back until the world got bored. There are, right now, three little cars on the moon that Apollo 15, 16, and 17 just... left there. (One of them is on our backdrop graphics over the lanes, btw. That backdrop is brought to you by Apollo 15.)

The overall thought is - it was an impossible mission that wouldn't have mattered much had we -not- gone to the moon. But because we -chose- to go to the moon in 1969, we developed techniques, technologies, mobilized the greatest engineers and manufacturers of the time, created the first global communications networks (the very first step toward the Internet).... all to say we could. We did the impossible, by bringing people together and daring them to do something amazing.

That spoke to me. And while we're just a rural bowling alley, I thought it fit our intent perfectly. We're on a similar mission here at Lunar Lanes. Resurrecting an old bowling alley is no easy task - but bringing people together is the mission... the alley is our local rocketship. It's challenging. Nobody -has- to run a bowling alley. It's not exactly essential. But look at the good it can do for the community. That's worth doing, and it's well worth the work required in my opinion. Even when I'm in doubt... I just kinda stare at that car 15's crew left on the moon and say to myself... "this is peanuts compared to those dudes."

We're inspired by the moon missions. I think they're cool, and I consider our facility a local-first moonshot. So that's how we got our name.

Also, here's a recap of the moon missions remixed with a nice beat .(courtesy MelodySheep)

For the 50th anniversary of the ancient dream being realized, I too...