10/10/2025
Thank you Tara Lydia for connecting us to the existing page!
Hello my name is Matthew and my family and I are the new owners of Lacon Bowl (formerly Lacon Lanes). We changed the name to Lacon Bowl for search engine optimization, branding, and marketing purposes. We wanted to keep the name close to the original.
We hope to open in December 2025. We will have an exact date in the next month or so. We had to apply for our local liquor license in Lacon which we were granted swiftly (thank you town of Lacon for the quick speedy process!). Illinois Liquor Commission was next, our application was submitted but they want a couple more pieces of information. 1) they want a commercial lease agreement which we created today and we will upload that document to the Illinois Department of Revenue website, and 2) they want us to file our deed with the Marshall county courthouse which we will do tomorrow before the close of business.
Then we are applying for our gaming license to have up to 6 gaming machines. We are going to create a formal gaming area where adults can play games in a peaceful location away from all the foot traffic. We are also going to move all the kids arcade games inside the bowling alley area instead of being close to the outside door for safety reasons and parents can keep an eye on their children better since they will be inside the bowling alley instead of near the front door entrance.
We are planning on adding 2 arcade games in the bar area for adults to play (buck hunter, and golden tee).
We will have $12 bucket specials all day everyday (5 mix and match domestic beers for $12)
We are also planning on adding a basic food menu (pizza, wings, hot dogs, fried appetizers, etc)
We would like to feature a couple signature cocktails like the High Roller (old fashioned smoked with wood chips of your choice) for example.
We want to make this bowling alley a family atmosphere that caters to everyone from children to league bowlers. We are going to have kids parties starting at $99 for 2 hours which will include up to 6 children (more can be added, inquire for details please)
We also want to have bowling contests (kids and adults) video gaming contests, and host a variety of events and fundraisers.
It’s our first year so we might be a little slow to roll everything out, but we want to make sure everything is done right and for that reason things may take a little time. But once we get going, we have lots of ideas we would like to add but we also don’t want to overwhelm our staff with too many moving parts at first. We appreciate everyone’s patience, if you have any suggestions or questions please never hesitate to contact me directly “Matthew”
Thank you,
Matthew
P.S. thank you again Tara!
