Show I. I o c Weir Human Editors Note Daniel Weir is a Journalism Journal Journal- ism student writing for Points West newspaper The Publications Council neither selects nor censors rs his articles Street is Most Impressive Normally when traveling south on I 15 I take the exit and when traveling north I take the belt route so I never see what is between and South A few weeks ago I left downtown headed for Provo I had a real surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise waiting for me at South To my astonishment a great palace had appeared out of now nowhere here next to the freeway at South the South the size and beauty of which I had never seen before in Murray The Street is one of the most impressive business ventures in Utah in recent years How impressive is it One need only stand in the doorway and listen to the of tho those e entering for the first time to find out For those who have never been there the has bowling skating baseball and softball batting cages food live entertainment and every video game that has ever been invented The Th preceding description does not do the justice A more accurate description would be that it is a mix between the Showboat and Circus Circus casinos Disneyland and a little Trolley Square thrown in The bowling is first class The lanes have automatic scoring with the fastest ball return that I have ever seen All of the balls have their weight printed in large legible letters so finding finding finding find find- ing a ball is a breeze Because of the up to two hour waiting list it is a good idea to reserve a alane alane alane lane first and then explore the rest of the There are so many video games that they cannot all be kept on one video floor There are round sunken pits and large open video floors There is even a miniature video game room where youngsters can play while standing on their own two little feet The video room upstairs is part of an entertainment complex for child child- ren There is a bumper car ride and a train ride plus many other attractions for children The batting cages pitch anywhere from 30 mph to 70 mph There are two amazing things about the batting cages one is how anybody can hit hit-a 70 mph ball and two how the kid at atthe atthe atthe the other end of the batting cage keeps from being killed Some helpful hints when visiting the Galle Galle- ria are Dont Don't take too much money because you will end up spending it all Go early or you will end up parking out on the frontage road Dont Don't go hungry because of the limited food service that is now available Finally buy your tokens in the batting area to avoid the long lines on the video floors and have fun |