Where you can spend New Year’s Eve this year

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• The only place you actually want to strike out on New Year’s Eve.

Just because you love bowling doesn’t mean you have to sit at home on New Year’s Eve. Diamond Bowl (218 N. Osage, Independence) is hosting a Bowler Bash. From 6 to 9 p.m. is family fun with $10 lanes and shoes. The party gets going from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. It’s a $5 cover, $10 lane and shoes, and you have to be 18 and over. There’s also a $35 VIP tickets, which include cover, bowling, food and drinks.

Lucky Strike (1370 Grand) has an all-inclusive package from 8 to 10 p.m. For $35 per person or $60 per couple, you get a call bar, appetizer buffet and free bowling. If you want to bowl after 10 p.m., it’s a $15 cover in advance and $20 at the door.