Statler’s Fun Center

So much fun! The staff was really friendly and awesome. The go-​karts were awesome!
The only downfall — no ATM. Stop for cash before heading in! We had to jump back in the car and ride up the hill to First Commonwealth, the nearest bank. It was only a minute away, but kept us from spending even more time there.

Great place for fun! Just a little far from anything.

Statler’s is great! By far, one of the best mini golf courses in the area and one of the few places I’m aware of that offers go-​karts. Arcade is very small. Prices are a bit high, but Statlers offers bulk pricing. I’d definitely recommend for a fun evening out!

Last Friday, it was decided that we would go Go-​Karting. After further research, we narrowed it down to Statler’s; the track has lots of turns and elevation changes and big enough for 24 Go-​Karts at the same time!
In the end, 14 of us drove down to Statler’s from Pittsburgh to go Go-​Karting. We rented the entire track for an hour for private use. I spoke with Dan, the proprietor, over the phone beforehand because in theory if you want to book the track it requires a 5 day notice and a cash deposit, but he was completely cool with our same day booking.
Out of the 24 Go-​Karts, there are 10 «Pro Karts» (distinguished by their blue paint) that have a more powerful engine, and the rest are regular single karts and double karts. «Pro Karts» require a drivers license while single karts are for kids at least 10 years old. They pumped up the single karts for us to be comparable to the «Pro Karts», but in the end they couldn’t really compete.
The track itself is a pretty low key track; it’s good for some solid fun but there isn’t a way of keeping track of lap times or anything. It was okay though, there was a lot more fun to be had in passing people and/​or blocking people from passing you.
Renting the track is $ 450 per hour, which when split among all drivers isn’t bad at all (less than $ 35 a head for for the full hour). If you’re going with a smaller group and just buying time on the track, «Pro Karts» run around $ 22 for only 15 minutes; we basically saved like $ 55 each. Note: one hour seems like a long time, but when you’re driving the time flies by…
Only con? Your face gets completely owned by the small debris from the karts/​track (?), so you gotta wash your face afterwards. They gave us protective eye wear, but masks of some sort would’ve been nice; next time I’ll be sporting a Halloween mask for protection (and some added fun).
They’re only open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays after the summer season is over; during the summer they’re open M-​F at from 4 PM until dusk.