Pinball Shows & Events
Join us March 14-16, 2008 as we kick off Texas' biggest pinball/game room show and turn the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center into one of the largest game rooms in Texas! Over 10,000 square feet of pure game room fun, all weekend long!
There will be over 100 pinball machines, classic video games and other game room goodies set up on free play for everyone to enjoy the entire weekend. Leave your quarters at home! www.TexasPinball.com
The Texas Pinball Festival will also feature many vendors and collectors from the area bringing parts, supplies, game room memorabilia, pinball machines, slot machines, jukeboxes and classic video games for sale.
August 14-17, 2008: PAPA 11: World Pinball Championships, in Scott Township, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is the leading competitive pinball event in the world. Players of all skill levels are welcome. There will be several divisions of play and a guaranteed prize package. The new World Pinball Champion will receive a cash prize. Pre-registration is encouraged. For more information and registration, visit the website or contact Kevin Martin.
October 1-5, 2008: Pinball Expo 2008 at the
Westin Chicago North Shore, 601 N. Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling (Chicago),
Illinois. This is the big show every year and this will be the 24th annual
show. Please note the new location! This show puts emphasis on the
collector and enthusiast and usually includes a factory tour, auction,
designer/artist/author autograph session, seminars, parts, machines, and other
pinball-related merchandise. This show has major manufacturer support. For more
information write Pinball EXPO 2008, 3869 Niles Road, Warren, OH 44484, call
1-800-323-FLIP, or visit the web site.
October 3-5, 2008: 2nd Annual Pacific Pinball Exposition at
Marin Civic Center Exhibition Hall in San Rafael (SF Bay area), California.
Features hundreds of vintage machines and amusement devices from the 1930s to
2008 highlighting their historical and cultural significance and honoring their
impact on America. With an emphasis on vintage machines, it has a smorgasbord of
rare games and a healthy stable of modern pins that are all ready for play. The
exhibition will feature exhibits on the history of pinball, the science and
physics of pinball, pinball art and the evolution of the game and its
mechanisms. Special presentations will be offered on the artists and the process
of screening and designing the artwork, circuitry design and logic, and, of
course, the secrets of pinball wizardry, all in the beautiful setting of the
world famous Marin Civic Center in the San Francisco Bay area. Fun tournaments
and WPR sanctioned tourneys as well. Proceeds from this event go to the Neptune
Beach Amusement Museum, a 501 C 3 non profit focused on creating a museum for
pinball and amusement machines. For more info visit
the website, send email, call
510-205-9793, or write to PPE/NBAM, 1029 Central Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501.
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