In 1973, when Bruce Springsteen lustily cooed “I just got tired of hangin’ in them dusty arcades, bangin’ them pleasure machines,” pinball was illegal in Los Angeles. It had been since before World ...
At the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, the first blinking, brightly lit machine to catch my eye is “El Dorado,” a 1970s-era game, replete with bucking horses and cowboys, that once made an ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There's a new museum coming to St. Petersburg, and its art is more of the coin-operated variety. The Pinball Arcade Museum will open on Thursday at 2313 Central Ave. in the ...
ATHENS (Reuters) - On a side street near the Acropolis, a new museum is exhibiting items a little different from the elegant white marble statues of ancient Greek antiquity. Here, there are flashing ...
A pinball museum has opened in Gatlinburg, featuring unlimited play on vintage and rare pinball and arcade games. The Gatlinburg Pinball Museum, which opened last Saturday, features vintage and ...
If you’ve ever driven the 10 freeway out toward Joshua Tree, you may have noticed a squat warehouse building next to the Banning Municipal Airport, seen its sign and thought the Museum of Pinball ...
We expect there to be a huge turnout. From Superman and Spider-Man to Waterworld and the Harlem Globetrotters, there’s something for everyone. Including those looking for games and machines both old ...
The Idaho Pinball Museum is more than just a place to test one’s talents with bumpers — it stands as a testament to popular culture and the activity of pinball itself. The pinball museum, also known ...
ALAMEDA, Calif. (KGO) -- The Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda is a place that will turn back the hands of time. The nonprofit, interactive museum has five rooms full of playable machines in ...
Just as soon as he started his pinball business, it was game over for Terry Groves. In November 2019, the Battle Creek native and Post Consumer Brands retiree had set up 16 of his classic pinball ...
The Roanoke Pinball Museum turns 10 on June 19, and the museum is marking the occasion with a reduced daily fee to play the 70 machines representing every era of pinball, dating back to the 1940s.