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The museum is located at 1610 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas NV 89119 and is open seven days a week. Current operating hours are 11 AM-11 PM Sunday-Thursday and 11 AM-Midnight Friday-Saturday. The present location opened on November 2, 2009. |
The museum is located at 1610 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas NV 89119 and is open seven days a week. Current operating hours are 11 AM-11 PM Sunday-Thursday and 11 AM-Midnight Friday-Saturday. The present location opened on November 2, 2009. |
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The museum is a [[nonprofit]] venture and its creation came about in part due to [[donation]]s, which are still accepted. The museum is run by Tim Arnold, a veteran arcade operator who ran "Pinball Pete's" in [[Lansing, Michigan]]. Fully staffed by [[volunteer]]s, excess revenues are donated to the [[Salvation Army]]. |
The museum is a [[nonprofit]] venture and its creation came about in part due to [[donation]]s, which are still accepted. The museum is run by Tim Arnold, a veteran arcade operator who ran "Pinball Pete's" in [[Lansing, Michigan]]. It is the only known publicly accessible pinball museum in the United States. Fully staffed by [[volunteer]]s, excess revenues are donated to the [[Salvation Army]]. |
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==Previous Location== |
==Previous Location== |
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Revision as of 05:38, 14 November 2009
The Pinball Hall of Fame opened in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, (Paradise, Nevada, not far from The Strip) in January 2006. It is a project of the Las Vegas Pinball Collectors Club, and it features pinball machines from all eras, including some very rare machines such as Williams' Black Gold, Bally's Pinball Circus and Recreativos Franco's Impacto. It features approximately 400 different pinball games, including some classic video arcade games and other novelty machines of the past and present.
The museum is located at 1610 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas NV 89119 and is open seven days a week. Current operating hours are 11 AM-11 PM Sunday-Thursday and 11 AM-Midnight Friday-Saturday. The present location opened on November 2, 2009.
The museum is a nonprofit venture and its creation came about in part due to donations, which are still accepted. The museum is run by Tim Arnold, a veteran arcade operator who ran "Pinball Pete's" in Lansing, Michigan. It is the only known publicly accessible pinball museum in the United States. Fully staffed by volunteers, excess revenues are donated to the Salvation Army.
Previous Location
The Pinball Hall of Fame was originally located at 3300 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas NV 89121 and featured appoximately 200 pinball machines, classic video games and arcade games. This original location opened in January 2006 and was located approximately one mile east from its present location.
Gallery
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Entrance to Pinball Hall of Fame -
Row of more modern pinball games -
"The Pinball Circus", one of two prototypes of a unique vertical pinball game
References
 | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (August 2009) |
- Katsilometes, John (2009-01-27). "From an Imperial Wizard to a Pinball Wizard: An arcade game's odyssey". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Peterson, Kristen (2009-08-20). "Pinball Hall of Fame a balm for the Vegas soul". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
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External links
- Pinball Hall Of Fame and Pinball Hall of Fame Two "Official" Websites