Pinball Hall of Fame

For other uses, see Pinball Hall of Fame (disambiguation).

Pinball Hall of Fame

Established	January 2006
Location	1610 E Tropicana Ave Paradise, Nevada
Type	Pinball Museum
Collection size	~400 pinball machines
Director	Tim Arnold
Website	www.pinballhall.org

The Pinball Hall of Fame is a museum for pinball machines that opened in Paradise, Nevada in January 2006. It is located at 1610 E Tropicana Ave. The museum 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 Pinball Hall of Fame 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 East Lansing, Michigan.^[1] Fully staffed by volunteers, excess revenues are donated to the Salvation Army.^[2]

History

Since 1990, Tim Arnold has been busy with this project, raising money selling DVDs (and VHS tapes) about pinball repair and organizing pinball 'fun nights' at his own house. There he also has a very large personal collection of pinball machines.^[3]

The Pinball Hall of Fame' was originally located at 3300 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas NV 89121 and featured approximately 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.

In late 2009, the Pinball Hall of Fame moved to its new location at 1610 E Tropicana Ave.

Gallery

"The Pinball Circus", one of two units of a unique vertical pinball game
Video game row
Newer pinball machines
Classic pinball machines
Original location of the Pinball Hall of Fame

References

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.
Peterson, Kristen (2009-08-20). "Pinball Hall of Fame a balm for the Vegas soul". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 21 August 2009.

External links

www.pinballhall.org The official website
www.pinballmuseum.org A second official website
Current Inventory As of 12/8/2010 current working pinball inventory on the PHoF floor.

Coordinates: 36°06′04″N 115°06′10″W / 36.10111°N 115.10278°W / 36.10111; -115.10278

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