The machines are not all recent, I played a few games of The Shadow table without lingering too long, as I was getting tired. On the bar side was a line of 8 pinball machines (2 of them turned off), paying with chips. Quite incongruous to see a bar box with people dancing in the middle of arcade terminals, and others playing.
Many classic arcade machines are present, in the room where the bar is, but also all around the room where there is a dancefloor and the DJ. There are several Emporiums in Chicago, I could only find time to visit the one in Wicker Park. The Enterrium organizes pinball tournaments all year long, and seems to take an active part in the animation of our community.īeyond the pinball machine, this place has a bar and a food court, a bowling alley, a dozen classic arcade machines (including the mythical Missile Command) and a gigantic space of modern arcade machines, and for that I did not visit any other comparable place during my stay (except Pinball Expo). When we went back to the Enterrium a week later, there were only a dozen pinball machines left, which was probably more representative of their usual quantity.
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Jersey Jack Pinball and especially American Pinball were not to be outdone since they had brought a lot of machines.ĭuring this evening, we were given a card that allowed us to enjoy the free machines for 3 hours, but usually all the machines are paying. Many VIPs were present ( Gary Stern, Todd Tuckey…) and on the Stern Pinball side, two 007 pinball machines (Pro and Premium) for which the queue was so long that I decided to wait for the Pinball Expo to play them. This venue, located in a shopping area not far from where the Pinball Expo was held, was hosting a pre-party on 10/19, the night before the Pinball Expo.įor the occasion, the space was rearranged to accommodate about 40 pinball machines. Pay-per-entry gaming room + all free-play machines: two of the places we visited applied this model, where we were given a bracelet or a receipt that allowed us to return in case of exit.Ģ Woodfield Mall Unit A, Schaumburg, IL 60173.This model is a mix of the first two models, combining the profitability of the first with the attractiveness of the second. Bar + mix between free machines and paying machines: some bars put only some of their machines in freeplay: some of their pinball machines, or their classic arcade machines, this selection can evolve with time, especially depending on the use of paying machines.
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I wonder if it is profitable on the long run. From a customer experience point of view, this is naturally the model I prefer.
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