Bat City Open

PAPA Circuit Event!

Buffalo Billiards and the Bat City Pinball Club are pleased to announce our second annual Bat City Open pinball tournament! The Bat City Open will be held on June 23th-25th on the entire second floor of Buffalo Billiards.


The BCO is an official circuit event of the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association (PAPA). Expect to see top players from around the world make their way to Austin for this event!

Qualification will be on Friday June 23rd from 7:00 PM to 1:30 AM and Saturday June 25th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM.

Classics Finals – Classics qualifying will end at 5:30 pm on Saturday the 24th, finals will begin at 6:30 pm

Main Finals will start on Sunday June 25th at 10:00 am, with check-in at 9:30 am

During qualifying, competitors will play on a bank of at least 10 machines. The machines will cover all major eras of pinball (electro-mechanical, solid state, and modern DMD). Players scores will be ranked on each machine, and will earn points based on their rank on each game played (1st = 100 pts, 2nd = 97 pts, 3rd = 95pts, 4th = 94pts, 5th = 93pts, and so on). The sum of all points will be used to determine a player’s overall ranking. Tournament cost; there is a mandatory $5 fee for all players that goes directly to PAPA to offset the cost of running the overall circuit. This fee will be collected as you register.

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