Quoted from BaggerVance:I'm in Eugene Or and we've got 2 pretty nice barcades. The bigger of the two gets all the latest Stern releases. I think there pretty happy with the amount of play they get. I ask the owner if he was getting DI and he kinda thought I was crazy, probably the price point. I went to SF to play it and nobody played DI for 2 hours, was really surprised. Most of the modern Stern machines were being played constantly. The barcarde thing in the PNW is going strong. Lots of options in Portland also
Quoted from pezpunk:Two barcades ... and how many private collectors?
I am also in Eugene and currently have 4 pins in my game room. The owner of the largest route in our area has told me he is scaling down on pinball machines "to much maintenance and too expensive".
Gary Stern is missing the boat if he thinks that the future of pinball is barcades, Level up is our largest local barcade and has purchased maybe 6 new sterns in the past year (pro models) I have bought 2 Sterns in the same timeframe (LE models) and I am just one dude.