You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider alichino.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.
One caveat is that they have, have, have to be kept in good working order, which doesn't bode well for location games / casual routers.
There was a Revenge from Mars at a local watering hole down the street from me. When it first went in, it was getting played non-stop with no ball save making money hand over fist. One day, the SOL hole start shooting it SDTM, and the owner didn't fix it for a month. I haven't seen anyone play it since.
Quoted from asay:There's a place called pinball gallery in Downingtown PA with 20 some pins and a few arcade games:
http://www.pinballgallery.net/They split the location with an ice cream shop. The place fills up for tournaments, but often I'm the only person playing otherwise...not sure how they are doing but they've been around for a couple years now. But most all the games are in great condition and it's a nice lineup. I think the owner has said he breaks even, so it's more of a hobby than a business.
Pinball Gallery - Mill Road inte... 276 KB
Looks like he also sells machines too, so it's kind of like his playable showroom too. There's a guy in Pittsburgh who does the same thing (Pinball Perfection). It's not great money, but, if you own the building, you can definitely make it a business.
You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider alichino.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.
Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.
Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!
This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/are-modern-arcade-locations-profitable?tu=alichino and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.
Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.
Pittsburgh, PA