New York, NY
If you aren't, you should be. A game of pinball in 2017 is worth $1.
Just because a couple people in Seattle have bullied all of the ops into price-fixing at 50 cents doesn't mean it's right.
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Quoted from jefryan:In DC metro we have a many great places that DON'T charge $1 play (which is why people go back). The best spots are Vuk, Lyman's Tavern, The Blackcat and the Red Zone Grill ($1 play on a couple of select pins @ RZG). When you get out to the suburbs there's a few here and there that are $1, but they don't get played much. I personally am not willing to pay $1 continuously to play. Vuk is ALWAYS busy because they run a small NY pizza menu with beverages... more of a family place than the others which are bars. We hit that place all of the time and the staff is great and accommodating if anything goes wrong with the machines. We are very fortunate to have so many options around us.
VUK and Lyman's both own their own machines, which isn't usually the case for route pinball. They get 100 percent of the coin drop. That's why their pricing is somewhat feasible. Its also pretty presumptuous to say people "wouldn't go back" if the games were $1 a play. I've been to Lyman's many times and I see a crowd that would keep playing if the games were a buck.
Hell, they sell $15 beef jerky there - but people buy it and come back for more because it's amazing. People will do the same for good pinball machines in good shape at $1 a play.
It's not 1989 anymore. This toxic attitude toward $1 a play -along with insistence on free games, replays, specials - is horrible for pinball in 2017.
Quoted from westofrome:Lyman's doesn't own their machines, they're owned and operated by Dave Barber aka DAB Amusements. I don't know what the split is, though.
Didn't realize that - isn't it at least a mix of games? I think the establishment owns the older games.
Do you think people would stop playing there at a buck a game?
Quoted from westofrome:I'm 99% sure it's all Dave Barber. Although sometimes he subcontracts with local pinheads to put their games on location.
Last I heard the Black Cat was a mix of the owner's games and games owned and operated by the former Town Hall op, Chris - maybe you were thinking of that.
As to the pricing, I have no idea. I know that I can go spend a couple hours playing and maybe spend $10, which always seems like a crazy value.
Have you tried the beef jerky? The bartender was almost sheepish when she said it was 15 bucks. But it's amazing.
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