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The Grand Ole Gameroom Expo is taking place November 11-13, 2016 at the Franklin Marriott Cool Springs, right outside of Nashville, TN. We have 20,000 sq ft of event space. It is an arcade and pinball expo. There is room for a lot of machines, vendors, etc. We have a special room rate available for the event so consider staying at the Marriott.

If you bring games to the event we are giving away free weekend passes and entries to win a new VPCabs Virtual Pinball Machine. One entry per machine.

You can visit the website at www.GrandOleExpo.com for details. Tickets are now on sale, and we are ready to start taking signups to bring games.

Details on tournaments and signups for volunteers will come later.

I hope you are excited about the event and plan to attend. A lot of the success depends on collectors bringing machines and getting involved. Contact me with any questions. You can email me through the website.

VPCabs Virtual Pinball Machine

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Expo is at the hotel. There is also a bar and restaurant inside the hotel. It won't be 24 hours, but it will be open late. Probabaly till 4:00 am Friday and Saturday night.

Here are the show hours.

Friday 4:00 pm - 4:00 am
Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 am
Sunday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

I haven't made many announcements recently. It is coming together though. It is about time for me to start making regular updates on guests, tournaments, etc. Just been waiting till it got a little closer. The place will be full of games for sure.

Yep, the Main Ballroom will be open till 4:00am. I am considering having the console rooms open all night, but not sure yet. I'll have a lot of xbox 360s networked together. Might be fun to just keep it going all night. I am making sure the hotel has the bar open late too. I think they have to stop serving at 2am or 3.

You can sign up to bring games on the website now. It helps with the planning if people sign up early. http://grandoleexpo.com/

There goes the rest of my work day. I knew better than to get on pinside. Now I have to think of good ways to abbreviate the name.

OGRE is cool though. Not sure I can top it. GOGX? I have no idea. Let me drink on it tonight and maybe the answer will become evident.

Btw, I have decided to take the console room up a notch and have a whole lot of modern gaming going on. I am pretty excited about the games and tournaments planned. My basement is also becoming flooded with game systems and TV's. Crazy. I'll start making announcements on that soon.

The Pinball Company will be there. They are a dealer. And Flip N Out Pinball will be there. I think either can get you a Stern pin.

I am working on a tournament. Nothing concrete yet.

Time to announce a new Sponsor and our main giveaway...

Bring a Game to Nashville and win a VPcabs Virtual Pinball Machine

Bring ONE machine, you will receive:
• ONE Free Weekend Pass
• ONE entry to win the Pinball Machine

Bring MULTIPLE machines:
• Up to FOUR Free Weekend Passes
• ONE entry to win for each machine you bring

To register your game visit http://grandoleexpo.com/bring-a-game/

To learn more about VPCabs visit their website at https://virtualpinball.com/

VPCabs Virtual Pinball

If you are planning to stay at the Marriott you will want to book your room soon. The expo rate is discounted from their standard rate of $180 to $109 a night. A lot of the rooms have already been taken. The expo is going late into the night so you don't want to miss out.

Use the button on our website to get the expo rate. http://grandoleexpo.com/hotel/

Franklin Marriott

I'm happy to announce Aurcade will be running our arcade tournament on Saturday. We are still working out which machines will be in it. May have a few pins in the tournament list as well. The nice thing is we are offering a guaranteed first place prize of $500 on the main tournament.

Also be sure to book your hotel room by Oct 20th or you may not get the discounted rate of $109 down from the standard $180. The room block and discounted rate expire before the event. Use the link on my website to get the discount http://grandoleexpo.com/hotel/

Hope to see you there!

It is too early to post an official list. Things are constantly changing. I'm getting new games pledged frequently. Some may not actually show up or they could stop working. I am over 100 right now. I'm planning on 200. So I have more people to reach out to. Still time to sign up to bring a game and win that VPCabs pin.

I'm working on getting some super rare titles here, but I won't say till I know for sure.

I think our extended show hours will help a lot with the lines. We will also have a beer tour organized for Saturday to go hit some great Nashville spots. Small fee for transportation provided. So that may take some people away from the machines for a while during peak time.

Some on the list:
Black Knight
Target Alpha
Wizard!
Earthshaker
Capersville
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Capcom vs SNK
Gauntlet
All 3 DK
Bump n Jump
Pro Monaco GP
Dragon's Lair
Track and Field
Gyruss
Alien Syndrome
Neo Geo's
Stocker
Ikari Warriors
Kung Fu Master
Karate Champ
Rancho pin
Middle Earth pin
Robotron
Zoo Keeper
Elevator Action
Battlezone
Mr Do
Double Dragon
Satan's Hollow
Super Mario Bros pin
House of the Dead
Arkanoid
Tempest
Mad Planets
Major Havoc
The Hobbit pin
Medieval Madness

Yeah, there will be a lot of pins as well. Probably close to half. I'm shooting for half anyway. A lot of those arcade machines listed are mine so they are safe to put on a public list. There is a reason I don't like putting a list out early. A lot of collectors commit to bring x number of pins or arcade games, but the actual titles I don't know till I get closer. A lot of wheelin' n' dealin' goes on to get the games here.

I'm working on a pinball tournament as well. Not ready to announce the specifics.

That was the Aurcade tournament announcement. They like to mix a few pins in the arcade lineup which I think is cool. There will be more going on than just the Aurcade one.

I haven't talked to anybody from there.

Yeah, lots going on.

Let's see, my house is full of game consoles and TV's. Also picking up a nice Maximum Force tomorrow. Not a classic, but still fun.

Arcade Headquarters is a new vendor.

And I have another group of machines that is scheduled to be at the expo including:
Hobbit
Monster Bash
Scared Stiff
Walking Dead
Back to the Future
Popeye
Royal Rumble
Indianapolis 500
Last Action Hero
Dirty Harry
Gilligan's Island
Rollergames
Terminator 2
Class of 1812
Monday Night Football
Whirlwind
Black Hole
Johnny Mnemonic
Congo
Diner
Godzilla
No Fear
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Few more vids:
Warlords cocktail
Demolition Derby 4 player
Crossbow
Power Stone

Yes, the tournament ones will be off limits Friday and Saturday. Sunday they will probably be free play like the rest.

I'll post an updated list late next week. I should have a few more known titles then. I still have a lot of unknown machines at this point. Some people are buying, selling, and fixing machines all the time and will bring what is ready come expo time.

Here is the Friday update:

I have another 12 pins coming. They should be fairly new machines. I will get details on the titles later.

I am setting up a VR Lounge. There will be at least two new PlayStation VR setups in there with all of the launch games and probably a few Oculus Rift. Great place to try out the future of gaming. Or maybe it is just a passing fad. Who knows, but it is pretty cool. The gear is expensive so you may as well try it out here for free.

Wipes will probably be provided. Man, all my new VR gear is going to be funky after this show isn't it? Maybe I can crank the a/c down really low in that room.

Short answer yes. Since there are vendors in the main arcade pinball area and it is open late we will make sure it is secured if you close down your space early.

So this is your last minute reminder to book your hotel room. The room block closes this weekend. No sense paying the full price when you can book it now at 40% off. When you finally crash at 4am after playing hours of pinball a short walk to the hotel room is the way to go. Also a hotel room is a good place to stash a cooler with all of your beer. If you wheel a cooler around the expo with you the hotel staff will complain.

http://grandoleexpo.com/hotel/

Time for a Friday update.

I'm happy to announce Flip N Out Pinball is bringing a Dialed In! from Jersey Jack Pinball. I appreciate Larry working out the logistics to bring that machine to the show.

Also had some more machines pledged from collectors including a Tron LE and Metallica. Whenever collectors volunteer to pack up their really nice games and bring them to an expo that is also much appreciated. A show like this relies on the generosity of others for sure.

There is another fairly new and cool pin that I'm about 90% sure will be here, but I am going to wait till I know for sure to announce that one.

Oh, and if you are coming book that room at the Marriott.

More great pins for sure. I am really looking forward to this lineup. MMR is one of my favorite games. I can play that for hours. Hopefully I have time to play something and I am not running around like crazy all weekend.

Nope. You can get the three day pass at the door. Same price. Still discounted. Plus you get the nice lanyard instead of a wrist band.

I'm happy to announce the PBR Can Crusher will be playable at the expo. Thanks to Pabst Blue Ribbon for sending one here!

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If anybody is making last minute plans to attend the discounted room rate is still open. I got the hotel to extend it. If you book a room and the discount is not working let me know. I know a few people got a message that it had expired. It should be working again. Book by using the link on the website. http://grandoleexpo.com/hotel/

Thanks!