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Is TPF now the premiere show in the US?

By gweempose

7 years ago


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    #41 7 years ago
    Quoted from pinsanity:

    Done it a few times now, and like Jerry Seinfeld says I can't back to economy now, I can't I won't.

    The Diplomat Club!

    #69 7 years ago
    Quoted from vdojaq:

    Chicago deserves a pinball show. It just needs new organizers or someone to start a whole new show. The old guards and their set ways are killing it. It has actually outgrown it's current location as you cannot find any parking during peak times. Trying to walk across Milwaukee Ave is a true to life game of Frogger. It needs to be closer to mass transit.

    Gene, Gene, the Dancing Machine started the infamous Illinois Pinball Show a couple miles South of Expo at the Pal-Waukee Airport Hotel. What a great venue; Potato Basket anyone?

    #71 7 years ago
    Quoted from Pdxmonkey:

    Yes,
    TPF weekend pass $65
    Expo pass $240
    TPF is huge
    Expo is medium sized
    Vendors love TPF
    Vendors are hit and miss on Expo
    Ed and Kim are awesome
    Mike is Mike

    To be fair, Expo's $240.00 ($230.00 when paid for in advance) "package" includes the banquet; a $90.00 value.
    Stern Tour; a $50.00 value
    Seminars; a $60.00 value
    Bumper Jumper Blast party with decent, included food, gotta be worth something, say $20.00?
    Expo is called a 5 day show. At least it's a 4 day show.

    As for the "free booze" at TPF, nothing's free, it's "included" with your room at the host hotel. Staying somewhere else? No free booze for you unless you rip them off (As Mike sez: That'S tHEfT of SeRVicES). Same with the free breakfast.
    I recall one time when I stayed at an EmbassySuites or Doubletree by O'Hare and they didn't have the normal "Manager's complimentary cocktail party". When I asked about it they said there was some Illinois or Cook COuNty law that prohibited it. But, they gave you a freebie from the Mini-Bar. A beer was worth eight bucks and there was no tip jar.

    Not saying one is better than the other as TPF sure was blast last time I went. Believe me, both shows are a money grab.

    #82 7 years ago

    Chicagoland.
    Like the Metroplex.

    #86 7 years ago
    Quoted from jfh:

    Trying to justify the high cost of Expo is a bit of a stretch. The banquet is certainly not worth $90 nor is the tour $50.
    Putting TPF in the same league with regard to "cash grab" is just silly.

    I like how the Expo registration websi, I mean order form, lists the pricing for the items you say are certainly not worth the prices charged as "ONLY $90.00" and ONLY "$50.00"

    Also, Expo has the game hall open through the night from Friday at 1 pm until the show closes on Sunday. No other North American show does that to date.

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