Louisville Arcade Expo is back for its ninth year!

The Annual Louisville Arcade Expo is being held once again at the Triple Crown Pavilion at the Ramada Plaza in Louisville, KY, Friday March 1st - Sunday March 3rd, 2019. Three days of retro gaming - including pinball, video arcades, classic consoles and computers. We'll have costume contests, console tournaments, music, seminars, a charity raffle, and more!

New pinball machines from Stern Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball and American Pinball will be available for free play.

Speaker, event and vendor announcements coming soon!

Discount hotel announcements coming soon!

Ticket prices are the same as last year.
Friday March 1: 2pm-midnight
Saturday March 2: 10am - midnight
Sunday March 3 10am - 4pm
Adults ages 11-up: $30 for Friday or Saturday. $25 for Sunday. $65 for a weekend pass.
Kids ages 0-10: free with adult purchase

Discounts given for online pre-registration. Pre-registration will begin January 1st, 2019!

Bring a full size pinball or arcade video game for free play and get a free admission for each game you bring! For every game you bring and every day the game is at the show in playing condition, you will be entered into a drawing for door prizes.

Interested in becoming a vendor for LAX 2019? Contact us on Facebook for availability and pricing.

Visit our website for more information: http://www.LouisvilleArcade.com
Find us on facebook at http://facebook.com/LouisvilleArcade or twitter @arcaderx
https://pinside.com/pinball/events/louisville-arcade-expo-2019

Please note: There will be no LAX pinball tournament for 2019. We're taking a break this year and are looking forward to doing another tournament in the future.
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Online tickets are now available for purchase!

CLICK HERE for online ordering with a discount coupon for Pinside members.

Until January 31st, Pinside members use coupon code "TOPPER" for $5/off each ticket.
Using the link above will automatically apply the coupon.

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We'll be posting more details soon as they are all finalized. Game list, vendors, console tournament details, etc. It's all coming, I promise!

We will also be announcing online registration for bringing games within the next week. Hopefully that will make it easier to check in on Thursday and Friday with machines in tow.

Interested in bringing games to Louisville Arcade Expo for free-play?

Each game brought to LAX Friday thru Sunday receives a free weekend pass for you or your family to enjoy the event!

Sunday after the show, we give awards for Best Arcade and Best Pinball. Each game is entered to win door prizes too!

Click Here and we'll get you registered. You'll get a confirmation email you can use to update later.

Thanks!

I'll collect a list in a week or two and post it to the website. If the list is harvested too early, people assume that's it and are sad.

If anyone has any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to PM me here or on FB.

Louisville Arcade Expo, Retro Shop and Marco Specialties are teaming up for 2019 to offer show discounted Stern machines for pre-sale starting today!

Games will be shipped to LAX, unboxed and setup for free-play in the Marco tent for the duration of the show. This is a great opportunity to get a new Stern game with just a few days of play on it. Shipping and sales tax are free too!

Louisville Arcade Expo will also provide a free weekend pass with each game!

Games available:
Munsters Pro
Deadpool Pro / Premium
Iron Maiden Pro / Premium
Guardians of the Galaxy Pro / Premium
Star Wars Pro / Premium
Batman Premium
Ghostbusters Premium
Metallica Pro / Premium (Monsters)
Star Trek Vault Pro / Vault Premium
AC/DC Vault Pro / Vault Premium / Luci

Click here to email Tony at Retro Shop (http://retroshopky.com) for more information on pricing and availability. All orders must be in and paid for before February 8th or the games will not be delivered in time.

The fine print:
- Quantities of some games are extremely limited.
- Games must be pre-ordered and paid in full on or before February 8.
- Games will be setup and set on free play for the entirety of the show.
- You're responsible for breaking down, packing up and transporting the game after the show ends on Sunday at 4:00 pm.
- All sales are final. No upgrades/downgrades.
- Credit cards will incur an additional fee. Check/money order/wire transfer is best.

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Still planning on bringing a game to the Expo? Get it registered here today!

Pinball
Flintstones
Hurricane
Black Knight
Star Trek (Data East)
High Speed
Comet
NBA fastbreak
Bon voyage
Gladiators
Star Wars (Data East)
Medievil Madness (original)
Joust
Rat Race
Varkon
Iron Maiden premium
Star Light
Warlok
Valiant
Slick chick
Gorgar
Back To The Future
Bad Cats
Expo (1968)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Funhouse (Williams 1990)
Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball (Bally 1991)
Ship Ahoy (1976 Gottlieb)
Trade Winds (1962 Williams)
Eight Ball Deluxe
NBA Fastbreak
F14 Tomcat
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Diamond Lady
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Getaway: High Speed II
Firepower
Batman 66
The Walking Dead (Premium)
Capcom Breakshot
Gottlieb Silver Slugger
Hyperball
Last Action Hero
Spooky
Blackout

It uses the serial connector on the A/V board. MPU shouldn't matter.

Game list as of 2/6/19. This list doesn't include new/demo games from JJP, American, CCG or Stern. And some people haven't registered yet.

Arcade Games
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Asteroids Deluxe
Atari Football
Ataxx
Bad Dudes
Bobby Orr Power Play
Bozo Toss
Bubble Bobble
Capcom Bowling
Cobra Command
Commando
Crystal Castles cocktail
Daytona USA
DDR EXTREME
Domino Man
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong 3
Donkey Kong Jr
Dragon's Lair
Final Fight
Final Furlong
Fix it Felix, Jr.
Gate of Doom
Gauntlet
Ghosts and Gobblins
Ladybug
marvel super heroes
Maxium Force
Millipede
Ms. Pacman cocktail
OFFROAD 3 player
Pac-Man Plus - Bally-Midway
Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man combo
Polybius
Puzzle fighter
Rough Ranger
Scramble - Stern
Simpson's 4 Player
Skee Ball
Soul Calibur
Space Ace
Space Invaders cocktail
Star Trek
Star Wars
Super Chexx Bubble Hockey
Tekken 2
Title Fight
Tutankham
Two Tigers - Bally-Midway
Virtual on 2 this is a large sit down two player game
Wonderboy
Wrestlemania 4 Player
WWF Wrestlefest
x-men vs streetfighter - capcom big blue
KIDDIERAMA Cartoon Theater
Ride on horse

Pinball
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AC/DC
Back To The Future
Bad Cats
Barb Wire
Batman 66
Black Knight
Blackout
Bon voyage
Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball
Comet
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Cue Ball Wizard
Diamond Lady
Doctor Who
Eight Ball Deluxe
Expo (1968)
F14 Tomcat
FIRE!
Firepower
Flintstones
Funhouse
Gladiators
Gorgar
Gottlieb Silver Slugger
High Speed
Hot Shot
Hurricane
Hyperball
Iron Maiden Premium
Joust
Last Action Hero
Lethal Weapon 3
Mario Andretti
Medieval Madness
Monday Night Football
NBA Fastbreak
Playboy(Data East)
Rat Race
Secret Service
SHAQ
Ship Ahoy (1976 Gottlieb)
Slick chick
Slugfest
Spooky
Star Light
Star Trek (Data East)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Wars (Data East)
Strikes and Spares(Gottlieb)
Super Mario Mushroom World
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Getaway: High Speed II
The Walking Dead (Premium)
Theater of Magic
Trade Winds (1962 Williams)
Valiant
Varkon
Warlok
Whitewater
X-Files

Announcing the 2019 Louisville Arcade Expo T-Shirts!

We'll be offering two shirts this year, in several colors.

The EXCELLENT shirt will be available in heather black, $20.

The FLEUR-DE-LAX shirt will be available in 6 different color combinations, $15.

Shirts will be available at the front desk, and they usually sell out so get yours early! Sizes XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL.

For more information or tickets to the show, visit http://louisvillearcade.com
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Marco will have a display with some of that stuff. A few other vendors may have small selections of items. But no "pinball parts" vendors will be at LAX.

Reposting what we posted on Facebook last week. No further updates at this time, but we're still in contact with management daily and trying to work to a resolution.

Facebook post:
We would like to update all our guests on what we know about the recent fire at the host Ramada hotel.

First, the SHOW IS ON SCHEDULE AND WILL GO ON AS PLANNED! The Triple Crown Convention Center is separate from the hotel and was completely unaffected.

For those with reservations at the Ramada for the dates of LAX 2019, we're in contact with the hotel management and as soon as we know something further we'll update you on options. The likely outcome is the hotel will be repaired, certified and reopened, but we're working on other arrangements should that not be the case. There are other properties nearby that have vacancies and so forth.

Please PM if you have any questions or concerns and we'll do our best to answer and assist. Hotel management is advising us and our guests to hold off on any big changes the next few days as they work through this. We will be communicating with them daily and will update here as soon as we know more.

If anyone booked in the Ramada has also pre-purchased tickets and would like a refund, please let us know.

Further information for the curious:
The hotel was recently purchased by new owners and they decided to do a massive upgrade. The rear 2/3 of the building was closed, and will be demolished later this year. The front 1/3 of the building is being renovated with all new rooms and should be completed by the start of LAX 2019.

On Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the unoccupied rear 2/3 of the building that isn't being used. No damage occurred to the front 1/3. There were no injuries. The fire marshal has closed the building pending investigation and re-certification of the fire alarm system. Management and local officials are working diligently towards getting the building reopened.

No further on the Ramada. I'm going to guess that it will not re-open in time for the show.

Best Western up the street has kings, king suites and double suites. Doubles are sold out.
https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/louisville/hotel-rooms/best-western-louisville-east/propertyCode.18103.html

The Marriot next door has both kings and doubles available.
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/maps/travel/sdfls-louisville-marriott-east/

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns and I'll do my best to find an answer!

I have been in communication with the management company and will have an update later this afternoon.

A couple notes:
- This is a franchise location, so corporate's response is often - contact the local facility. Of course the facility has no power so that proves difficult.
- Corporate support apparently does not have a consistent story to tell customers that the facility is currently closed pending the fire investigation. The "opening in Summer" is for the remodel, not the instance of the fire. I brought up the concerns that corporate support is telling different people different things.
- The management company assured me no one will be charged for any reservation. Debit card holders may need to have the funds released so we're working on a plan to either bulk cancel all block reservations ASAP or some other process.
- I'm doing my best to get this resolved by tomorrow. I understand the stress and confusion, believe me.

I enjoy tournament play as well and would love to have my cake and eat it too, but we had to make some choices this year. There are pros and cons to a tournament during the show.

For instance, years ago LAX was a major stop for several circuits, and there were far fewer shows. Now there is a show every other weekend and plenty of tournaments to go around.

I could list dozens of reasons both why and why not...

I'm sorry some people won't be coming to LAX2019 due to no tournament, I'll miss seeing you. Hopefully we can visit at the next show or tournament and catch up!

The Garden Inn is a great choice. Right off i64 and still in Jtown!

The Best Western and Marriott are closer than they are reported. Google Maps gives the front door to front door distance to the Ramada. The Marriott's back door opens right next to the Triple Crown Pavilion.

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Sunday is already a discounted ticket due to it being the last day and shorter hours. We still try to give a good value and I think most would agree that Sunday's game count was way higher than previous years.

We strongly ask all collectors to leave their games at the show until it closes, however the snow storm was making this tough for some. They had 6+ hour drives ahead of them, in the weather and needed to leave earlier than they had planned too. We try to be reasonable while still having 90%+ of the games available that Friday had.

Please reach out to me if you'd like to make suggestions, we'd love to hear them!

Any collector that brought games that didn't get their pin, I'm so sorry! I wasn't ready to hand them out until it was too late. So please, if you didn't get yours let me know via PM and I'll either mail you yours or get it to you the next time I see you at a show or event.

Thanks!

In partnership with Pixel Brain Productions, the 2019 Louisville Arcade Expo recap video is now live! Check it out!