The 5th Annual Louisville Arcade Expo is being held once again at the Ramada Plaza in Louisville, KY, March 6-8 2015. Three days of retro gaming - including pinball, video arcades, classic consoles and computers. Our pinball tournament is the last stop on the PAPA circuit before the finals and is ran by the PAPA people. We'll have costume contests, console tournaments, music, seminars, a charity raffle, and more!

This year's featured speaker is David Crane, founder of Activision and creator of awesome games.

We have a room rate of $79.95 at the Ramada Plaza which is conveniently located at the corner of I-64 and Hurstbourne Lane in Louisville Ky (9700 Bluegrass Parkway, Louisville, KY 40299). This year with your room you will receive 2 free breakfast vouchers! The hotel has an airport shuttle, so fly in, take the shuttle, and have a good time. The hotel is located near many restaurants and other activities. To reserve a room, just give them a call and mention you are attending our show 1-502-491-4830.

Bring a full size pinball or arcade video game and get a free admission for each game you bring! Give us a heads up by registering your games on our website if you are planning on doing this to help with our layout planning. 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. Last year we gave away a lot of awesome stuff from CPR and other great prizes.

Pre-Register and save! Just $35 dollars for a weekend pass right now! Visit our website for more information: http://www.LouisvilleArcade.com

Find us on facebook at facebook.com/LouisvilleArcade

Thanks and we're looking forward to seeing everyone again!

Happy Holidays - just a reminder to book your room if you plan on heading to the show. The hotel usually sells out over the weekend. Thanks!

The restaurant in the hotel is now called Stadium Joe's - it's a sort of sports bar. Wick's pizza was great, but the service was pretty bad there during the show. The food seems good, and the service is way better than Wick's so hopefully that works out better this year for people.

It's like other shows, where there are games for sale, and then there are games not for sale that people just bring for others to enjoy. Usually people post on here what they are bringing and what they are selling when it gets closer to the show.

2 Months away! Don't forget to book a room if you are staying at the hotel, it usually sells out early. Thanks!

Very Cool! Can't wait to see it in action.

PAPA runs the tournament and does an awesome job. It's like other shows where you get 3 entries for 10 dollars, and everyone gets 2 free entries for coming to the show. The classic qualifying is over Saturday afternoon with the finals that night. The A,B,C qualifying is over Saturday night with the finals being Sunday. All of that is subject to change, but that is the way it usually goes.

All games are on freeplay. Last year there was about 120 pinball, 80 or so arcade video games, and about 100 console and old computer games. Kids 10 and under are free, there are costume contests, seminars, etc.. so there is plenty to do.

You do need to enter the tournament to play tournament games. I think Sunday the classics were available for free play since the classics were over. Everyone gets 2 free entries though, so if there is a game over there you want to play, just use the free entries for that.

Yup - last year 120 on free play, then the tournament games (maybe 10?) can't remember.

All the consoles are retro - pre 2000. So you will fit right in.

Only 6 weeks away - don't forget to book your rooms before they sell out.

To do so, just give them a call and mention you are attending our show @ 1-502-491-4830

Thanks

Only 5 weeks away!

It will be on the site soon

Trent was selling them, he usually does. And they always sell out as far as I know. Everyone loves new glass.

We'll be setting up all day Thursday from about 9am on. The power probably won't be laid out and on until around noon, but if you have to bring a game before that, that is perfectly fine. We usually suggest people bring games in the afternoon if it doesn't matter to you when you show up. In the evening we'll order some pizza. We usually try to get out of there around 11pm. Thanks again to all who bring games!

Nope - PAPA guys bring the games for the tourney, so we don't know ourselves.

One week 'til the show. Crazy! Last day to pre-reg for admission is tomorrow, after that you have to pay at the door.

Check out this promo video some of our friends made for us:

Steve - thanks for posting this on here, I totally forgot. I will be up there. Should be a good time.

Like others have said, Thursday is only for setup - and not open to the public.

The doors open to the public at 2pm. Before that, vendors and games are still being set up.

Thanks so much to everyone who brought games and attended our show. With a foot of snow on the ground on Thursday morning, it was quite stressful for us, but the show turned out great and it was nice to see everyone again. We can't say thanks enough for those who braved the weather and brought games. As Phoebe said, let's hope mother nature is kinder next year. We can't praise our volunteers enough - They always do an amazing job. The PAPA guys and gals are amazing, as are our friends at Zanzabar who always bring a ton of games and have the best place to play. We met so many cool people from all over the world, it was astounding.

Best of luck to those at PAPA this week, and don't forget to support all of the other shows in you area.

Time for us to rest up. Thanks everbody, and see you soon!

Matt