Great! I was just there about a week ago and was disappointed in the games. Looks like a nice lineup!

I'll have to make a trip up.

Congrats!!! I suggest NOT doing the freeplay days like they used to do. I was out to visit my bro a few times and it happened to coincide with the Freeplay days they used to do. My main observation from those events is that most of the people there would ONLY come when games were on free, played as quick as they could through the credits, beat on the game, did not buy drinks, and left as soon as the free games were all burned up.

A monthly league is a great idea IME!

Good luck in the new aspect of the hobby!

Very cool! Will definitely plan on making it up from Denver sometime soon to check this out.

Depends on your split but there is no good outcome from an OP perspective to providing free play times IMHO.

It causes the sort of crowd you don't want to show up to actually come and beat on games harder than they normally would. From what I saw those same people were not spending much on drinks so the bar was not making much off of them.

I would suggest a monthly tournemant and everyone pays to play as normal. Maybe at the end of each year offer a free play party for all players that have come and supported at least X times during the year?

Great to hear. What's the address? Hours?

Going to be spending time in Boulder I guess...

Hi jfh, it seems to be at 1005 Pearl Street, Boulder.
http://www.pressplaybar.com/
Or N40 01.053 W105 16.934 if you're a gps guy like me.
That sound about right Ryan? and I too am looking forward to getting up there sometime to play.

Cool, I hope I can get up there soon. I met Kim at RMPS back in April, really nice lady. I hope you 2 do well with your machines there. Cheers, Mal

Hey the fact that the games are going to be better maintained is good news for sure. I liked the location but I got tired of the $1 per game vs. half that at places like Backcountry Pizza and the 1Up. I'll definitely be dropping by during the week.

I don't think free play on location is ever a good idea.

Best of luck to you guys. Hope the transition went relatively smooth.

At those prices, if you keep them clean and working, you don't need to give any games away. I'll give broke looking kids a free game or two after cleaning now and then, but reasonable pricing and good maintenance sells itself.

I talked to Kim once on the phone.

Sweet! First time I went to press play they just got MET pro and really had a great line up. Then it went downhill and the line up got weaker and weaker until I stopped going. Good reason to go back now, good luck and I'll definitely stop by.

Glad to hear it. I've been there twice in the past two months, and the third time simply decided to walk right by due to the pin condition and selection. Looks like I'll be making an extra effort to get there now.

I agree with Whysnow, free play several times a month just isn't worth it for an op at all. I do run several leagues out of my location and do a free play party on our tournament night. Until ops get a % of bar sales on free play nights, id really thing about doing something else like starting a league.

Location looks great!

Hooray! Kim Jones Rocks!
I hope I get a chance to hang out there next year before the big Dory Hill event! Fort Collins is a pinball holiday destination! It takes a whole day to check everything out!
Including a few noteworthy places that don't have pinball. Coopersmith's has that fantastic green chile beer and some of the best root beer I've ever had in my life. But it's only two blocks away from Pinball Jones!

Stopped by last night and everything was in excellent condition. Great work.

Ryan, Wish you Luck. I will come check it out again soon

JJ

Kim has been learning how to effectively run her place up in Fort C. through many trial and errors and I think has a really good feel for it now, since she is helping you lean on her opinions heavily. She gets lots of feedback from people like myself and others that know what helps attract pinball fans and what doesn't. I have NEVER known her to do a free play night, like most have said, just sounds like a bad idea. There are other good ways to get traffic in and coming back.

(Her best move has been adding beer just FYI, the traffic through there and money made has been quite awesome and I think exceeded anyone's expectations) But clean and working games is right up there, nothing makes a place look crappy and peple not wanting to come back more than unmaintained games!

One of these days I'll actually meet you Ryan, I keep missing every event when you come up, look forward to checking out Press Play again soon as well!

Why is that? Are drinks served or something where they aren't allowed in? Seems like a big loss of some customers?

agree 100%. And Kim has some of the best maintained games I've ever seen on location - never have to worry if you're dropping quarters in a barely functional game. If you don't have experience operating, trust her advice. She is a smart businesswomen (other than the obligatory "anyone operating pins these days can't be all that smart" comment) and a straight shooter.