After a steady downward spiral for the pinball situation at Press Play over the last two years, last night we opened a new dedicated pinball room (hidden way in the back). The old operator is out, and the new lineup is a mixture of games owned by me and Kim (of Pinball Jones in Fort Collins). I updated the pinball map, and will continue to keep it up to date. Our starting lineup:

Evel Knievel
Attack From Mars
Addams Family
Lord of the Rings
Fish Tales
Simpsons Pinball Party
Scared Stiff
Star Trek
The Walking Dead
Spider-Man

Monthly tournaments are scheduled for the first Wednesday of the month, and I'm working on building up interest in a Boulder league (that would likely occasionally travel to other venues).

As a player who used to *love* playing at Press Play, but had since abandoned it entirely due to the condition of the pins under the old operator - I'm SO excited to have a great place to play in Boulder again. Keeping the pins in great playing condition is my top priority, so please pm me if there are any issues.

If (like me) you've been telling people not to support pinball at Press Play, it's time to go back and enjoy nice playing pins again in Boulder! I'll add some pics in the next day or two.

Yeah - it's day and night. Last time I tried to play there it was: Sea Witch, LOTR (with misaligned flippers), Avengers, and Spiderman (which was registering a doc ock hit with every flipper flip).

Thanks for the advice. Press Play wants to do free pinball, and I want to want to do it - but everyone has been advising against it. In some ways it seems like the free play nights they ran previous was the beginning of the end of pinball there - the machines got played hard and maintenance wasn't keeping up.

Maybe there is a happy medium...do it a few times at the beginning to get the word out, and then transition into something else (leagues, tourneys, etc)?

Basically, I'm up for anything that, in the long term, will grow the base of players (who are willing to play).

Yep, that's right.

It's at 10th & Pearl, underneath Pasta Jay's. Hope you guys make it out!

Open 7 days a week.

Weekdays 4pm - 2am.
Weekends 12pm - 2am.

People under 21 are allowed but only up until 7pm.

Cool - please do! Everything is 50 or 75 cents at the moment.

Huzzah for cell phone pics taken in a dark barroom!

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Thanks!

Excellent - please do!

I don't exactly know why those are the rules about 21 and up, but they appear to be non-negotiable. It's probably related to insurance or conditions of their liquor license. As a comparison, 1-Up never allows minors - they check ID even at 11am. Press Play has hundreds of people going in and out on weekend nights for drinking and dancing, so it's an entirely different situation to manage than PBJ - and quarters from people under 21 would probably not make much of an impact on overall business.

We will meet! I'll let you know next time I come up - would love to check out your pins sometime.

Would love to see some of you there this Wednesday for the first tournament. 7:30pm, $5 entry. Format will depend on number of players, but won't be single elimination.

Tournaments will continue to be held on the first Wednesday of every month. PM me if you want to be added to my email list about tourneys & leagues at Press Play.

Turnout and response to the new room has been great so far - thanks to everyone who has come out and supported it!

Monthly tournament tonight at 7:30pm.

In December we had 9 players and did a 4-strike tournament.

We did end up doing free play for about 6 weeks, but now are switching Wednesdays over to tournaments and league nights. (League starts next Wednesday, January 14th).

Thanks so much to everyone who has come out to play so far. I was there last night working on games and was getting chatted up by everyone who came in. Seeing the underside of a playfield for the first time seems to be a great conversation starter!