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Mississippi Pinball and Arcade Expo?

By action76

3 years ago

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“Dates not withstanding, would you attend a pinball and arcade Expo in Mississippi?”

Absolutely! I would attend and bring one or more games. 5 votes

21%
You bet! I would come and also help any way I could. 4 votes

17%
For sure! I would love to attend! 7 votes

29%
No. It is too far for me. 1 vote

4%
No. I just would not want to attend this show. 2 votes

8%
The only way I would go to Mississippi is if I died in New Orleans and had to be buried in Florida and even then, I might put in my will to drive around it. 5 votes

21%

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Greetings from Mississippi fellow Pinheads,

My wife and I are seriously contemplating the idea of starting a Pinball/Arcade Expo here in central Mississippi (yes, I said my wife and yes, you are right, I am a very lucky man). There is a brand-new location that we have in mind, but before we get too invested in the planning phase, we wanted to get an idea of who all would be interested in attending an event in central Mississippi. We think it is a great “middle ground” to bring all the pinheads together from the surrounding areas that might not get a chance to ever meet otherwise. So, if you wouldn’t mind, cast your vote in the poll and for the sake of the poll, just pretend the dates of the show would be perfect for you. Also, if you think it is great idea, leave a comment and give us any suggestions you might have. If you think it is a terrible idea, let us know that too, but tell us why you think so. Thanks for your time and I hope to see you soon, if not at a Mississippi expo, at some show somewhere soon.

chuckwurt Thank you for the advice. All good points!

Quoted from TreyBo69:
I assume it’d be around Jackson?

Yes, that is correct.

Quoted from TreyBo69:
I’d come down from Memphis if I’m open that weekend. (There are dozens of us up here)

That sounds great!

Quoted from joegeno:
can’t quite justify a “larger” meeting tournament wise until things get a little better safety wise

Valid point, however this idea/expo is in its infancy. It would be a year out at best, so I figure things would be much better by then anyway.

Quoted from EJS:
Start out as a smaller event.

Quoted from Nevus:
It would be interesting to see if you could get 20-30 of your pinball friends to bring games to a small hotel with a meeting room for a weekend.

Right now, we are planning to have a presence at the Comic Con in June. We are trying to get a pinball and arcade section going to get some hobby awareness and also gauge and build interest in an event. It is a pretty large con, so we should get plenty of traffic.

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