I’ve had the honor of meeting Tim and playing a Joust Tour Site there. Tim was super accommodating.

I’ve also severed on the boards of numerous organization that have conventions in Vegas and then I headed up a World HQ purchase on S. Eastern. Every time I’m in town I send some time at the Pinball Hall of Fame.

I’ll be in Vegas for meetings next week and stopping at HOF.

I will be donating

If I may politely offer a constructive observation-
Most of us including myself consider the Hall of Fame more than an arcade, more than a non profit - it is an Institution, Pinballs main INSTITUTION. It’s pinballs Hall of Fame.

While as a business person I appalled Tim’s donations to Charity, I think what I hear people saying is they want the Hall of Fame to be better.

Does that mean modifying the business model a bit? , most likely it would require modifying the vision statement. Like moving to the strip

If indeed it is our Hall of Fame then this is where manufactures and individuals should donate their resources. The VIPs should have Hall of Fame Inductions and Events there.

If they haven’t already , HOF can also submit for grants in arts and entertainment and also Education - including supporting documentation from manufactures and VIPs.

As an education in my industry I offer this-Further, HOF already has education information on the machines. I suggest taking this a step further and creating HOF online education courses that you take and receive a certificate. It’s really quite easy. These courses would be - becoming a pinball historian. There could be several courses. They would be a stream of income that would cost very little to maintain and add more prestige to HOF as THE source. This technology is a simple website plug in woo commerce and others.

Thanks for all you do Tim
Donation in.

Donation incoming.

https://gofund.me/0ccf1d66

I thought I’d add the go fund me link back in the thread here too.

We all have sources to push the info out. I have placed it on my Facebook page and asked my friends to donate and post to their pages.

I have read through many of these posts with interest.

People seem not to be able to separate the Pinball Hall of Fame from Tim and the link to Las Vegas Pinball Collectors Club in the Go Fund Me.

Las Vegas Pinball Collectors Club Is listed as a non- profit in NV and it shows it’s history on the Pinball Hall of Fame website.

All non profits are required to have a Board of Directors with specific Officers. Non profits are created to benefit the public.

That means the Board , not Tim , defines the vision and make the monitory choices by Board vote.

No Board Member can take money from a Non Profit - it’s called inurement.

I am guessing, as I don’t see it clearly defined that Las Vegas Pinball Collectors Club is running the Pinball Hall of Fame and that Tim is lending or renting the machines to them.

I’ve been in Vegas since Tuesday for meetings Drove in across i40 and got stuck in my van behind the massive pile up for several hours. That was some ugly weather from Flagstaff to Kingman AZ .Hope everyone was safe, I saw so many other accidents along the way...

When I got in town - I drove right by the new Hall of Fame building. I stopped and took pictures of the area of the New Pinball Hall of Fame. What a great location and building! Wow.

Well done to Tim and the Board of Directors.

I’m head to the Pinball Hall of Fame tonight.

Here are pictures of the building and the surrounding area.

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Last week when I took the current pictures of the new location I went to the current one played and then sought Tim out to say Thank you for all that he does.

And donated more money.

Rock on.

Brilliant.