This sucks. Lots of locations I’ve frequented are going out of business. Flat Top Johnny’s; Pizza J, our local Rhode Island club. Some days I don’t even want to go into the basement to play my own games because it’s too depressing to think of the friends and places and games I’m missing out on.
I miss pinball so much. Shit I spent most of my vacation time from work traveling to events. Pinball is a big part of my life outside of work and family. My heart breaks for people who make a living off of pinball, for real. The problem is the FEC industry and small bar business just don’t have the political pull; even in good times they’re often going out of business. I wish we had a stronger response for these independent operators and bar owners; otherwise all that’s going to be left are big corporate names who don’t put pinball in their chain restaurant/ bars.
I’m not going to spend hours inside right now close to others when there’s a pandemic; even though I love pinball. I have a six year old son; I have older parents. I would be putting them at unnecessary risk for a disease which we don’t have good treatment options.