I went to my first pinball festival last weekend, The Golden State Pinball Festival. It was awesome and ive got the itch for more. Who thinks the west coast needs a Pinburgh?? Why yes? Why no? I would love to experience a tournament on that grand of a scale. Pittsburg is just so far from the west, and tickets sound hard to get. What are your favorite pinball events and why? What are the largest tournaments you know about? Id like to travel to more pinball events.

I do host a monthly tournament in my area. Some other guys do too. We are healthily growing the boise pinball scene, but dont think we have the draw/venue to throw a big event that will pull a lot of out of staters. I will check out indisc, but its more comparable to papa. Other than that the nw pinball and arcade show looks like the biggest event in the west. Might check out nw pinball championship as well. These still only draw a few hundred players. Pinburghs multi day match play just seems awesome, and i'll bet it maxes the 1k player cap this year. If that's not a sign for demand, what is? The attendees have steadily grown each year with pinballs re-rise in popularity. Their pay structure is the best ive seen in a pinball tournament as well. Im thinking a bigger city hub could replicate the pinburgh style event in the west. Seattle or portland or san francisco. Anyone know the guy that opened next level in portland? Ive heard his collection is incredible. Perhaps hes our man?

Apparently there's a collection in portland. Over a hundred collector quality machines at this place called next level. But like any big pinball event/convention people can always bring in more.