Cool. Thanks for the list. I have been wanting to play this game and I will be at:

Pac-Man Entertainment (level 257)
2 Woodfield Mall A, Schaumburg, IL 60173

Monday-Thursday.

So I had no idea that Dan, the person who started this post worked for AP. He sent me a PM asking while I was in Chicago if I would like to stop by and see the factory. Well hell yea I would.
I arrived Monday in CHI and drove straight to the factory. Dan was super nice showed me around gave me the tour. Nice place, small but very busy working space with quite a few people working on assemblies and playfields. They had quite a few boxed and waiting for the trucking companies to get them.
We caught Josh just coming back from lunch while I was waiting to play Oktoberfest. He took about 20 min to explain the rules of the game while the person playing was killing it. I was surprised how interesting the rules are and how you can play the game so many different ways using the steins. After playing I went directly over to level 257 and played Oktoberfest for a few hours (happy hr 0.50 per game!).
Well know the problem. I want one. I need to get the wife to play so she can talk me into buying one.

Great place, great people, great game.
Thanks Dan and Josh!!