YEGPIN: 2020 Pinball and Arcade Expo is proud to present Classic Playfield Reproductions (CPR) as a Gold Sponsor for the event.

CPR is a proudly Canadian pinball hobby reproduction parts manufacturer for Playfields, Backglasses and Plastics. They use a mix of traditional and modern techniques to produce the highest authenticity, and continue to strive for newer and better ways to yield the best possible outcomes. The goal is to provide you with beautiful replacement parts that will supercharge your pinball restoration projects

CPR is providing YEGPIN with:

- Stars pinball backglass
- Rolling Stones pinball backglass
- F-14 mirrored pinball backglass

YEGPIN would like to thank the CPR for their generous contributions to the show. The items donated will be available in the silent auction area come check out their products at the show.

I have personally purchased plastics, playfields and backglasses in the past and really appreciate their contributions to the pinball community.

Feel free to check out their website at:

https://classicplayfields.com/

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Sounds like someone wants to volunteer for the sponsorship committee next year

YEGPIN: 2020 Pinball and Arcade Expo is proud to present Hughes Petroleum as a Gold Sponsor for the event.

It’s been 62 years since Hughes Petroleum Ltd. was founded as one of many independent “service stations” of the day. A lot has changed since then, and today Hughes’ foundation is still built on service. They serve retail gas and car wash customers, local businesses through fleet accounts, and some of the biggest construction projects in the province with onsite refuelling and fuel delivery. Hughes Petroleum always finds a way to provide reliable and sustainable service to all their customers. Hughes has over 20 locations across the Edmonton area and several more across the province. They have gas, diesel, propane, natural gas, cash wash bays for small and large vehicles.

Please check out their website for a location near you.

http://www.hughespetroleum.com/locations.php

YEGPIN would like to thank Hughes for their continued contributions to the show they have been a Gold Sponsor for all five years we have run the show!!!

They provide us with our transportation needs for the entire event which is huge considering all of the machine transportation and supplies we need to transport the event.

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YEGPIN: 2020 Pinball and Arcade Expo is proud to present Metro Financial Planning as a Gold Sponsor for the event.

Scott Stinchcombe owner of Metro Financial Planning & his team of advisors have been providing Insurance & Investment education to families and businesses in the Edmonton and surrounding area for over 10 years. Whether it’s understanding your current financial situation, planning for retirement, buying a house, paying off debt, taxes or savings for another Pinball machine they have you covered. And best of all their services are completely Free.

What makes them different is their approach to planning and teaching you what the banks won’t. Spending more quality time on education to the client so they fully understand the recommendations made and are easy to comprehend. Taking the “Sales” out of financial planning.
With proficient experience in investment management, insurance protection, and short to long term financial planning, they help clients identify their financial goals and achieve a plan for the lifestyle they want.

With the wide range of services they provide if you have questions about your current situation, RRSPs, TFSAs, your Pension plan, Retirement, Investing, Mortgages, Taxes, Life Insurance, work benefits, starting your own company or any business related questions please contact Scott Stinchcombe and his team at Metro Financial Planning.

As a first year sponsor, YEGPIN would like to thank Metro Financial Planning for their monetary contribution to the show. Their donation will go a long way to help covering expenses associated with running a world class expo!!!

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I think we all have concerns right now, I have a meeting next week with Millennium Place to discuss what all of the other events are doing right now. Do they have concerns and do they have sanitizer stations and stuff setup as extra precautions. We can’t ignore what is going on in the outside world right now and we will do everything we can to pull the show off. When we know you will know but we are trying to do everything possible to put on the show. We have everything ready to order and will be ready to go as long as the facility allows us to hold it.

My role is to keep you all informed. Our province has just issued the following statement.

New public health restrictions

Alberta is asking organizers to cancel any events that have more than 250 attendees. This includes large sporting events, conferences and community events. It does not extend to places of worship, grocery stores, airports or shopping centres. Any event that has more than 50 attendees and expects to have international participants, or involves critical infrastructure staff, seniors, or other high-risk populations should also be cancelled.
Events that do not meet these criteria can proceed, but risk mitigation must be in place, such as sanitizer stations and distancing between attendees.
At this time, schools and daycares can remain open but steps should be taken to ensure that no more than 250 individuals are in the same room at any given time. Travel outside of the country is not being recommended at this time. Given the rapid global spread of the virus, it is no longer possible to assess health risks for the duration of the trip.

There will be an official announcement from us next week on the status of the show.

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There is no timetable will more than likely depend on the seriousness of the situation and if the city can get this under control.

“As of March 14, all Strathcona County indoor recreation facilities are closed to the public until April 14, 2020. This proactive measure supports Alberta Health’s priority to limit larger social gatherings in our community. For more information, visit strathcona.ca/covid19”

Our facility that hosts the event is now closed indefinitely. Again we should have an announcement by the end of the week on the status of the show this year.

It is with a heavy heart that we have to announce that the YEGPIN: 2020 Pinball and Arcade Expo scheduled for May 1-3, 2020 is officially cancelled.

This decision has weighed on the minds of team for several weeks now.

We held out as long as we could but have now succumbed to the fact that we simply cannot proceed with the show this year for the following reasons:

· The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic;

· The Government of Alberta has declared a public health emergency in the province;

· The venue has closed its doors indefinitely, with no open or future date availability;

· Our event insurance wasn’t going to be covered in the event of any COVID-19 liability;

· We not could ensure the protection, safety and security of our volunteers and guests on the scheduled dates of the event

We cannot put into words how devastating this announcement is to our team, volunteers, donors, vendors, sponsors, VIP's and the general public that have supported us and helped shaped our show to what it is today.

YEGPIN is a nine month commitment for our executive team and I want to personally thank them for all of the sacrifices throughout the year as their commitment never wavered in making sure that we delivered another world class show for our participants.

Unfortunately, with this announcement comes significant cost to our show, we will be immediately refunding all purchases for VIP and weekend passes please be patient with this process as we will be individually emailing all participants. Thankfully, the Die Hard Pinball League has be prudent as a non-profit society and has the reserve funding to be able to withstand our losses for this year’s show.

Thank you for reaching out in regards to helping out, but our preference not hold commitments for 2021 and we will be processing a refund for those whom have purchased tickets. For those that would like to contribute or support the event further those options will be stated in the email you receive and we appreciate your support.

We have never been about Go Fund Me campaigns, we have always done things on our own, have been self funded, used homegrown resources all of these years and that will never change!!! All that we ask is that you consider coming back to a future show and continue to support location pinball and arcade in your local cities as they will need it more than ever to survive!!!

As for a future event, we are uncommitted right now, but it is our intent to try to push forward in some capacity and deliver another world class show in the future. We want to thank all of you that have reached out to us, all of you that have had kind words and have had sympathy for our situation.

We apologize for the inconvenience, to all of those that committed from across the province, across Canada and internationally to come and visit our show and hope this does not detour you from coming back again.

Thanks again for your support,

Derek Thomson
President, Die Hard Pinball League
Event Director, YEGPIN: 2020 Pinball and Arcade Expo
[email protected]
www.diehardpinball.ca
www.yegpin.com

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We were lucky in that we are able to stop the presses on most of our stuff which has helped in reducing our losses. We do have a ton of advertising postcards and posters that are essentially useless to us now. I was thinking I would include them in the VIP Ultimate packages in future if we have an event as a keepsake for the show that never happened, but we will see.