FRISCO, TX – The award-winning Texas Pinball Festival is returning to Frisco March 15-17, 2024 at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Frisco Conference Center. For the 20th anniversary of the Texas Pinball Festival, the largest of its kind in the industry, the show welcomes guests from all over the United States and beyond to a 40,000 square-foot game room filled with machines and family fun for the weekend.
The Texas Pinball Festival will feature more than 400 vintage and new pinball machines, as well as classic arcade games set to free play. Attendees can play the latest game releases, including Stern Pinball’s Jaws, Spooky Pinball’s Loony Tunes, and a new Texas manufacturer, Barrels of Fun, showing off their new Labyrinth machine. Enjoy a variety of adult and child pinball tournaments throughout the weekend to win trophies and prizes. Exhibitor demonstrations, parts, supplies, equipment, and memorabilia will be available, and collectors bring rare and custom games to compete for coveted machine awards.
Seminars with pinball designers and artists will take place Friday and Saturday. Early Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. the DFW Pinball and Arcade Club will host a swap meet in the parking lot featuring coin-operated collectibles, project machines, and more. Guests can also enjoy live music from Scoma Jazz on Friday night and go bananas with the 60’s sounds of the Go-GoRilla’s late Saturday.
Guests will have a chance to win a new Jersey Jack Elton John Platinum Edition pinball machine valued at $12,000 with the raffle benefitting the National Videogame Museum. During the weekend, present your Texas Pinball Festival wristband at the National Videogame Museum in Frisco and get 50% off admission. Raffle tickets can only be purchased at the show, and you must be present Sunday to win.
The Texas Pinball Festival will be open Friday, March 15 from 4 p.m. – 1 a.m., Saturday, March 16 from 9 – 11:30 a.m., and Sunday, March 17 from 9 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Weekend passes are $95 at the door. One-day passes are $40 for adults and $25 for children on Friday, $50 for adults and $35 for children on Saturday, and $30 for adults and $15 for children on Sunday. Children under 5 get in free. Save on a weekend pass by purchasing ahead of time online.
For more information, visit texaspinball.com.
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Founded in 2003, Visit Frisco has grown in tandem with the extensive growth of leisure travel, sports, and meeting facilities within the city. It’s the organization’s mission to generate a positive awareness of Frisco as a premiere destination for meetings, sporting events, conventions, trade shows, leisure travel, and to positively impact the economic base of the City of Frisco. Official accreditation recognizing excellence and achievement was awarded in 2009 by the industry organization Destination’s International. For more information, head to visitfrisco.com or call 972.292.5250.
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