Following a record-setting turnout at their July gathering in Chicago, AMOA’s Regional Tech School will be in association president Tommy Hendley’s Charlotte, North Carolina, from Nov. 3-4. The two-day program – and the 11th event since the school’s inception – will feature six specialized technical training tracks “designed to help operators and technicians build practical, hands-on skills across a wide range of equipment.” Those tracks include jukebox tech sessions with AMI Entertainment and TouchTunes, a dart tech session with TouchTunes/Arachnid, an ATM tech session with Venco Business Solutions, a pinball tech session with Bob Burnham (Paradise Pinball), a payment system…
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The themed experience brand Time Mission will open their first venue in Arizona next year. Located in Scottsdale, the facility will be developed by LOL Entertainment, the franchising team that brought Museum of Illusions and Cluville Kids Escape Room to the region. “We’ve been looking for the right opportunity to bring Time Mission to Scottsdale,” said Rob Cooper, CEO of LOL Entertainment. “The area has embraced immersive entertainment unlike almost any city in the country, and Time Mission brings an entirely new experience to that landscape. Every mission room challenges players to think, move and work together, creating a highly…
Lucky Puppy Claw Arcade recently opened a location in Powell, Ohio. The Japanese-style crane arcade first opened in Las Vegas in 2024. According to WCMH, the two locations have different owners. A spokesperson for the Las Vegas arcade said the concept is working toward a franchise model and has another venue underway in Utah. The arcade has an array of machines with plushies, character toys, trendy collectibles and Gashapon, small toys inside plastic capsules. Visit www.luckypuppyarcade.com to learn more.
The 2026 Annual Auction for Minnesota Operators of Music & Amusements (MOMA) will be hosted by Auction Masters online and runs from Oct. 16-26. Items up for bid include more 150 video games, ticket redemption/prize games, jukeboxes, pinball machines, pool tables, air hockey tables, dartboards, kiddie rides, candy vendors, change machines and more. Everything is sold as-is. Go to www.momapoolanddarts.com/auction for all pertinent information, including the link when it goes live at 6 p.m. on Oct. 16. The auction will have a staggered closure starting at 1 p.m. on Oct. 26. Winning bidders can pick up and pay from 10…
Topgolf and Valley Children’s Healthcare just celebrated the groundbreaking of Topgolf San Joaquin Valley, the first tenant in Valley Children’s mixed-use development in the Central California city. “From the moment we visited Valley Children’s, we knew this was something special,” said David McKillips, CEO at Topgolf. “Topgolf exists to bring people together, and there’s no better partner for that mission than a hospital that’s spent decades doing exactly that for families across the Valley. This venue brings something new to our California footprint, and we couldn’t be prouder to help strengthen this community for years to come.” Construction is now…
A new documentary from Vision Films, Pinball: Beyond The Bumpers, will be released on-demand to the North American and U.K. markets on Oct. 20. Click here to watch the trailer. “I always believed that pinball was never clearly understood by the vast majority of the public, so I made this documentary to pull back the curtain on pinball, exposing the highs, the lows, the controversies, and ultimately, its bright future,” said filmmaker Mark Helms, who co-produced the movie with Alejandro Torné. “We trace the game from crude beginnings to today’s cutting-edge wonder machines, played and enjoyed around the world. After…
Sacoa Cashless System recently detailed a pair of new international installations – one at Playland in Barranquilla, Colombia, and another at Le Tram Recreativos Aventura Salvaje in Estepona, Spain. At the new Playland venue, located at Centro Comercial Portal del Prado, Sacoa put in 80 of their Spark RFID readers, five POS stations and two mRedemption units powered by Sacoa Redemption Software. “We are very happy to have Sacoa with us once again at this new Playland location, as we have already worked with them at other venues in our chain,” said Pedro Navas, the manager of Playland Colombia. “The…
MagicLand, an amusement park outside of Rome, Italy, announced plans for a major new roller coaster opening in 2027 called the Durango. They say it’s a “next-generation authentic wooden coaster set to become one of the most significant new attractions of the upcoming season in the European amusement park industry.” They unveiled it at the recent IAAPA Expo Europe. The Old West Gold Rush-themed coaster will use sustainably-managed timber from Southern Yellow Pine forests in the U.S. Among its features will be two underground tunnels, one of which will be the longest underground tunnel ever built on a wooden roller coaster…
Pixel Games is expanding their Pixel Floor into a three-dimensional gaming experience with the introduction of Pixel Supercharged, a standalone attraction that features a raised play area, rising Pixel panels and vertical 90-degree walls. The company says the “result is a compact turnkey solution that enables new forms of movement while becoming a striking eye-catcher in leisure and entertainment venues.” “With Pixel Supercharged, we are bringing the Pixel Floor gaming experience into a standalone format while adding a completely new spatial dimension,” said Philipp Hacker, managing director of Pixel Games. “Players no longer just move across the floor – the…
NAC2026: ATMs Across America, the event for independent operators, is set for Oct. 13-15 at the Paris Las Vegas. The organizing National ATM Council will celebrate 15 years of the conference and trade show. The exhibit hall (located in the Concorde Ballroom) will be open Oct. 13 from 4:30-6:30 p.m.; Oct. 14 from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and again from 2-5:30 p.m.; and Oct. 15 from 8:30-11 a.m. There will also be technical workshops, a luncheon with keynote speakers and much more. Click here to view the full educational agenda. (Among the sessions are “Essential AI for ATM Deployers,” “Reverse ATMs:…