Downtown Detroit will once again have the Monroe Street Midway this summer. According to WXYZ, the outdoor entertainment venue of sorts features a roller rink, 9-hole mini-golf course, a sports zone and more. Roller skating is $13 a session, which includes skate rentals. Entry into the midway itself is free, as are mini-golf and use of the basketball court. Monroe Street Midway is part of Bedrock Detroit’s “Decked Out Detroit” initiative; over the winter, the midway turns into a drive-in movie theater in partnership with Emagine Entertainment. Last year, they hosted nearly 100,000 guests, including more than 20,000 roller skaters.
Author: Matt Harding
American Pinball recently announced Ryan McQuaid is a new game designer with the company. McQuaid is a restoration specialist and competitive pinball player turned game designer. He’s creator of the award-winning home-brew pinball machine Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball. McQuaid has been restoring pinball machines since 2016 and won a best-in-show award for his work at Pintastic in 2019, where he also debuted the roller coaster topper for Roller Coaster Tycoon. McQuaid will be with the American Pinball team at Midwest Gaming Classic 2022 along with Sonic Spinball. Learn more at www.americanpinball.com.
This customized “ATM machine” is a perfect fit for Beverly Hills, California. Poking out of the front of a cupcake shop, it’s all dressed up to put a little zing in a tourist’s visit to the famous Sprinkles emporium. The little store often draws lines of people checking off one more “must” on their lists that includes Pink’s Hot Dogs and the Hollywood Sign. Yum! Sprinkles also has its “Cupcake ATMs” at the Los Angeles International Airport and other locations. Check out www.sprinkles.com for more information.
Stern Pinball will be attending the 2022 Craft Brewers Conference this week in Minneapolis. The event starts today, May 2, and runs through May 5. Stern will be at booth #3839, showcasing the award-winning Insider Connected and Rush, Godzilla, The Mandalorian and Avengers: Infinity Quest pinball machines. “There’s no better combination than pinball and beer!” Stern said. “This annual conference is the only industry event that serves both on-premise breweries and packaging breweries, offering education and idea sharing to improve brewery quality and performance.” The company will be represented there by Erik Gilly, Tylor Carson, Evan Kirby and Patrick Powers.…
SEGA Amusements International’s brand-new prize merchandiser Pushing Points is “pushing profits higher,” the company exclaimed in a recent press release. They said the game has been performing incredibly well on location. Pushing Points operates with prizes of all shapes and sizes and gameplay is simple – just push the rod up at the right spot to drop the prize into the win area. Operators can select the shelf angle and rod top size to suit their chosen prize. The cabinet has color-changing lighting surrounding the prize window, bright interior lighting and has front entry to make refilling easy. Learn more…
The HUB in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, and Elev8 Fun in Sanford, Florida, were the recent recipients of the BCM Design Award; both facilities also happen to have Omni Arena, the VR platform made by Virtuix. The HUB won as “Best New U.S. FEC” and Elev8 Fun won for “Best New U.S. FEC, Exterior Design.” Virtuix offered a thumbs up to the venues. “Congrats to both our customers!” they said. “Thanks to its sleek look and ‘curb appeal,’ Omni Arena can contribute to the design and overall atmosphere of your space, lifting your social media presence, marketing efforts and overall appeal to…
Augusta, Georgia, will soon have a Dave & Buster’s. The family entertainment chain, which recently acquired Main Event in a blockbuster deal worth $835 million, is expected to open there on July 22. According to WRDW, construction crews have been working for months on the new location. Before the pandemic, it was set to open in 2021 but construction was delayed. The Augusta Chronicle reported in March that the company was starting their hiring process. D&B will have 9,600 sq. ft. of arcade games alongside two dining areas – servicing a total capacity of 278 people.
The International Adventure & Trampoline Parks Assn. will be celebrating “10 years of bouncing” at their upcoming trade show, to be held Sept. 20-22 in Nashville. Sponsor and exhibitor registration will open May 3. The association is also currently accepting workshop proposals through May 27. Click here to submit a proposal. “Over the past 10 years, the IATP has worked with state legislatures and regulators in 10 states to ensure fair and equitable regulation that doesn’t overly restrict your business,” the association wrote about their anniversary. Learn more by emailing Sarah Brinker at [email protected].
Trifecta Management Group recently announced the promotions of Rebecca Metzner, Sarah Vigil and Kim Wheeler to vice president of their departments. Metzner is now the VP of sales and marketing, Vigil the VP of marketing and Wheeler the VP of team development. “Each of these executives has not only taken ownership of their respective areas but are also extremely instrumental in all aspects of Trifecta and are involved in growing the overall TMG business and brand,” said managing partner Ron Lam. “Of equal importance, they don’t stay in their lane and their out-of-the-box thinking and ownership attitude have been extremely…
TouchMagix recently announced that its games Mega Blaster and SpaceWarp 66 will start shipping in May. The company noted that production at scale has been “a massive challenge” for manufacturers, especially with bulk orders coming in while the supply chain is fractured. “We’ve been focusing on getting the supply chain right at TouchMagix and worked very hard to minimize the time lag between order to delivery over the last two years with the primary goal of bridging the time gap between date of order and fulfillment,” said CEO Jayesh Kariya. “We’re ecstatic that with an efficient production system in place,…