The longest-running pinball event is Pinball Expo which has run 38 consecutive years!  Pinball Expo will be holding its 39th annual event held at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois.

75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLIPPER

Humpty Dumpty, the first pinball machine to have flippers, was released on November 8, 1947.

PINBALL MERCH

Our merchandise store is now open! Show off your Pinball love with hoodies, t-shirts, tote bags, plushies and more!
Make It A Pinball Adventure To Remember!

BUMPER BLAST

We are proud to announce that ENTERRIUM (formerly Level 257) will open its 40,000 square foot entertainment venue to host the BUMPER BLAST 2023 on Wednesday, October 18 from 7:00PM-10:00PM

All advanced and on-site full registration attendees will be treated to a FREE night of food, fun, and camaraderie.

Your visit to Enterrium includes:

- Bus transportation from the hotel to Enterrium and back. Bus leaves hotel beginning at 6:45PM and runs until its final return at 10:00PM
- Appetizers
- Soft Drinks
- Cookies & Assorted Desserts
- Fruit Skewers

CHECK OUT THE ENTERRIUM PRE-EXPO FLIPOUT TOURNAMENT!

ENTERRIUM is hosting their very own PRE-EXPO FLIPOUT TOURNAMENT ‘23 at their facility on Wednesday, October 18th! It’s sure to be blast so sign up today to take part in the fun!

And there’s more! ENTERRIUM is opening its doors to Pinball Expo 2023 attendees to enjoy pinball, games, food, and fun! Come on down and catch up with old friends and meet new ones too at this upscale restaurant, bar, and arcade in Schaumburg, Illinois! The entire facility will be open with pinball machines, arcade machines, bowlers, and more available to play at no charge using the game cards that will be provided!

STERN PINBALL WILL BE HOSTING AN IN-PERSON TOUR OF THEIR NEW FACTORY

Stern Pinball will be hosting an in-person tour of their new factory on Thursday, October 19th! Witness the creation of their latest games and get a behind the scenes look at this great manufacturer!

PROJECT PINBALL RETURNS!

Project Pinball Charity is returning for Pinball Expo 2023, with amazing charitable auctions to offer! Show your support for this great cause and stop by the booth to say Hi to the Team!

PINBALL IS FOR EVERYONE!

We're thrilled to announce that Inclusive Gamewerks and Project Pinball are joining together to host the first ever FREEDOM TO PLAY PINBALL Tournament at Pinball Expo 2023! Inclusive Gamewerks' unique controller design is built to be played by everyone - with no limits and no obstacles for those with disabilities! Come down to Pinball Expo 2023 for this incredible event! Pinball will truly be accessible for everyone!

PINBALL FOR A GREAT CAUSE

Jersey Jack Pinball is playing an important role in the advancement of care and treatment at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

Jersey Jack will be raffling a new-in-box pinball machine at Pinball Expo 2023 with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago - raising vital funds to support the nearly 239,000 patients receiving care each year and helping to create a healthier future for every child. The winner will chose from either a brand new Godfather or Toy Story 4 machine and Jersey Jack Pinball will also cover the shipping costs for US residents - so make sure to be there to support this great cause! Tickets can be purchased during Pinball Expo 2023 at Jersey Jack Pinball’s booth.

LET'S MAKE A DEAL!

Come join us for our version of LET’S MAKE A DEAL! There will be banter, and fun, and PRIZES. Also there will be easy Pinball challenges. All can play – You may leave with PRIZES or ZONKS!

Wearing a costume may give a small advantage but is not required. You may want to have stuff in your pocket like: Playing cards, a comb, dice et cetera.

YOU CAN WIN PRIZES!

MEET THE LEGENDS OF THE ARCADE!

Pinball Expo 2023 is proud to welcome the Legends of the Arcade! Jeff Lee (the father of Q Bert and designer for many arcade classics), Brian Colin (creator of Rampage, Spy Hunter, and dozens more!), and Paul Niemeyer (the original artist of Mortal Kombat) will all be in attendance at Pinball Expo 2023, so come meet the Legends in person!

Schedule :

October 18, 2023

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m : Pinball Expo Registration

8:00 a.m.- 10:00 p.m : Vendor Setup

7:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m : Bumper Blast Welcoming Party at ENTERRtUM - Buses toad at 6:45 p.m. (Enjoy Pinball. Arcade Games. Food & Fun)

October 19, 2023

7:30 a.m : Pinball Expo Registration

7:30 a.m - 11:45 a.m : Vendor Setup

9:00 a.m : Buses Depart Hotel for the Stern Pinball, Inc. Factory Tour, Mark Tremonti will be at the Meet & Greet at Stern factory Tour!

10:00 a.m : Registration For FLIP OUT Opens

10:00 a.m- 11:59 p.m: Main Tournament Seeding

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Midnight : Women's Qualifying

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Midnight : Classics Qualifying

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Midnight : Kids (Age 14 & Under) Tournament

10:00 a.m.- 10:00 p.m : Registration lor Pinball Espo World Cup Tournament

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Main Hall)

12:00pm : EVENT HALL OPENS

12:00 Noon - 10:00 p.m : Registration For Pinball Expo 2023 Virtual Pinball Tournament AT PAUL ZIMMERMAN's BOOTH Pinball Expo 2023 Virtual Pinball Tournament

12:30 p.m : 'What is Your Game Worth?" Speaker Ted FinJay (founder. PinballPrlces.com)

1:15 p.m. : Solid State Repair Tips & Horror Stories Speaker: Mike Gullo

2:00 p.m. : 1,2,3 PIN BALL! — And A Peek Behind The Curtain' at American Pinball" Speaker: Jim Schelberg

2:45 p.m : "Pinfall Mods. Kids, & Restoration & Getting Kids Involved" Speaker Tanner Walters The Pinball Scientist

3:30 p.m. : Multi Products Update (The Motor Guy) Speaker: Mark Patzke & Vince Patzke

4:00 p.m. : Pinball Expo World Cup Tournament - (Main Hall)

4:00 p.m. : "How We Market to Potential New Pinball Players" Speakers: Jeff Cernava (MAD Pinbail)

4:45 p.m.'Honey I Bought a Church!" Speaker: Joe Newhart: Avid Collector Turned PlnballSTAR Entrepreneur

5:30 p.m. : Troubleshooting Aftermarket Electronics" Speaker: Brett Davis

6:00 p.m. - 12:00 Midnight : Project Pinball Silent Auction (Ends Saturday at 4:00 p.m.)

6:00 p.m. : Above & Beyond: Topper Talk with the Electric Playground Speakers: Rob Rath & Alec Gleason

6:45 p.m. : The Making of Pulp Fiction Pinball Speakers: Mark Ritchie, Josh Sharpe, Scott Pikulski, & George Petro Under the Playfield
Moderators Ernie Silverberg & Dan Rosenstein

8:00 p.m. : "An Evening with Jersey Jack Pinball" Speakers: Jack Guamieri, Steve Ritchie,&the Team "Meet Evil Knievel" Speaker: Ken Head

9:30 p.m. : MOVIE NIGHT - "Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game" Introductions: Michael Gottlieb, Special Guest: Roger Sharpe

12:00 Midnight : EVENT HALL CLOSES WIN A BRAND NEW IN-THE-BOX - STERN PINBALL MACHINE!  Door Prize Tickets -S10.00 ea. or 6 for $50.00
Drawing to be held at 8:00 p.m. Saturday  'Winner need not be present Winner is responsible tor shipping costs.

October 20, 2023

8:15 am : Adventures in Repaining Foreign Pirball Machines" Speaker: Ron Coon, Jr.

9:00 am : "Brian Colin's Arcade History Tour" Speaker: Brian Colin_

10:00 am : EVENT HALL OPENS

10:00 am : Main A & B Division Finals Begin 10:00 am 10:00 am - 1:00 am : Women's Qualifying

10:00 am - 1:00 am : Classics Qualifying

10:00 a.m.- 10:00 p.m : Kids (Age 14 & Under) Tournament

10:00 am - 12:00 Midnight : Project Pinball Silent Auction 10:00 am : Building a Stronger Pinball Community -The Three P's of Pinball with Kineticist" Speaker: Colin Alsheimer

10:45 am : "Mappin' Around (with Pinball Map)" Speakers Ryan Gratzer. Scott Wainstock, 8 Beth Poore

11:30 am : "How We Make Pinball Accessible" Speaker - Kathy Camden: founder of Pinball for All

12:00 Noon : Pinball Expo 2023 Virtual Pinball Tournament

12:00 Noon : "Meet the Caplain of Captain's Auction Warehouse" Speakers Captain Chris Campbell & CC Castaneda "FREE CAPTAIN SWAG!"

12:30 pm : Token Taverns' Q&A" Speakers: Retro Ralph, Bob Rose, & the Token Taverns Team

1:00 pm :"Screen XL - Display and Sound Upgrades for Your Stern Machine" Speaker: Oscar Terol

2:00pm : "Meet the Makers" Meet & Chat wilh Custom & Homebrew Makers' Moderators Dan Rosenstein & Ernie Sllverberg (Vendor Mailt_

1:55pm : "SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT"

2:00pm : 'The Making of Venom" Speakers Brian Eddy, Dwight Sullivan, Mark Termonti, & Zombie Yeti

3:00pm : "Insider Connected Update" Speaker; Taylor Bancroft

4:00pm : "Foo Fighters" Speakers: Jack Danger, Tanlo Kyce, & the Foo Fighters Team

5:00pm : "Bond. James Bond" Speakers: George Gomez & the Team

6:00pm : "How to Become a Pinball Operator" Speakers: Roper Fuentes & Bob Burnham

7:00pm : "Pinball is for Everyone" Speaker: Dan Spolar

7:45pm : Pinball Expo Hall of Fame Inductee Ceremony" Speaker: Rob Berk

8:00pm : "American Pinball: Galactic Tank Force. Save the Cows & Eat Ice Cream' Speakers: Dave Fix & the Creative Team

9:00pm : "Tuner Prnbai - Imovaling Outside (filnsiote) the Box: Speakers: Chris Turner, Matthew Brozusky, Gabe Hernandez, & Brad Duke "LTG:)" Speaker: Lloyd Olson

12:00 MIDNIGHT : EVENT HALL CLOSES

October 21, 2023

10:00am : EVENT HALL OPENS

9:00am : "Preserving Pinball History" Speaker: Jeff Palmer Pinball Expo Registration

10:00am - 4:00 p.m. Project Pinball Silent Auction

10:00am : Main A & B Division Finals Continue at 10:00 a.m. Classics Qualifying

10:00am - 11:00pm : Kids (Age 14 & Under) Tournament

10:00 am - 4:00pm : (Highest score wins)

10:00 am -3:00p.m : Women's Registration

10.00 am - 4:00 p.m. : Women's Qualifying

10:00am : Highlights and Lowlights in the History of Books on Coin-Op Speaker: Dave Marston

10:30am : "How the YRC Freight Bankruptcy Affects You"" Speaker; Dino Gaspari "What is a Hard Top... and What Isn't It?" Speakers: Bruce Westfall & Scott Moehring -Rayfield Restoration from A to Z: LIVE!" Speaker : Marcelo Adrian Blanco

12:00 Noon : Pinball Expo 2023 Virtual Pinball Tournament 12:00 Noon - 10:00 p.m.

12:00 Noon : "Affordable Pinball Components for Your Custom Pinball Machine" Speaker: Rolando Martin

12:30 pm : "Owning and Operating a Pinball Museum" Speakers: Rob Berk & Gerard van de Sande Special Guest: LJ Green Moderator Emily Brooks

1:00 pm : Pinball Author, Artist, & Designer

2:00 pm : Autograph Session (Nirvana C Seminar Room)

1:30 pm : "Female Lead How Digital Pinball Can Pave the Way for More Women Driven Pinball Everywhere" Speaker: Anna Lengyel Moderator: Christopher Graham & Mel Kirk 2:00 pm : "Slumblor Mods - The Art of Making Pinball Modifications' Speakers: David Price & Neil McRae 'What it Takes to Run a Large Pinball Tournament" Speakers: Neil McRae

3:00 pm : 'Pinball Restoration: A Radical Change from the Desert of Cyprus through the Italy Flood to Pinball Expo" Speaker: Ivan Cicognani

4:00 pm : Project Pinball Silent Auction Ends 'The Dynamic Duo: Pnball An wilh Frarchi 8 Yeti' Speakers Chris Franchi & Zombie Yeti

4:45 pm : "Magic Girl - The Story Continued" Speakers Eric Bartles & Jim Askey

5:30 pm : "Clocked In: a Dozen Heads Inside a 7 in. Tall Box - the Pinball Clock Story" Speaker: Phlllipe Gregoire

6:00 p.m : Women's Finals 6:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m : Meet the Eyes and Ears of the Pinball & Arcade Amusement Industries" Speakers : Todd Tuckey, Ritto Ralph, & Frank Lindenmuth Special Guest Moderator: Jeff Ohler

6:45 p.m : How We Design Games at Multimorphic" Speaker : Stephen Silver

7:15pm : MOVIE NIGHT - Token Taverns : The Arcade But Documentary" Moderator: Bob Rose

8:00 p.m : Pinball Drawing at Registration

9:15 p.m : "Let's Make a Deal" - Speakers: Dwight Sullivan & Corey Stup

2:00 a.m : EVENT HALL CLOSES

October 22, 2023

7:00am - 10:00 p.m : Event Hall Tear Down

9:00 a.m : Classics Finals Begin Meet 8:30 am - Start 9:00 a.m

TOURNAMENTS & MORE!

PINBALL TOURNAMENTS

Flip Out Tournament

Kids Tournament (Age 14a Under)

Women's Tournament

Pinball Expo World Cup Tournament

Freedom to Play Pinball Tournament

RETRO GAMING TOURNAMENTS

Galloping Ghost Arcade Retro Arcade Game Tournament (WIN TROPHIES & A CHAMPIONSHIP BELT!)

Pinball Expo 2023 Virtual Pinball Tournament

JUST FOR FUN

Pinball Repair Zone

Homebrew Pinball Exhibit

Project Pinball Silent Auction

Retro Console Free Play Zone

MOVIE NIGHT (Thurs & Sat)

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Date : October 18, 2023 - October 21, 2023

Location :

Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel

1551 N. Thoreau Dr

Schaumburg, IL 60173

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