Remember those hours spent bent
across a pinball machine? Sure you do, and don’t tell your kids about it
because they will remind you how you admonished them about video games.
New to Roanoke, Virginia, this week
is the Roanoke Pinball Museum where visitors will be introduced to the history
of pinball and the science behind the game, plus have an opportunity to
appreciate the color, composition and overall design of the back glasses and
playfields. The Roanoke Pinball Museum will be an interactive museum where
patrons can play for one admission price on 46 machines that range from 1948 to
today. General admission for the summer is $10 for individuals ages 9 and up
with free admission for children ages 8 and younger (with accompanying adult 18
and up).
The grand opening of the museum
will be from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, June 19, at the Center in the Square in
Roanoke. The event includes multiple generations of
Roanoke “gamers” and will include retro gaming (eight-bit games) on the large
digital monitors inside Center’s atrium. Music for the event will be provided
by deejays while Bastards of Fate will be preforming in Center’s
atrium at 9 p.m. The event will also have food, drinks, vendors and a variety
of impromptu performances.
The atrium level activities at opening night are free to the public and admission to the Roanoke Pinball Museum is $10.
The atrium level activities at opening night are free to the public and admission to the Roanoke Pinball Museum is $10.
Cheré Coen is the author of “Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom
Town History,” “Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana” and “ExploringCajun Country: A
Historic Guide to Acadiana” and co-author of “Magic’s in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding
Gris Gris Bags and Sachets.” Write her at cherecoen@gmail.com.
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