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Thursday, October 30, 2008

The 7th Annual Houston Arcade Expo

It's almost that time of year where you can relive your younger days where you actually inserted coins to play video games. Keith Christensen, the man behind the event, emailed me the info:

The Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) is holding their 7th Annual Arcade Expo on November 7th & 8th at the Houston Grand Plaza Hotel.
Admission is $25 for a weekend pass or $15 for a single day, which gets you access to over 130 arcade games and pinball machines all set to free play, some games will be for sale!
We will be adding Classic Console games to the mix this year! Game systems. This includes Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, ColecoVision, Vectrex, Intellivision, and other classic consoles.
You can also participate in arcade and pinball tournaments, win door prizes, try your luck at a game raffle to win a full stand up arcade or pinball.
We doubled out vendor booth and tournament space this year, we will have tons of arcade and pinball parts, Manuals and memorabilia. Even great general memorabilia and comic books.
There will be concessions and a full bar available for you to purchase refreshments.
There aren't many opportunities to enjoy large collections of classic arcade games, so if you are in the Houston area (or can get there!), you should be at this expo!

Admission is $25 for a weekend pass or $15 for a single day, which gets you access to over 150 arcade games and pinball machines all set to free play!

Email: Expo@arcadecenter.com for vendor table information and sponsorships.

Dates: November 7th & 8th, 2008

Times:
Friday 6pm to 2am
Saturday 10am to 2am
Houston Grand Plaza Hotel
8686 Kirby Drive Houston, TX 77054
I did a story on this event and the state of arcade games in Houston about four years ago for KTRK. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here