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You are here: Home / Community Resources / Clubs & Groups / The World Pinball Championships are in Pittsburgh

The World Pinball Championships are in Pittsburgh

August 14, 2008 Lindsay

Actually, I believe that the last 7 Pinball Championships have been held in Pittsburgh. PAPA stands for the Professional & Amateur Pinball Association. One of the reasons the PAPA tournament is here in Pittsburgh is because there is a dedicated Pinaball hall in Carnegie. The pinball facility suffered extensive damage after the flooding in 2004. But they were able to rebuild in time for the 2005 competition. The facility has over 400 pinball machines.

The Pinball facility is only open to the public for tournaments and is located at 501 Keystone Dr., Carnegie, PA 15106. The Tournament runs all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday – August 15-17,2008. Click here for a detailed schedule.

According to the PAPA website there will be food vendors and there is wifi – perfect for bloggers wishing to cover the event. The tournament is free for spectators.

  • Click here to watch the WQED OnQ segment about the tournament and facility.
  • Check out Coinball.com for a website dedicated to pinball machines in the Pittsburgh area.

Here is some video from the 2006 Tournament:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VeTmHBitmM[/youtube]

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Filed Under: Clubs & Groups, Events, Intl PGH, Just Outside of Pittsburgh Tagged With: Carneige, PAPA, Pinball, pinball tournament

About Lindsay

Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh since 2005. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon.

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Comments

  1. mike Belgrove says

    August 18, 2008 at 9:39 AM

    I wasn't aware that people were still playing pinball.

  2. Lindsay says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:02 AM

    I know, and I had no idea there was such a pinball connection to Pittsburgh.

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