Inside Houston’s Competitive Pinball Scene

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019

With growing groups like the Space City Pinball League and Belles & Chimes in action, this retro sport is all the rage again.

The Houstonia Magazine features Space City Pinball in their March issue!

IMAGE: MARCO TORRES
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	September 2021
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			1 EightyTwo League Nights Finals EightyTwo League Nights Finals Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: September 1, 2021 - 10:00 PM Location: EightyTwo, 1201 St Emanuel St #110, Houston, TX 77003, USA Description: Weekly League Nights at Eighty Two 4 Weeks of match play qualifying followed by one night of playoffs. Match play will be one, 6 game round per night with 3,2,1,0 scoring. Must play in at least 2 weeks to qualify for playoffs, top 3 weekly scores count toward standing. Playoffs for top 16 players (if total is 32 or more), and will be double elimination, 3 games in the winners bracket, single game in loser's bracket. League starts at 7pm, one dollar to play in league, plus coin drop. https://www.spacecitypinball.com/weekly-league-eightytwo/ More details... •	2	3	4
5	6	7 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: September 7, 2021 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... •	8	9	10	11 Belles & Chimes Women's Tournament Belles & Chimes Women's Tournament Starts: 3:00 PM Ends: September 11, 2021 - 7:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Ladies are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. We will play 5 rounds of 2 games for a total of 10 qualifying games. Top players will compete in finals. This is an IFPA sanctioned event for women's ranking. Visit https://www.spacecitypinball.com/bellesandchimes/ or https://www.facebook.com/bellesandchimeshouston/ for more information. More details... •
12 EinStein's Drainiacs EinStein's Drainiacs Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: September 12, 2021 - 6:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: 4 Strikes Knockout 21+ More details... •	13	14 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: September 14, 2021 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... •	15	16	17	18 Monthly Matchplay Monthly Matchplay Starts: 4:00 PM Ends: September 18, 2021 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: $5 for the tournament in addition to admission to The Game Preserve arcade. 7 rounds of qualifying of matchplay Top 8 in A finals Everyone else invited to a B division 2 strike knockout All ages. All skills. All fun. Visit www.spacecitypinball.com/monthly-tournaments/ for more information! More details... •
19 Space City Pinball: Sunday Strikes Space City Pinball: Sunday Strikes Starts: 2:00 PM Ends: September 19, 2021 - 7:00 PM Location: EightyTwo, 1201 St Emanuel St #110, Houston, TX 77003, USA Description: Monthly tournament open to players age 16 and up! The format will be a "four strikes knockout". Players will be placed in groups of four on a single game. The bottom two players will receive a strike. After 4 strikes, the player is eliminated. More details... •	20	21 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: September 21, 2021 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... •	22	23	24	25
26 EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: September 26, 2021 - 7:00 PM Location: 16733 W Airport Blvd #290 Richmond, TX 77407 Description: 7 rounds of matchplay qualifying. PAPA finals for top 8. 1 PM start. All ages welcome. $1 + coin drop. More details... •	27	28 Three Strike Tuesday Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: September 28, 2021 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. More details... •	29	30 Belles League Nights Week 1 Belles League Nights Week 1 Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: September 30, 2021 - 9:00 PM Description: Women's League Nights at Wormhole Practice begins at 6pm. Tournament begins at 7pm. The league will use four weeks of group matchplay qualifying. Each week, players will compete in groups of four on five games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. The best 3 weeks will be used, so players can safely drop one week. The top players will be eligible for a finals, which will use a group elimination format (aka "PAPA style"). We will also hold a high score tournament at the same time competing for an X-Treme Score! https://www.spacecitypinball.com/bellesandchimes/ More details... •