Category: Expo

Houston Arcade Expo & Week of WPPRs Recap

WOW! What a week! Space City Pinball hosted 12 tournaments in 8 days with 265 unique players from Texas and beyond! We played pinball under the stars, sampled a menu of jello shots, and took to the stage for karaoke. Congratulations our champions:

  • Space City Open – Nick Mueller
  • Women’s Interstellar Showdown – Hope Love
  • Junior Space Cadet Best Game – Brandon Chapman
  • Go/NoGo Launch Readiness – Jonathon Morales
  • WOW Matchplay at EinStein’s Pub – Nick Mueller
  • 10 on Wen Won’t Win at EinStein’s Richmond – Kevin Sturhan
  • 3 Strike Tuesday at The Game Preserve North – Jonathan Henson 
  • 3 Strike Tuesday at The Game Preserve NASA – Erich Stinson
  • 3X & Whiskey at Poison Girl – Mario Garza
  • EinStein’s Drainiacs 4X – Wesley Johnson
  • Star Wars Fall of the Empire Best Game – Wesley Johnson
  • WOW Kickoff at Eureka Heights – Jonathan Henson

It takes a premier team to pull off such a fun week, and we’d like to thank all those who contributed to our success. This year our members provided 18 games for the tournament room and 24 games for the Space City booth. We had 15 tournament directors, 4 techs, and 30 booth volunteers sharing the love of competitive pinball in Houston. This community rocks!

A huge thank you also goes out to Carpool Pinball for streaming and our amazing sponsors for the support and prizes: PinHouse, Marco, Titan, Pinball Life, Trust Guss Accident Attorney, Hot Dog Shop, Ellington Law, EinSteins Pub, Jim Muller, Joshua Mitchell and Matt Quantz.

Space City Open

The Space City Pinball League is proud to present premier tournaments before and during the 2024 Houston Arcade Expo! We are pleased to reveal our 2024 Space City Open poster designed by Houston illustrator, Rene Cruz! The poster will be available for purchase at the show in the Space City Pinball mega-booth. T-shirts for the SCO and Week of WPPRs can be ordered through Sliverball Swag. Be sure to check out the calendar on this website for all the upcoming tournament details. We kick off the Week of WPPRs on October 4th! Get ready for takeoff!

Join Our Team!

The Space City Open and Women’s Interstellar Showdown pinball tournaments are organized by the Space City Pinball League of Houston, TX. The tournaments are designed to be fun for players of all ages and skill levels. This year the tournaments will take place on Friday, October 11 to Sunday, October 13. Without our volunteers and sponsors, we couldn’t put on these amazing sold-out tournaments! Organizing events like this have many expenses such as conference room rental, internet, and repair parts to name a few. We would like to recognize Jim Mueller for once again donating $300 to purchase flipper rebuild kits!

Please consider one or more of the following sponsorship opportunities to join us in this amazing collaboration. If you’d prefer to donate prizes or other giveaways we are always grateful for that support too! If interested please email spacecitypinball@gmail.com.

Sponsorship Opportunities Include:

1. Naming Next.MatchPlay Qualifying Sessions: $30 each. We will also announce the sponsorship over the microphone. (Sold Out)

  • EARLY session (Friday): “SCO 2024 EARLY GROUP sponsored by The James Hernandez Law Firm”
  • LATE session (Friday): “SCO 2024 LATE GROUP sponsored by The James Hernandez Law Firm”
  • EARLY session (Saturday):  “SCO 2024 EARLY GROUP sponsored by Bee2Bee Honey Collective”
  • LATE session (Saturday): “SCO 2024 LATE GROUP sponsored by Craig Hughes”
  • Women’s Interstellar Showdown Qualifying: “Interstellar Showdown sponsored by Pinball Rebel”

2. Naming Space City Open Finals: $200 (Sold)

  • The Matchplay session will be named: “SCO 2024 FINALS sponsored by Wormhole Pinball”
  • The finals will be streamed by Wormhole Pinball who will also include your logo and mention your sponsorship on the stream.

3. Finals Streaming by Wormhole Pinball

  • Logo featured on Space City Open Finals Stream (Saturday) $150 – Total of 4 spots
    • The James Hernandez Law Firm
    • Einstein’s Pub and Einstein’s Pub and Arcade and Joshua Mitchell
    • Jim Mueller
    • Craig Hughes
  • Logo featured on Women’s Interstellar Showdown Finals Stream (Sunday) $50 and Women’s Matchplay Finals named: “Interstellar Showdown sponsored by Top Rope Pinball” (Sold)

For tournament information, visit https://www.houstonarcadeexpo.com/

We appreciate your support!

Tournament Team

WOW 2024!

Join Space City Pinball for a tournament every night leading up to the Houston Arcade Expo! We challenge you to “Order the Combo” by attending Friday-Thursday (7 tournaments) to earn a special prize. Visit the SCPL calendar or IFPA calendar for details.