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The Ultimate Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo 2023

Arts and Entertainment

September 22, 2023

From: The Ultimate Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo

2023 Ultimate Colorado Pinball + Gamer Festival Experience

Clear your calendar for an awesome weekend September 29 + 30 + October 1, 2023 -- Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Denver, Colorado, with awesome pinball and classic arcade games to play for free with admission. Play a huge game list and variety of themes -- No Quarters Needed. Play, buy, sell, mod, repair, tournament, learn, meetup, and have fun. Game on!

Things to do - It's like a ComicCon for pinball, PinCon, but here in the wild west, we're the Pinball Showdown! Grab the friends and escape, bring the family, make it a weekend away, an awesome date night, or dare we say play hooky from work?

Experience the sights, sounds, and excitement of hands-on games. Play hundreds of games for fun, or compete in pinball tournaments for all ages and skill levels with trophies, cash or prizes. Visit and learn from special pinball and arcade gamer guests from industry and across this amazing community.

Exhibitors
This is the expo for pinball, arcade, and gamerooms!

Schedule

September 29, 2023
12pm - Rocky Mtn Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo (RMPS): General Admission
12pm - Tourny, sanct.: Novice pinball tournament qualifying
12pm - Tourny, sanct.: Open pinball tournament qualifying
3pm - Casual Tournaments: Stall ball tournament Fri.
5pm - Autograph and Meet and Greet with Paul Faris and Fay Kiaurakis in the Community Area by the main stage
5pm - Casual Tournaments: Zen Tournament
6pm - Trivia in the Community Area of the Festival (by the bar on the festival floor)
7pm - Casual Tournaments: Rocky Mtn. Rookie Tournament
10pm - Bring-a-Game Hours, special tickets: Bring-a-Game, Exhibitors, Ultimate Gamer

September 30, 2023
9am - Bonus Play Hours, special tickets: Bring-a-Game, Exhibitors, Ultimate Gamer Pass, Gamer Pass
10am - Rocky Mtn Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo (RMPS): General Admission
10am - Tourny, sanct.: Novice pinball tournament qualifying
10am - Tourny, sanct.: Open pinball tournament qualifying
11am - Casual Tournaments: Parent-Kid Tournament
11am - PinChat Seminar: Kevin and Laura McCarthy, Blizzard Mtn Pinball, Pinball fix-it and running an arcade Q & A, Littleton Room
12pm - PinChat Seminar with Fay Kiaurakis, Artistry of Pinball Mold Making
1pm - PinChat Seminar: How to play pinball tips and tricks
2pm - Casual Tournaments: Stall ball tournament Sat.
2pm - PinChat Seminar: Paul Faris, pinball artist
3pm - Casual Tournament: Team Tournament
3pm - PinChat Seminar: Butch Peel with Chicago Gaming shares an insiders view into new game Pulp Fiction
4pm - Autograph and Meet and Greet with Paul Faris and Fay Kiaurakis, pinball artists in the community area by the main stage
4pm - Casual Tournaments: Rocky Mtn. Rookie Tournament
5pm - PinChat Seminar: Inclusive GameWerks Adaptive Controller
5pm - Trivia in the Community Area of the Festival (by the bar on the festival floor)
6pm - Tourny, sanct.: Novice pinball tournament finals
6pm - Tourny, sanct.: Open pinball tournament finals
6pm - PinChat Seminar - Video Games: Esports and Indie Game Development with JET + Scott with Zen Pathz Productions + developer guest Benjamin Pope with Live in the Game
7pm - Casual Tournaments: Split-Flipper Tournament
8pm - PinBall Monster Bash - Play pinball with the lights out and the games in their full illuminated glory!
8:30pm - PinBall Monster Bash Costume Contest + Awards

October 1, 2023
8am - Sunday swap meet on the north parking lot
9am - Bonus Play Hours, special tickets: Bring-a-Game, Exhibitors, Ultimate Gamer Pass, Gamer Pass
10am - Rocky Mtn Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo (RMPS): General Admission
11am - Casual Tournaments: Women's Tournament
12pm - Casual Tournaments: Kid's Tournament
1pm - Casual Tournaments: Rocky Mtn. Rookie Tournament
2pm - Casual Tournaments: Stall ball tournament Sun.
2pm - Trivia in the Community Area of the Festival (by the bar on the festival floor)
3pm - Casual Tournaments: Classic Electro-Mechanical Tournament
4pm - Best of the West: Festival game awards

General admission: All ages welcome at festival.
- Adult: $45 per day; $98 3-day
- Kids (7-12):  $20 per day; $40 3-day
- Kids 6 and under, FREE

Date and Time:

- Friday, September 29, Noon - 10 pm
- Saturday, September 30, 10 am - midnight
- Sunday, October 1, 10 am - 5 pm

Location: Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows,  10345 Park Meadows Dr, Lone Tree, CO 80124

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