Got this email earlier with more details:
Thanks for the huge response to the upcoming opening of Pinballz Arcade and Mikki's Replay Café! Here are some quick answers to some of your questions. We are working day and night to get the arcade up and running in November, so please have patience with our slow responses and thanks for your interest!
Darren & Mikki
Q: Where are you guys located?
A: 8940 Research Blvd. Suite 100, Austin, TX 78758 PH: 512-420-TILT (8458).
www.pinballzarcade.com. We are on the southbound access road of 183 just south of Burnet Rd., Sherlocks, and the bowling alley - across the tracks in the large green building with Greensheets (Pinballz sign coming soon!).
Q: When is the arcade officially Open?
A: We are targeting mid-November, assuming we can get the city to agree to our bathroom count…
Q: What Hours/Days are you going to be open?
A: We are considering Wed-Sun with shorter hours Wed-Thur and Sunday, and later hours Fri and Sat. Monday and Tuesday are reserved for corporate parties renting out the entire arcade.
Q: Are you Hiring?
A: Yes! We are hiring and will be posting job specs on Craigslist any day now. Looking for a PT arcade manager, a few PT and FT staff, and PT/FT café staff (will train Barista skills). We are also looking for skilled PT technical staff that have experience fixing pinball machines and arcade games. AND we are still accepting volunteers to help get every game fixed, shopped, and working 100%.
Q: Are you going to be serving Food and Drink?
A: Yes! Mikki will open her coffee and soda bar, along with beer and wine, as soon as we have a permit. Mikki's menu will vary and have light fare with a large selection of healthy food for adults and kids.
Q: Can I reserve a Party Room now?
A: Yes, you can start reserving them for December – just send us an email, date, time, and approximate count of party guests and we'll add you to the growing list – first come first serve. We are also reserving a few private parties for late November, assuming we can open in time.
Q: When will Mikki's Replay Café be open?
A: If we can get through permitting and build-out done quickly we can open before Christmas.
Q: Will you have X_Y_Z_ game?
A: Please check our web site for a complete list of games at
www.pinballzarcade.com We are trying to have over 75 games operation on our open day, and at least 125 by our grand opening in December.
Q: Are you buying and selling games now and what do you pay for them?
A: Yes we buy, sell, trade, and repair games. Please send us an email with the name and condition of the game and we will contact you. No, our repair department is not open yet (we're still trying to get all our games operational 100%...) but will be in December.
Q: Can we start forming leagues (for pinball, air hockey, skeeball, etc.)?
A: Only members can form leagues, and we have not yet begun selling memberships (except Founding Members). We hope to have membership registration on our web site in the next week or two. After you join a certain level of membership you can host a league or tournament. Stay tuned to the web site. You can also send us a request for a league on the web site and we'll put that in the FIFO bucket.