Episode 305: Elizabeth Dronet
Houston is lucky to have this pinball fanatic. Hear about her pinball family & community, The Belles of Space City, Houston Arcade Expo and her exciting Upkickpinball.com. Happy Mother's Day!
Kineticist’s take
Elizabeth Dronet discusses her tournament organizing and pinball restoration business in Houston.
Synopsis
Jeff Teolis interviews Elizabeth Dronet, a Houston-based pinball community organizer, tournament director, and restoration business owner. The episode covers Elizabeth's role running multiple tournaments (Bells of Space City, Flip Frenzies, Match Play events), her restoration company Upkick Pinball, and her work with the Houston Arcade Expo and Texas Pinball Festival. Discussion touches on pandemic recovery, vaccine rollout, and the pinball community's support network.
Entities
- Upkick Pinball· company
- Houston Arcade Expo· event
- Pinburgh· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Flash Gordon· game
- Frontier· game
- Backbox Pinball Podcast· media
- Bells of Space City· organization
- Einstein's Pub· organization
- Game Preserve· organization
- Space City Pinball League· organization
- Annabeth· person
- Brian· person
- Elizabeth Dronet· person
- Greg· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Jim· person
- Keith· person
- Phil Grimaldi· person
- Robert Byers· person