Tucson Pinball Podcast – Episode 74 – Revving The Engine

Operator relocates location after losing major venue, pivots marketing strategy to rebuild player base

Synopsis

The host discusses losing his largest pinball location (TISC ice hockey rink) due to tribal land reclamation for casino development in mid-September, forcing relocation of 10 machines. He moved 6 games to Hot Rods bar upstairs (available only during tournaments/practice) and kept 4 downstairs, reducing always-available machines from 14 to 4. The episode focuses on his strategy to rebuild the player base through new location marketing, sandwich board signs, social media advertising targeting gamers in Rita Ranch/Veil area, and optimizing game placement and tournament scheduling.

Entities

• Deal or No Deal· game
• Dolly Parton· game
• Godzilla· game
• Sharpshooter 2· game
• Rita Ranch· location
• Veil· location
• Tohono O'odham Tribe· organization
• Tucson Pinball· organization
• Bud Foster· person
• Harold Viensa· person
• Howard Hughes· person
• John Hay· person
• Electric Bat· venue
• Hot Rods· venue
• TISC (Tucson Ice Sports Complex)· venue