Episode 257: Doug Polka, Pinburgh & PAPA news
Pinburgh head tournament director, Doug Polka talks about the decision to cancel Pinburgh & Replay FX this July 2020. But he also mentions the big news for 2021!
Highlights
- ReplayFX and Pinburgh cancelled for 2020 due to COVID-19 safety concerns
- ReplayFX is the main revenue stream for the Replay Foundation by a large margin
- Pinburgh draws attendees from over 500 cities and 9 countries
- Pinburgh 2021 rescheduled for August 12-15, 2021
- PAPA World Championships returning in 2021 with location already secured
- Automatic ticket transfers to 2021 unless refund requested by May 19, 2020
- Major tournaments including Pintastic, Yegpin, Pinfest, and EPC cancelled or moved for 2020
- PAPA tournament had outgrown its previous facility by 2017 (PAPA 20)
Notable quotes
“in the interest of safety, I think it's the most prudent move to do”
“we have people coming from nine countries and over 500 cities. So it's not like we're running a regional event. It's close to global at this point”
“It's our main revenue stream, you know, by a large margin”
“The biggest thing you can actually do is just transfer your ticket to 2021”
“Mark has secured a location for it, which I'm not allowed to release yet”
“personally, kind of sad for me because I kind of feel like I let people down, even though I know realistically that's not the case”
Entities
- EPC· event
- NYC Pinball Championship· event
- PAPA 21· event
- Pinburgh· event
- Pinfest· event
- Pintastic· event
- ReplayFX· event
- Stern Pro Circuit· event
- Yegpin· event
- Pittsburgh· location
- Pinball Profile· media
- Allegheny County Health Department· organization
- Replay Foundation· organization
- Doug Polka· person
- Elizabeth Cromwell· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Joe Cherovino· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Mark· person
- Marty Robbins· person
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