Where will the museum be located?
We are looking for the proper location in West Midtown Atlanta.
What makes you a museum?
The history of each machine will be displayed next to each game and the pinball history timeline will be showcased on our walls and in our displays. We are going to display our machines in chronological order so people can see the evolution of pinball through the ages.
Do I have to bring quarters or tokens?
No. All of our machines are set to free play so once you get in the door, you can play all day. No quarters necessary.
Who is on your team?
Tim Hightower
That’s me, I’m opening the Museum. I worked in Management for many years and currently own and operate a local busiess that’s been in growing for 3 years and will directly aid in opening the museum.Beckie Hightower
Beckie is my wife and a Construction Accountant who tells me how much things are going to cost. She never gives in and says cheaper than her initial bid. She is never wrong. Loves Pinball.Austin “Chonny” Piedra
Lead Branding and Marketing Consultant – An independant filmmaker by day; by night, Chonny spends his time designing and animating business assets for corporate branding and commercial marketing. Chonny has over ten years of editing and design experience, and it was through their shared film network that Chonny and Tim were introduced.Steve Sukovich
Web Site engineer. Still works a full time job and did everything on the weekends. Steve is working on this project out of his love of pinball.Julian Scalia
Designer. Its Julian’s design you see on the website. Julian is also doing this out of his love for pinball. He loves the large blank canvas he has to work with. Likes the budget also.Tyler Knapp
Museum curator- Tyler will provide the history of each game along with the rules of game play. Tyler loves the history of pinball along with playing pinballDaniel
14 years experience opening and running successful restaurants. Over a dozen stores in 3 states. 300+ people work under him. Daniel will run the day to day operations of the museum and cafe. He is looking forward to not traveling and being responsible for only one locationJoe Potchen
Joe is a software engineer and a freelance web developer with a background in photography. He has multiple years of experience working with small businesses to improve their web presence and modernize their infrastructure. He will be our web expert as well as the IT admin.Who did the video?
Who will fix the games?
The museum will have to hire a full time experienced repair technician.A very large portion of the operating budget goes towards paying the repair technicians and maintenance of the games. A museum is the only business model that works having such large maintenance costs. Without the repair technicians the museum will not function. Pinball machines require engineers to maintain and repair them. There is a lot of technology that goes into a pinball machine The skills to fix the older games are slowly being lost. Along with a “Master Technician” the museum will also employ other technicians more familiar with the newer games from the 90’s and up. Our business model also allows us to afford to bring in “pinball whisperers”. People with years of experience on the vintage games who will only come in for the most difficult and obscure games. These are people who love pinball and are willing to work a few hours a month at the museum making sure these skills are not lost to time.
