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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brakel" data-source="post: 16178" data-attributes="member: 416">Maybe it has changed since I was last last there, but when you came in the door on the left (as you look at the building from the front parking lot), all of the games to be played were directly in front and to the right of the door. The area to the left of the door as you walked in and all the way to the back wall was where they had their parts machines and where they would do repairs that could not be done on the floor.I thought it was cool that you could see the old parts machines and works in progress. A little messy looking sure but this is pinball not a casino. I liked the stripped down, just pinball look of the place. A good contrast from the fake veneer of the rest of the city.I hope you also understand the mission of the Pinball Hall of Fame. The founder made his money in arcades in Michigan when arcades were popular. Sold out at the right time and took his personal collection to Nevada to retire. Eventually he decided to share his collection with people in the area. It became too difficult to do this at his home and eventually he opened the PHoF in Vegas. All of the money collected in the machines pays for the building, electricity, etc. The rest of the money each month is donated to the Las Vegas Salvation Army. I'm not really a religious person so I don't really care that much about them supporting a church but the Salvation Army does a lot to help the homeless population of Las Vegas and there is a huge homeless population there.So, I think he purposefully doesn't spend money on making the place "look nice" but just keeps the place as a simple building to keep the pinball machines happy and playing.</blockquote>

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