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Vigo:
I live in the area, and I never paid them a visit. I was pretty pumped and followed the months leading up to their opening, but that in the end is what killed my excitement. The dude kepted asking for donations to open his doors, and when I realized it was just pretty much one room, and half of the machines they advertised they would have didn't fit in the room, and were "in storage", it felt like a letdown.

There is a place not too far off called Blainbrook, and it is chocked full of pinball machines, probably 50-75, some days they are on free play. Yeah, it only has a few classic arcade machines, but it has some racing and redemption stuff. Last time I was there, I spent like 5 hours with the family, only dropped a couple dollars into machines, and the money we spent was put into a really good meal. It was a great family experience.

meyer980:
There's also supposed to be a bar/club called The Venue, used to be called Insert Coins, in Minneapolis. It's a club/arcade. I've heard bad things since the new ownership though, like minimum drink purchases. They concentrate more on the club aspect than the arcade part.

Defender:

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So, people hate that an arcade was having financial difficulty, and went to a crowdfunding solution to try and keep their doors open? That's it?

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Read the thread closer.


The guy ignored lots of apparently good advice and got banned after he freaked out on some KLOV trolls.

** You forget to mention the YEAR PLUS trolling/bullying that went on before he finally snapped. Having FB pages hacked and personal family photos used as tools for mockery. Calling his wife fat and making jokes about appearance. 30 pages of hate, layered on hate.
"Advice" that was fiscally impossible to implement under the current circumstances. And the advice that WAS used led to the name calling of copy cat and thief

He did fund-raisers to buy cabs (capital investment) for the business.
*** COMPLETE UNTRUTH!!!! Fundraisers were for just what they said they were for. Pay back rent during turbulent times


Would you think your mechanic had a viable business if he held a number of fundraisers and asked you to donate so he could buy tools (capital investment) while still charging you the standard prices to do repairs and oil changes?
** You are repeating yourself here. Again, fundraising was encouraged by the community AND did not go to the purchase of new cabs.

He also did fund-raisers to cover the rent, while he continued to buy more games. (Can't cover the rent, but still investing in more cabs?)
** Repeating that cabinets were purchased with the funds of the fund drive will still not make it true. No new cabinets were purchased from the funds raised during the Indiegogo campaign.


Sounds like the business plan is more money-pit than money-maker.   :dunno
** In it's current location, it IS a money pit. The rent is too high for a viable arcade. This location was not originally meant to be an arcade. However the owners are locked in an unbreakable 5 year lease and are trying their best to sustain until the lease is up.




Personally, I wouldn't donate to keep them in business, but if you like their selection of games, by all means enjoy doing business with them while the doors are open -- and keep an eye out for the auction if/when they finally go under.
** NICE. You sound like 95% of the KLOV members who have a) never set foot in Rusty Quarters b) formed a lynch mob because originally they dared to try an open an arcade as a side project with several other friends. And when said friends didn't have the time to work in said project the owners liquidated their previous business to open Rusty Quarters.

Poison the well all you'd like. The truth of the matter is the owners of Rusty Quarters work 60+ hours 6 days a week and have sacrificed almost every personal possession to keep their community arcade open. And yes, when they were in danger of losing it all they reached out to their community AT THE URGING of the community that loves visiting and playing some nostalgia. Pride goeth before a fall. Sometimes you need to ask for help. Should they be punished for asking for help in a time of great need?



Scott

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If anyone cares to hear the TRUE and REAL story behind Rusty Quarters Arcade, feel free to contact them directly.



Donkey_Kong:
Wife and spent an hour here today, we both had a great time. Thanks Sage.



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