# TEXAS PINBALL FESTIVAL 2018

**Source:** Pinball News Website  
**Type:** article  
**Published:** 2018-03-27  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2018/03/27/texas-pinball-festival-2018

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## Analysis

Coverage index for Texas Pinball Festival 2018 held March 16-18, 2018 at Embassy Suites in Frisco, Texas. The article serves as a hub linking to detailed reports of Friday setup/seminars, Saturday swap meet/tournaments, and Sunday awards ceremony.

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Texas Pinball Festival | event | Major pinball industry trade show and tournament held March 16-18, 2018 in Frisco, Texas |
| Embassy Suites | organization | Venue location at 7600 John Q Hammons Dr., Frisco, TX 75034 for TPF 2018 |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Manufacturer with seminar presence at TPF 2018 Friday |
| Christopher Franchi | person | Pinball artist/designer with seminar at TPF 2018 Friday |
| Steve Ritchie | person | Pinball designer with seminar at TPF 2018 Friday |
| Pinball News | organization | Publication providing comprehensive TPF 2018 coverage |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Texas Pinball Festival 2018 event coverage
- **Secondary:** Pinball manufacturer seminars, Pinball tournaments and competitions, Industry vendor showcase

### Sentiment

**Neutral** (0) — Content is informational index/hub page with no evaluative commentary

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## Transcript

Date:
16th - 18th March, 2018

Location:
Embassy Suites, 7600 John Q Hammons Dr., Frisco,, TX 75034,
USA

Welcome to our comprehensive coverage of all three days of the Texas Pinball Festival 2018 held at the Embassy Suites in Frisco, Texas.

![Embassy Suites in Frisco](https://www.pinballnews.com/site/wp-content/uploads/shows/tpf-2018/002-tpf-2018.jpg)

Embassy Suites in Frisco

We have a number of reports over the weekend, from set-up and the opening of the show on Friday through to the closing ceremony on Sunday afternoon.

Click here – for Friday’s events at the show, including the show set-up and the first seminars from Jersey Jack Pinball, Christopher Franchi and Steve Ritchie

Click here – for Saturday’s events, starting with the swap meet and covering all the seminars complete with audio recordings, the show vendors and machines and the tournaments

Click here – for Sunday’s events, wrapping up the TPF with the Best-in-Show awards and the grand prize draw

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