# Stern Pinball's Flippin’ Entertainment Centers with Enterrium **Source:** Stern Pinball **Type:** video **Published:** 2023-02-13 **Duration:** 4m 16s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGSYOeeU8lA --- ## Analysis Stern Pinball showcases Enterrium, a location-based entertainment venue combining elevated dining, bowling, arcade games, and pinball. The venue has grown its pinball league from 12-15 players to 65+ monthly participants, successfully integrating pinball into a mixed-demographic social hub with Stern Insider Connected leaderboards and regular tournament events. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Pinball league grew from 12-15 players to 65+ players per month — _Venue operator describing league growth over several years_ - [HIGH] Venue hosts 5-7 brand new tournament players monthly — _Operator statement about tournament demographics_ - [HIGH] Tournament participants include children as young as 3 years old and world-ranked elite players — _Operator describing inclusive tournament participation range_ - [HIGH] Pinball collection grew from 8 to 26 machines — _Operator stating collection expansion timeline_ - [HIGH] Pinball Expo party at venue hosted approximately 250 people — _Operator describing Stern Pinball Expo event attendance_ - [HIGH] Revenue model relies primarily on food and beverage rather than game revenue — _Operator explicitly stating food/drink revenue priority for supporting machine expansion_ ### Notable Quotes > "when people walk in here they kind of go in and they go what the heck is this place there's so much going on here right away" > — **Venue operator**, opening > _Describes the immediate sensory/experiential impact of the venue design_ > "we draw well over 65 players every month" > — **Venue operator**, mid-section > _Demonstrates significant growth and market viability of pinball tournaments in entertainment venue setting_ > "there's a brand new pinball player and like the world number one player might be playing in the tournament together here at this location" > — **Venue operator**, tournament discussion > _Illustrates inclusive community integration and accessibility of tournament structure_ > "we still get great support from the community and more and more players keep showing up so we'll gladly provide more and more games" > — **Venue operator**, closing > _Indicates sustainable growth model driven by community demand_ > "the food's good the drink's good the vibe is good and the machines play awesome why wouldn't you come here" > — **Venue operator**, final statement > _Summarizes integrated venue value proposition beyond pinball alone_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Enterrium | organization | Location-based entertainment venue operated in partnership with Stern Pinball, featuring pinball, bowling, arcade games, and dining | | Stern Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer partnering with Enterrium venue to showcase games and support tournaments | | Ray Litzky | person | Co-organizer of Enterrium pinball tournaments | | Andy Bagwell | person | Tournament director and MC at Enterrium, responsible for creating welcoming tournament environment | | Godzilla | game | Stern pinball machine featured prominently at Enterrium venue; popular with operators and players | | Pinball Expo | event | Major Stern Pinball industry event; Enterrium hosted a party with approximately 250 attendees | | Stern Insider Connected | product | Stern's digital ecosystem featuring leaderboards displayed at Enterrium to track player performance and engage community | | Don Rush | person | Stern Pinball designer who worked on Godzilla game, attended launch events at Enterrium | ### Topics - **Primary:** Location-based entertainment venue model, Pinball tournament community growth and inclusivity, Stern Insider Connected leaderboards and player engagement, Mixed-demographic venue design (families, casual players, elite competitors) - **Secondary:** Revenue model integration of F&B and gaming, Godzilla pinball machine success and appeal, Post-pandemic venue recovery and entertainment demand ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.92) — Overwhelmingly positive portrayal of venue success, community engagement, and partnership with Stern. Operators express enthusiasm about growth and community support. No critical commentary or negative sentiments expressed. ### Signals - **[business_signal]** Stern actively supporting venue location through game placement, tournament partnerships, launch events, and Pinball Expo hosting, indicating manufacturer investment in location-based entertainment model (confidence: high) — Stern employees attend launch parties; Stern provides prize packages; venue hosts new game launches; Don Rush (Stern designer) collaborated on games played at venue - **[community_signal]** Stern Insider Connected leaderboards actively driving player engagement and venue foot traffic by displaying real-time rankings on public displays (confidence: high) — Operator states players 'get excited seeing their names pump up there on the actual big board' versus just machine displays, indicating public leaderboard visibility drives engagement - **[event_signal]** Pinball Expo party at Enterrium attracted approximately 250 attendees, demonstrating venue's role as significant community gathering space (confidence: high) — Operator references Stern Pinball Expo event with 250 attendees and prize packages from Stern - **[community_signal]** Enterrium venue demonstrates sustainable pinball community hub model with strong local support and growing participation across demographics (confidence: high) — Pinball league growth from 12-15 to 65+ players monthly; 5-7 new players monthly; diverse age range from 3 to elite world-ranked players; continued machine expansion plans - **[market_signal]** Venue revenue model validates food/beverage integration as primary income driver for supporting expanded pinball machine collections, not machine revenue alone (confidence: high) — Operator explicitly states 'revenue that I count on to build that [pinball collection] is the food and beverage experience' not game earnings - **[product_strategy]** Stern Insider Connected app successfully integrated into location-based tournament infrastructure for competitive leaderboard tracking and community engagement (confidence: high) — Operator specifically credits Stern Insider Connected leaderboards as player engagement tool; mentions public display boards drive excitement --- ## Transcript foreign is a location-based entertainment venue I think when people walk in here they kind of go in and they go what the heck is this place there's so much going on here right away when you first walk up the stairs there's all these lights all this noise all this action in the place there's a great restaurant in front of you you look over to your left John Youssi some great bowling lanes or to your right John Youssi this big lit up arcade the vision here is to kind of create an environment to where you can come in and get an elevated dining experience and bar experience and yet your kids can come and run around and play games and see all the bright lights while you can still continue to go play Pac-Man centipede and Galaga there's a lot to do for everybody here people for the past couple of years have kind of been bottled up things are finally starting to calm down to the point where people want to get out and enjoy themselves I think they want to flip some flippers in the pinball game roll bowling ball down a bowling lane and I think they want to shoot up some baddies in their favorite arcade game Pinball something has a huge following here I like the Godzilla pinball game so I always play that almost every single day that I'm here foreign first Tuesday of the month we have our pinball tournaments here at ontarium we started a league here a few years ago when we started off there's probably about 12 to 15 players in there consistently now we draw well over 65 players every month our tournament Works only because of the guys that run our tournaments you know Ray litzky and Andy Bagwell I could not do this without them we're very fortunate here with interim the way the three of us interact it's kind of like the perfect storm I do the social media portion of it Andy besides MC and tournament director he also makes it a personable place to be we get a good mix of players coming out here every month we probably have five to seven brand new players first time tournaments period we've had children as young as three years old and we've had some of the world's highest ranked players and people like me who just enjoyed a play so it's it's really a huge Melting Pot of players that come out a brand new pinball player and like the world number one player might be playing in the tournament together here at this location so it's really like one of a kind I feel like oh we've got a Stearns connecting to the stern inside our leaderboards I think a lot of players get excited seeing their names pump up there on the actual Big Board you know where people walking by could see it versus just the players stepping up to a machine so we do have kids playing in the tournaments uh we've been getting a lot more than recently under 16. some of the best players in the world obviously are young kids as well our launch parties are great we have the opportunity to launch the newest Stern stuff here and it's just a great time Don Rush Godzilla was done here as well there's a good mix of some certain employees coming out usually to just kind of hang out and see the game as well obviously we get the awesome prize packages from Stearns for the pinball Expo party there was about 250 people here it was a great time so we've grown our pinball collection from eight to about 26 right now and the plan is to continue to grow because we still get great support from the community and more and more players keep showing up so we'll gladly provide more and more games what we gain here at ontarium is the food and beverage experience as well so we get a lot of great players that will come in and play some great pinballs and yeah we'll order some beers have some dinner that's the revenue that I count on to build that the food's good the drink's good the vibe is good and the machines play awesome why wouldn't you come here I mean interim is fantastic _(Acquisition: youtube_auto_sub, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: f0077d9d-3807-4a7c-bd58-9e8f90470c9a*