Pinball Machine Sighting in $40 Million Colorado Mansion

Knapp Arcade·article·analyzed·Nov 29, 2022

Analysis

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TL;DR

$40M Colorado mansion sold with home arcade containing 4 pinball machines.

Summary

A blog post documenting a luxury Colorado mansion ($40M) sale that includes a home arcade featuring four pinball machines: Stern Terminator 3, Bally Addams Family, Bally Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Bally Safe Cracker, along with Skee-Ball and a House of the Dead arcade cabinet. The author humorously notes the arcade is modest compared to the estate's other amenities (shooting ranges, cowboy town, ice-cream parlor, etc.).

Key Claims

A 450-acre Colorado estate near Vail sold for $40 million and includes a home arcade with 4 pinball machines
high confidence · Blog author citing Wall Street Journal real estate listing; includes specific property details and sale price
The arcade contains Stern Terminator 3, Bally Addams Family, Bally Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Bally Safe Cracker
high confidence · Direct observation from the WSJ real estate listing by the blog author

Notable Quotes

“Compared to the rest of the place, the home arcade is meager lol. At least they have one.”
Knapp Arcade (blog author) — Humorous commentary on the proportional scale of the arcade relative to the $40M estate's other extravagant amenities

Entities

Stern Terminator 3gameBally Addams FamilygameBally Creature from the Black LagoongameBally Safe CrackergameKnapp ArcadeorganizationWall Street Journalorganization

Topics

Pinball machine sightings in real estate listingsprimaryLuxury home arcadesprimaryVintage pinball machine collectingsecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.7)— Lighthearted and humorous tone throughout; author expresses enthusiasm about finding pinball machines in unexpected places, though gently mocks the arcade's modest scale relative to the estate's extravagance

Transcript

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It's been a few weeks since I've found a random appearance of pinball machines in a real estate listing, but I found one this morning in the Wall Street Journal. I thought that the Yankee Candle and Melissa and Doug family houses that I wrote about a while ago were extravagant, but this one blows them away. This 450-acre Colorado estate that comes with two shooting ranges, a mini cowboy-style town, saloon, pools, rock wall, indoor tennis court, movie theatre, more buildings than I can count and an ice-cream parlor has just sold for $40 million. Compared to the rest of the place, the home arcade is meager lol. At least they have one. It includes 4 pinball machines...Stern Terminator 3, Bally Addams Family, Bally Creature from the Black Lagoon and Bally Safe Cracker, Skee-Ball and a Sega House of the Dead arcade shooter. A Massive Colorado Estate With Two Shooting Ranges and Its Own Ice-Cream Parlor Sells for $40 Million Located near Vail, it is one of the priciest homes to trade in the area https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-massive-colorado-estate-with-two-shooting-ranges-and-its-own-ice-cream-parlor-sells-for-40-million-11669735843?mod=hp_major_pos1#cxrecs_s