Pinball at the Beach is being held February 7-9, 2025 at the TradeWinds Island Grand, 5500 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach, FL 33706.
Pinball at the Beach is a new and exclusive VIP experience pinball show featuring 200+ pinball machines, your favorite pinball designers, artists, industry leaders, select vendors, and tournaments in a beautiful beach resort setting.
Weekend passes are limited to 1000, giving attendees easy access to the newest games and our special guests.
Tradewinds Resort guests receive a private beach cabana on the 28-acre beachfront and a Resort Pass for all the amenities including 5 pools, 10 restaurants & bars, paddle boats, floating water park, and much more. Show attendees not staying at the resort can purchase a day pass from TradeWinds if desired.
Welcome to Pinball at the Beach Social sponsored by Titan Pinball. *location TBD
6p – 12a
Pinball Paradise Gameroom
6:10p
Sunset over the gulf
5p – 8p
Tournament Early Group
8p – 11p
Tournament Late Group
10a – 10p
Main Exhibit Hall
10a – 12a
Pinball Paradise Gameroom
9a – 12p
Tournament Early Group
12p – 3p
Tournament Late Group
3p
Autograph Session *location TBD
5p
A round of drinks on J.J. Babich from Game Exchange of Colorado. Must be 21 years old. *location TBD
6:10p
Sunset over the gulf
8p
Karaoke by Hangar Pinball with Special Guest: John Borg *location TBD
After qualifying rounds
Tournament Finals
9a – 2p
Main Exhibit Hall
9a – 1p
Pinball Paradise Gameroom
** More events to be announced **
Special Guests
Come meet some Badasses of Pinball! ** More guests to be announced **
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Christopher Franchi
Favorite pinball artist Christopher Franchi will be soaking up some rays with us all weekend.
His amazing art packages include Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Godfather and Elton John, Stern’s Batman ’66, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Munsters, and The Beatles, American Pinball’s Galactic Tank Force, and Spooky Pinball’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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Mark Ritchie
Mark has designed some the most loved and collectible pinball machines in the hobby, including Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure, Fish Tales, Diner, Big Guns, Firepower II, Police Force, Sorcerer and his latest hit: Pulp Fiction! Come hang out with Mark all weekend and bring your favorite Mark Ritchie design translite for a signature!
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Spooky Pinball
Luke “Spooky Luke” Peters Corwin “Bug” Emery Morgan “Squirrel” Emery
Bug and Spooky Luke are co-designers of : Scooby Doo, Looney Tunes, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Squirrel is Head of Sales and Customer Relations. Spooky Pinball will be bringing their latest (yet to be announced) game. PATB will be the first show you can play it.
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Eric Meunier
Come hang out with game designer Eric Meunier with Jersey Jack Pinball! Eric’s games include JJP’s Pirates of the Caribbean, Guns N’ Roses, and The Godfather. Eric has also worked on several other JJP games.
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Cary Hardy
Our favorite pinball content creator Cary Hardy! Cary is well known throughout the pinball community for his popular YouTube channel where he talks and does everything pinball! Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CaryHardy
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George Gomez
Famed pinball designer and EVP/Chief Creative Officer at Stern Pinball Inc., George Gomez is joining us at Pinball on the Beach. A few of George’s great games include Deadpool, Batman ’66, Monster Bash, Revenge from Mars, Corvette, Lord of the Rings, The Sopranos, Transformers, The Avengers and Batman (2008). Come get an autograph or photo with one of the pinball greats!
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Steve Ritchie
Legendary pinball designer Steve Ritchie.
Steve’s most recent titles include Jersey Jack Pinball’s Elton John, Stern’s Led Zeppelin and Black Knight: Sword of Rage. Some of his other hits include: Black Knight, Firepower, High Speed, Terminator 2, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Terminator 3, Elvis, Spider-Man, AC/DC, Star Trek, and Game of Thrones.
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Jack Danger
Jack is heralded for his many innovations in the Pinball industry regarding media and exposure over the years. Creator of the “Dead Flip” streaming channel, where he livestreamed pinball, became a Stern Brand Ambassador and was the driving force for the “Pinball” category being added on Twitch. He designed Stern’s Jurassic Park Home Edition, Foo Fighters, and, The Uncanny X-Men!
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Brian Eddy
Meet famed pinball designer Brian Eddy! Brian is best known for the design of two of the most iconic games in the history of pinball, Attack From Mars and Medieval Madness. More recently, Brain has been part of the Stern Pinball design team bringing us Stranger Things, The Mandalorian, and Venom.
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John Borg
Come hang out with famed pinball designer John Borg.
John is well known in the industry for popular titles such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Munsters, Aerosmith, Metallica, TRON, Iron Man, X-Men, Tales from the Crypt, Guardians of the Galaxy and RUSH! There are rumors John might be doing a little karaoke and that’s something you won’t want to miss.
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Scott Danesi
Designer of “Total Nuclear Annihilation” and “Rick and Morty” by Spooky Pinball, Scott also worked with Multimorphic by creating sound packages for multiple P3 games including Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity, ROCs, and more. If you’ve never met Scott, make sure you do. He’s super cool.
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David van Es
Designer and CEO of Barrels of Fun Pinball, and the BoF team at Pinball at the Beach! David has 20+ years of experience in the Film and TV industry. David worked for Spooky Pinball for 7 years providing creative and production services, asset creation, project management, licensing, and business development. David is also the designer of Barrels of Fun first game: Labyrinth.
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Dwight Sullivan
Popular pinball programmer and code master, Dwight Sullivan of Stern Pinball will be joining us. Some of Dwight’s notable games include Stern’s Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Ghostbusters, Lord of the Rings, Simpsons Pinball Party, and so many others.
Tournament Overview
The Pinball at the Beach Tournament is designed to give players plenty of time to enjoy the show and resort, while still getting their competitive pinball fix! Players of all ages and skill levels are welcome.
There will be two unique qualifying groups (Early & Late), each following a 12 round match-play format, split across two sessions. During qualifying rounds round, players will compete in groups of four on one randomly chosen machine. Players will accumulate points based on how many opponents they beat in each round (3, 2, 1, or 0).
The top sixteen qualifiers from each qualifying group (32 total) will compete in the finals for trophies and cash prizes. During finals, players will be placed in groups of four and will play three games. Players will score points on each game based on finishing position (4-2-1-0 scoring). After three games, the two players from each group with the most points will advance to the next round.
Player limit will be capped at 104 (52 per group). $100 for tournament entry plus $125 for a Pinball at the Beach show pass is required.
Tournament Refund Policy
PATB tournament entries are refundable until December 20, 2024. After December 20th, tournament entries are non-refundable unless: 1. The tournament is sold out 2. There is a standing waitlist, and we are able to fill your spot
To make your room reservation at the TradeWinds for Pinball at the Beach, call: 800-808-9833 during business hours and ask for the Pinball at the Beach rate. This is the best way to make room reservation.
If you do not see the room types / options you are looking, please call: 800-808-9833 during business hours and asking for the Pinball at the Beach rate. The online reservation system doesn’t always show all the room options.
As the largest beachfront resort on a top-ranked U.S. beach, Island Grand is the perfect place to just let go and enjoy all of the sun and fun Florida has to offer. Relax alongside the soft white sands and warm gulf waters of St. Pete Beach and take advantage of our endless array of restaurants, bars, and activities.
Tickets & Merchandise
Weekend Pass
Limited to 1000
$150 beginning December 1st $199 beginning January 1st
