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| - If you're kama'aina (born and raised in Hawai'i) or from Hawai'i, then you know that we consider Las Vegas as the "9th island of Hawaii" because, well, enough of us go there on a constant basis!
We love our oxtail soup they serve at the California Hotel! We love the dinner buffet at Main Street Station! We love our gambling (slots, poker, etc.; you name it, we love it!).
With that said, not enough of us locals ever visit attractions/sites outside of the Downtown Las Vegas/Main Strip area. LV offers a plethora of wacky, offbeat, and interesting sites/attractions/foods that will make your next trip all that much more memorable.
The Pinball Hall of Fame is one of them. My BF found it on a LV iPhone app, and we decided to check it out since he's a major video game dork.
PLEASE NOTE: You don't have to be a video game/tech junkie to visit here!
This place is just friggen amazin' and fun. It's house in a plain, formidable white warehouse in the midst of Downtown LV. They didn't even have an official sign out in front, just a plain banner with their name on it. Parking was plentiful and available right out front. No admission to get in, and they've got change machines so you can cash your dollah-dollah bills to play games.
If you were a keiki (child) growing up in the 1950's - 1990's, then this place will whet your nostalgic appetite. Pinball machines of all types and genres from the last 50+ years line this place and call it "home." These pinball machines come from all over the country - some purchased, others donated - and all are fixed up, refurbished, and back in running order.
We had a ball slowly walking up and down between the machines. Many of them have little note cards detailing the year the machine was made, it's genre, and any other special details about it.
Lastly, they had a row near the back of some old school Atari and other video game machines from the 1980's, including a claw machine where little keiki (children) could play to pick up some cute, cheap toys.
REVIEW #159
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