UP FRONT
FRONT
UP
ACME
'87 exci
excitement
beginning
ACM
E '87
tement begi
nning
never tire
tire of
of being
being told
told how
how good
good the
the first
first American
American Coin
Coin Machine
Machine Expo
Expo turned
turned
I I never
out to
to be.
be . We
We had
had little
little time
time to
to plan-only
plan-only four
four months
months after
after merging
merging ASI
ASI and
and AOE-but
A OE-but a
a
out
lot of
of people
people worked
worked hard
hard to
to make
make it
it successful.
successful. Members
Members of
of the
the '87
'87 show
show committee,
committee , all
all
lot
of whom
whom will
will be
be working
working to
to make
make ACME
ACME '87
'87 as
as good
good as
as it
it can
can be,
be, are
are Joe
Joe Dillion
Dillion of
of
of
Williams Electronics,
Electronics, Bill
Bill Cravens
Cravens of
of Capcom,
Capcom , David
David Weaver
Weaver of
of the
the AAMA,
AAMA , and
and Carol
Carol
Williams
Lally and
and I I of
of Play
Play Meter.
Meter.
Lally
The committee
committee is
is planning
planning now
now for
for ACME
ACME '87
'87 in
in New
New Orleans,
Orleans, and
and we
we have
have begun
begun
The
getting calls
calls from
from operators.
operators . It
It seems
seems no
no one
one wants
wants to
to miss
miss a a chance
chance to
to visit
visit old
old New
New
getting
Orleans, with
with its
its great
great restaurants
restaurants and
and irresistable
irresistable food,
food , excellent
excellent music
music (especially
(especially
Orleans,
jazz), and
and historic
historic French
French Quarter,
Quarter, and
and combine
combine the
the trip
trip with
with a a great
great industry
industry trade
trade show.
show.
jazz),
Play Meter
Meter and
and the
the American
American Amusement
Amusement Machine
Machine Association
Association (AAMA),
(AAMA), the
the
Play
sponsors of
of ACME,
ACME , are
are making
making sure
sure the
the show
show will
will be
be a a success.
success . A
A special
special banquet
banquet is
is
sponsors
being planned
planned to
to recognize
recognize one
one of
of the
the most
most honored
honored men
men in
in coin-machine
coin-machine history,
history, Bill
Bill
being
O'Donnell, Sr.,
Sr., the
the patriarch
patriarch of
of Bally
Bally Corporation.
Corporation . The
The banquet
banquet will
will feature
feature
O'Donnell,
entertainment you
you won't
won 't want
want to
to miss.
miss. "I
"I was
was surprised
surprised at
missed
entertainment
at how
how many
many people
people missed
having a a banquet
banquet at
at ACME
ACME '86,"
'86," noted
noted Paul
Paul Moriarity,
Moriarity, ACME
ACME '86
'86 show-committee
show-committee
having
chairman and
and president
president of
of Taito
Taito America,
America, on
on the
the committee's
committee 's decision
decision to
to eliminate
eliminate the
the
chairman
event in
in '86.
'86. "We
"We didn't
didn't realize
realize how
how popular
popular the
the banquet
banquet was,"
was," he
he said.
said . "But
" But even
even as
as good
good
event
as it it was
was in
in past
past years,
years, the
the ACME
ACME '87
'87 one
one will
will be
be unbelievable."
unbelievable ."
as
To promote
promote the
the banquet,
banquet, many
many AAMA
AAMA members
members plan
plan to
to pack
pack in
in their
their games
games
To
certificates worth
worth points.
points . Once
Once an
an operator
operator has
has accumulated
accumulated certificates
certificates worth
worth 100
100
certificates
points, from
from one
one company
company or
or a a combination
combination of
of different
different companies,
companies, he
he may
may redeem
redeem the
the
points,
certificates for
for banquet
banquet tickets.
tickets.
certificates
Plans also
also are
are being
being made
made to
to include
include some
some exciting
exciting events
events for
for spouses
spouses and
and
Plans
children because
because many
many attendees
attendees and
and exhibitors
exhibitors will
will want
want to
to bring
bring the
the family
family to
to visit
visit New
New
children
Orleans. Just
Just one
one example
example is
is a a seminar
seminar hosted
hosted by
by one
one or
or more
more New
New Orleans
Orleans chefs
chefs on
on
Orleans.
famous Cajun
Cajun dishes
dishes and
and what
what makes
makes them
them so
so darn
darn good.
good.
famous
But, of
of course,
course, the
the trade
trade show
show is
is the
the real
real reason
reason for
for coming
coming to
to the
the "city
"city that
that care
care
But,
forgot,"
and
it
will
be
a
big
one.
The
exhibit
hall
,
the
Rivergate,
was
the
setting
for
the
forgot," and it will be a big one. The exhibit hall, the Rivergate, was the setting for the
AMOA show
show in
in 1983,
1983, and
and it it was
was one
one of
of the
the best
best AMOA
AMOA shows
shows ever.
ever. Not
Not only
only will
will all
all the
the
AMOA
game manufacturers
manufacturers exhibit
exhibit their
their latest
latest equipment
equipment in
in the
the spacious
spacious facilities,
facilities , but
but the
the
game
smaller companies
companies and
and support/supply
support/supply companies
companies will
will be
be there.
there . In
In fact,
fact , operators
operators who
who
smaller
rationalize missing
missing a a trade
trade show
show by
by thinking
thinking that
that they
they can
can see
see the
the latest
latest equipment
equipment at
at
rationalize
their local
local distributorship
distributorship should
should rethink
rethink that
that theory.
theory . It's
It's true
true distributors
distributors stock
stock the
the latest
latest
their
games, and,
and, yes,
yes, operators
operators can
can go
go there
there to
to see
see them.
them . But
But at
at a a trade
trade show
show there
there are
are many
many
games,
companies
whose
products
operators
may
never
see
at
a
distributorship
.
New
companies whose products operators may never see at a distributorship. New
companies
with
innnovative
products
are
the
lifeblood
of
any
industry
,
and
a
trade
show
companies with innovative products are the lifeblood of any industry, and a trade show
may be
be those
those companies'
companies' chance
chance to
to evaluate
evaluate the
the market,
market, talk
talk to
to knowledgeable
knowledgeable
may
operators,
and
make
contacts.
operators, and make contacts.
Seminars are
are going
going to
to be
be great.
great. I I again
again will
will be
be planning
planning the
the seminar
seminar program
program along
along
Seminars
with
Capcom's
Bill
Cravens
.
If
you
have
ever
said,
"I
wonder
why
they
don
't
ever
have
with Capcom's Bill Cravens. If you have ever said, "I wonder why they don't ever have a a
seminar on-"
on-" now
now is
is your
your chance
chance to
to make
make the
the suggestion,
suggestion, because
because we
we are
are eager
eager to
to hear
hear
seminar
from
you
.
Please
pick
up
the
phone
or
a
pen
and
let
me
know
your
ideas
.
from you. Please pick up the phone or a pen and let me know your ideas.
Va
lerie Cognenich
~vie~~
Valerie Cognevich
Director of
of Advertising/
Advertising /
Director
Executive Assistant
Assistant
Executive
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PLAY METER,
METER. June
June 15,
15. 1986
1986
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