Play Meter
Issue: 1979 June 01 - Vol 5 Num 10 - Page 1
UPDATE EDITION
Volume 5, Number 10
June1, 1979
Collections lagg_ing at $50,000
mark in AMOA's legal action fund
Collections for the AMOA legal
fund have nearly reached the
$50,000 mark , Fred Granger, the
association's executive vice presi-
dent, reports. The fund has been
established to fight the copyright law
which requires operators to furnish
the federal government with lists of
their jukebox locations. However ,
contributions are slowing down, and
Granger estimates that it will cost
more than twice that figure if the case
has to be taken to the Supreme
Court.
Granger made his remarks at the
April AMOA Board of Directors
meeting at the Golf Resort Hotel at
Disney World, Florida .
The AMOA has spent $30 ,000 so
far on legal fees and is currently
trying to step up fund ra1smg
activities, including efforts to procure
donations from the industry's manu-
facturing concerns. One phonograph
company, Rock-Ola, has already
promised a contribution.
The AMOA directors meeting
succeeded in attracting an all-time
high of 44 of its 48 directors for three
days of exposition review and
planning .
In attempts to summarize the
successes and failures of Expo '78,
various committees submitted detail-
ed reports.
Official attendance figures from
the association's grandest-ever affair
showed 6,407 people came to
Chicago from across the U.S . and
from 36 foreign countries to view the
exhibits . This figure represents a
whopping 17 percent increase over
the '77 turnout .
The AMOA revealed that associa-
tion membership also grew by 17
percent during Expo '78 as 179 new
enthusiasts were brought into the
ranks, a record increase .
Expo '78's morning seminar drew
a record of nearly 800 participants
for a discussion on the location lists
controversy , the industry's hottest
topic and the prime concern of
AMOA.
In other board meeting proce-
dures , the banquet committee, head-
ed by Texan Dock Ringo, reported a
fall-off in attendance at its function
and blamed the poor showing on
unexciting billings for the stage show.
The committee vowed to improve
the caliber of the show for the
upcoming session.
Also set up for serious overhaul in
preparation for the November 9th ,
lOth , and 11th Expo '79 schedule
are the record awards. Apparently, it
is virtually impossible to get the
awardees to show-up (e.g. the Bee
Gees were this year's top group , but
did not attend) .
Additionally, the directors decided
to keep a $35 registration fee for
admission to the exhibits and ap-
proved another Notre Dame seminar
for early next March in Chicago . The
seminar topic will be aimed at the
middle management sector of the
industry.
The showing of gambling (or
so-called gaming) equipment at Expo
'78 was a topic of discussion and the
board of directors decided that again
in '79 such pieces will be exhibited .
The AMOA will continue to work in
close association with the FBI to
make sure that registration for
demonstrating the games is proper.
Although the issue of gaming
equipment display has been a matter
of some debate, the directors simply
feel that increased foreign participa-
tion in the annual affair warrants
showing all appropriate types of
equipment.
Business was concluded with the
decision to meet next Aoril in San
Antonio , Texas , at the Hilton Palacio
Del Rio .
Another Pizza Time Theatre opens
Pizza Time Theatre of Cupertino,
California , has opened a family
entertainment center in the Willows
Shopping Center in Concord.
The 10,000 square foot unit has a
dining room/theatre and Fantasy
Forest Game Preserve on the ground
floor, plus additional seating and the
Dolli Dimples Cabaret on the mezza-
nine . A kitchen, office space and
storage rooms are also included.
Pizza Time Theatre combines a
pizza restaurant with coin-operated
games and amusements and the
Cyberamics system of three-dimen-
sional, computer-controlled animals.
Amonq the features of the Con-
cord theatre are a rathole entrance
from the mall and a two-story slide
for youngsters and a separate area
for adults on the mezzanine in the
Dolli Dimples cabaret.
North Carolina
convention set
The North Carolina Coin Opera-
tors annual convention has been
scheduled for September 15-16 at
the Sheraton Center in Charlotte ,
North Carolina .
For exhibition space, contact
Milton Hobbs, P .O . Box 2002,
Hickory , North Carolina 28601.
Volume 5, Number 10
June1, 1979
Collections lagg_ing at $50,000
mark in AMOA's legal action fund
Collections for the AMOA legal
fund have nearly reached the
$50,000 mark , Fred Granger, the
association's executive vice presi-
dent, reports. The fund has been
established to fight the copyright law
which requires operators to furnish
the federal government with lists of
their jukebox locations. However ,
contributions are slowing down, and
Granger estimates that it will cost
more than twice that figure if the case
has to be taken to the Supreme
Court.
Granger made his remarks at the
April AMOA Board of Directors
meeting at the Golf Resort Hotel at
Disney World, Florida .
The AMOA has spent $30 ,000 so
far on legal fees and is currently
trying to step up fund ra1smg
activities, including efforts to procure
donations from the industry's manu-
facturing concerns. One phonograph
company, Rock-Ola, has already
promised a contribution.
The AMOA directors meeting
succeeded in attracting an all-time
high of 44 of its 48 directors for three
days of exposition review and
planning .
In attempts to summarize the
successes and failures of Expo '78,
various committees submitted detail-
ed reports.
Official attendance figures from
the association's grandest-ever affair
showed 6,407 people came to
Chicago from across the U.S . and
from 36 foreign countries to view the
exhibits . This figure represents a
whopping 17 percent increase over
the '77 turnout .
The AMOA revealed that associa-
tion membership also grew by 17
percent during Expo '78 as 179 new
enthusiasts were brought into the
ranks, a record increase .
Expo '78's morning seminar drew
a record of nearly 800 participants
for a discussion on the location lists
controversy , the industry's hottest
topic and the prime concern of
AMOA.
In other board meeting proce-
dures , the banquet committee, head-
ed by Texan Dock Ringo, reported a
fall-off in attendance at its function
and blamed the poor showing on
unexciting billings for the stage show.
The committee vowed to improve
the caliber of the show for the
upcoming session.
Also set up for serious overhaul in
preparation for the November 9th ,
lOth , and 11th Expo '79 schedule
are the record awards. Apparently, it
is virtually impossible to get the
awardees to show-up (e.g. the Bee
Gees were this year's top group , but
did not attend) .
Additionally, the directors decided
to keep a $35 registration fee for
admission to the exhibits and ap-
proved another Notre Dame seminar
for early next March in Chicago . The
seminar topic will be aimed at the
middle management sector of the
industry.
The showing of gambling (or
so-called gaming) equipment at Expo
'78 was a topic of discussion and the
board of directors decided that again
in '79 such pieces will be exhibited .
The AMOA will continue to work in
close association with the FBI to
make sure that registration for
demonstrating the games is proper.
Although the issue of gaming
equipment display has been a matter
of some debate, the directors simply
feel that increased foreign participa-
tion in the annual affair warrants
showing all appropriate types of
equipment.
Business was concluded with the
decision to meet next Aoril in San
Antonio , Texas , at the Hilton Palacio
Del Rio .
Another Pizza Time Theatre opens
Pizza Time Theatre of Cupertino,
California , has opened a family
entertainment center in the Willows
Shopping Center in Concord.
The 10,000 square foot unit has a
dining room/theatre and Fantasy
Forest Game Preserve on the ground
floor, plus additional seating and the
Dolli Dimples Cabaret on the mezza-
nine . A kitchen, office space and
storage rooms are also included.
Pizza Time Theatre combines a
pizza restaurant with coin-operated
games and amusements and the
Cyberamics system of three-dimen-
sional, computer-controlled animals.
Amonq the features of the Con-
cord theatre are a rathole entrance
from the mall and a two-story slide
for youngsters and a separate area
for adults on the mezzanine in the
Dolli Dimples cabaret.
North Carolina
convention set
The North Carolina Coin Opera-
tors annual convention has been
scheduled for September 15-16 at
the Sheraton Center in Charlotte ,
North Carolina .
For exhibition space, contact
Milton Hobbs, P .O . Box 2002,
Hickory , North Carolina 28601.
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