Play Meter

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UPDATE EDITION
Volume 6, Number 4
March 1, 1980
PLAY METER's first annual Amusement
Operators Expo slated March 20·22
The Amusement Operators Expo ,
scheduled for March 20 - 22 at the
Fairmont Hot el in New Orleans i
"de tined to become the major event
for th e amusement industry ." reports
Anthony M . Scalisi of Conference
Management of Stamford . Connecti-
cut.
" The combination of quality semi -
nar offerings and an extensive
pro motional effort assures operators.
di tributor . and manufacturers of a
high quality and large volume
audi ence ''
The workshops and seminars,
which number over twenty, were
specifically designed to provide
practical education for just about
every segment of the coin -op
industry. Experts have been tapped
from just about every pertinent field
imaginable - from
the
creative
marketing end to profitable distribu -
torship to troubleshooting concepts .
One of the high points of the show
of course, is the exhibit hall, where
extensive displays of equipment,
products, and services will be open
for touring bewtween 11: 30 a.m .
and 6 p.m . daily.
As
many
as
six
seminar-
workshops may be attended during
the three -day period. Morning ses-
sions will run from 10 to 11: 30
a.m., with afternoon sessions begin-
ning at 2 p.m. and ending at 3: 30
p .m.
The price of $35, which may be
paid in advance or at the door,
covers convention registration and
one seminar or workshop of the
registrant 's choice . Additional work -
shops or seminars may be scheduled
at the cost of $35 .
A registration packet will be
waiting for advance registrants ,
including seminar-workshop tickets,
at the registration desk of the
Fairmont Hotel at 9 a.m. each day .
Exhibit hall admission is open to all
expo registrants at no additional
charge . A cocktail reception , to
which all show-goers are invited , is
planned for Thursday , March 20
between 5-6 : 30 p.m .
Exhibitors include : Allied Leisure
Industries of Hialeah , Florida ; AMA
Distributors, New Orleans ,Louisiana;
Amusement Emporium, Denver,
Colorado ; Amusement Supply , Inc .,
Dallas , Texas ; Bally Manufacturing
Corporation,
Chicago ,
Illinois;
Coffee -Mat Corporation , Division of
FSF Industries , Inc., Kenilworth,
New Jersey ; D&R Industries, Inc.,
Lincolnwood, Illinois; Electropedic
Products , Inc ., Dallas , Texas; Exidy ,
Inc . . Sunnyvale , California; Game
Plan, Inc ., Addison , Illinois .
D. Gottlieb and Company, North -
lake, Illinois ; Gremlin Industries , San
Diego ,
California;
J&J
Sales
Company , Inc ., Mt. Vernon , New
York ; Irving Kaye Co . , Inc ., Stam -
ford, Connecticut; Kurz Kasch Elec-
tronic Division,
Dayton,
Ohio ;
0 . B. A. , Inc ., Dallas , Texas: Rowe
International ,
New
Orleans ,
Louisiana: Sircoma , Reno, Nevada ;
Southwest Vending Sales Company ,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Stern
Electronics, Inc . , Chicago, Illinois .
Tommy
Gate
Manufacturing
Company , Woodbine, Iowa; Torna -
do Table Soccer, Inc ., Fort Worth,
Texas : Tournament Soccer, Seattle,
Continued on page 2 .
New Orleans ' French Quarter is only one attraction the Play Meter
Amusement Operators Expo has to offer. The Cabildo , pictured above, is
within walking distance of the Fairmont Hotel, the show site.