The massive Museum of Pinball is closing its doors for good

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  At the Museum of Pinball in Southern California, you rarely had to wait long for any particular game, but attendance was solid. (They had 700 machines when we visited in 2015; they've added roughly 400 since.) [credit: Steve Tsubota ]

In 2015, we took you on a photo tour of the Museum of Pinball, home to one of the world's largest collections of pinball and arcade games under one roof. Since then, the number of games grew by hundreds; the last official count was "over 1,100."

Sadly, the museum is closing for good (and being replaced by a cannabis-growing operation). An attempt to relocate the museum to Palm Springs, California, failed, and the entire collection of games will be going up for auction soon.

Lead tech for the museum Chuck Casey posted this update:

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