Very sad. That looked like a great place. I spent the afternoon at "Midway" with my son in Ottawa. Yikes - what a difference compared to the old arcades of my youth. Kids playing crap ticket games  just to win crap prizes that you can get at the dollar store. Not a single pin! Went to "boomers", Chucky Cheeze and another games place when I was in Florida last week - same noizy crap - Feels empty. I would pay $10.00 an hour to visit a retro-arcade in a flash.

The only pinball machine I saw in 2 weeks in Florida was a "Popeye" in the GAP store at that big outlet mall in Ft. Lauderdale - and it was broken. I turned it on and one of the clerks (young girl) asked me how I did that as she had been trying to figure it out for weeks. (sigh) If I hadn't flown to Florida I probably would have offered her $50.00 for it.

Pins are just way to hard to maintain for an operator given their earnings ratio if kids (and their parents) keep playing these crappy ticket dispensing monstrosities. Sheesh, put in your token and hope the truck tips - 1.5 seconds of anticipation (25c) for usually 1 - 3 tickets valued at about 2c each.

rant over.

The clothesline bylaw in Kanata was real, but has since been repealed.  The eco/green movement took care of that.

"Pins are just way to hard to maintain for an operator given their earnings ratio"

Well said tom_454 I couldn't have said it better myself !