Space City Open 2025

The Space City Pinball League is proud to present the 2025 Space City Open at the Houston Arcade and Pinball Expo! Eventbrite registration will open on August 30 at 11am. More detailed information can be found on the Houston Arcade and Pinball Expo website. The women’s Interstellar Showdown registration will open the same day at 11:30am on Matchplay.events. This year, SCPL will also host a fun kids tournament in our booth with walk-up registration.

Here’s a little history. The Space City Pinball Open first began in 2016 with 14 players participating. It was hosted by Phil Grimaldi and Matt Quantz, but Matt actually had to attend his brother’s wedding that day. David Pollock recalls, “That was my first tournament. I didn’t know anyone there, but found out about it through Brian Foytik. Everyone asked if I knew Matt like he was this cool dude everyone knew.” The game list included Whirlwind, Firepower, Tales From The Crypt, Ironman, Diner, Dracula, Judge Dredd, Simpsons Pinball Party and Dr. Dude.

Super Saturday Showdown Series

Explore pinball around Space City on the first Saturday of the month! Space City Pinball will host all-ages, WPPRtunity tournaments at various venues around town with space for large groups. Each event will consist of 8 rounds of group matchplay that will be used to accumulate series points. Finals formats may vary depending upon the location.

Those who play in the Super Saturday Showdown Series will be eligible for an award given out by SCPL at the end of the year. While each tournament will be submitted to the IFPA separately, the final showdown will include recognition and awards.

Our first series will begin in June 2025 with six opportunities to play. Check the SCPL calendar for specific details:

  • June 7 – The Game Preserve NASA
  • July 5 – Eureka Heights
  • August 2 – Gandalf’s Arcade, a private collection
  • September 6 – Eureka Heights
  • October 4 – The Game Preserve NASA
  • December 6 – UpKick Pinball, a private collection

Mega Matchplay Women’s Weekend

The Belles of Space City invite women from near and far to explore the world of pinball with the Houston crew. Join us May 23 & 24, 2025 as we venture to The LOWer Level Arcade on Friday evening and then travel to UpKick the following morning for some Mega Matchplay estimated to be worth 200%! RSVP on the Matchplay events so these private collectors can plan for your arrival Friday and Saturday.

Texas Pinball Festival!

Our Space Cadets explored the Texas Pinball Festival last weekend in Frisco. We enjoyed playing the newly released games, competing in the tournaments, and hanging out at the Wormhole booth. Congratulations to Jack Revnew for placing 2nd in the Texas Wizards Tournament!

State Championship

Congratulations to our SCPL members who qualified for the IFPA State Championships during the 2024 season!

Open Qualifiers: Fred Revnew, Jack Revnew, Jim Mueller, Jonathan Henson, Lee Balusek, Nicholas Gustafson, Phil Grimaldi, Travis Hanna and Wesley Johnson.

Women’s Qualifiers: Elizabeth Dronet, Erin Anthony, Evelyn Carroll, Gina Low, Jessica DeNardo, Jessica Murillo, Miette Dronet, Summer Ellington, and Tracy Abrahams.

We are especially proud of the following players:
Miette- Tennessee Women’s Champion
Jessica D- Texas Women’s Runner-Up
Summer- Louisiana Women’s Runner-Up
Jack – 3rd place in the Texas Open Championship

Holiday Toy Drive

Space City Pinball will once again be collecting unwrapped toys this holiday season. This year we will be supporting the Star of Hope. Bring a toy to a tournament listed below.

Star of Hope community supports some of Houston’s homeless men, women and children. They encourage positive life changes through programs in spiritual growth, education, employment, life management and substance abuse recovery.

Space City Open

The Space City Pinball League is proud to present premier tournaments before and during the 2024 Houston Arcade Expo! We are pleased to reveal our 2024 Space City Open poster designed by Houston illustrator, Rene Cruz! The poster will be available for purchase at the show in the Space City Pinball mega-booth. T-shirts for the SCO and Week of WPPRs can be ordered through Sliverball Swag. Be sure to check out the calendar on this website for all the upcoming tournament details. We kick off the Week of WPPRs on October 4th! Get ready for takeoff!

Women’s Fall League Nights

Women of all ages in the Houston area are invited to join the Belles of Space City during our fall league nights. We will play at the home of one of our members on her private collection.

The women’s league season will consist of six weeks of matchplay qualifying. Each week players will compete in groups of four on six different games. Players will be awarded points based on finishing position. Points will accumulate across the season to determine overall league standing. The best 4 weeks will be used, so players can safely drop two weeks. The top players will be eligible for a finals, which will use a group elimination format (aka PAPA style). $20 entry for season. Season: Wednesdays at 7pm, October 16-November 20. Finals December 4.