I am a huge fan of the League. I have hosted a number of times and even though I did not travel to a single meeting last year- I hosted as I am in a position to "do my bit" and keep this weird thing alive.
I have just seen that the first Scotland League meeting is £5 including food.
This seems ridiculously cheap to me. Realistically you get 4h of pinball plus food and drinks.
That is less than a pint in a pub. Cod and chips can cost 10 to 15 quid. A pasta main course at Pizza Express is 15 quid. A mate had lamb cutlets in a mid tier Italian restaurant in Manchester and that was £32 for 5 lamb chops !!!
I have suffered machine collapse after league meetings, the most significant needed a System 11 board sending away to Andy Netherwood. I know of another host running more modern machines who has had a had much more costly experience.
I don't know how many folk are willing to host these days, but I suspect that number will dwindle if a fiver is all that 4h in their home plus a tonne of work and the risk of expensive repairs is worth.
I have just seen that the first Scotland League meeting is £5 including food.
This seems ridiculously cheap to me. Realistically you get 4h of pinball plus food and drinks.
That is less than a pint in a pub. Cod and chips can cost 10 to 15 quid. A pasta main course at Pizza Express is 15 quid. A mate had lamb cutlets in a mid tier Italian restaurant in Manchester and that was £32 for 5 lamb chops !!!
I have suffered machine collapse after league meetings, the most significant needed a System 11 board sending away to Andy Netherwood. I know of another host running more modern machines who has had a had much more costly experience.
I don't know how many folk are willing to host these days, but I suspect that number will dwindle if a fiver is all that 4h in their home plus a tonne of work and the risk of expensive repairs is worth.