One of the world’s most dedicated pinball promoters, Steve Epstein, has died. He was for many years operating the Broadway Arcade on New York’s Great White Way and later was on the executive committees of the two international pinball players’ associations, the PAPA and IFPA.
The US publication, Replay, said in a tribute: “Steve cut his coin-op business spurs at that Broadway Arcade which he ran in partnership with area distributor Al Simon. The business closed in 1997, and Steve would later partner up with a pinball playing champion Steve Zahler in a new arcade on Third Avenue called Modern Pinball.
"But apart from business, he worked tirelessly to promote tournaments, as well as exhibitions for the two associations. He also served as president of the coin-op industry’s longtimer association called the Century Club.
“Steve Epstein left many friends in the pinball world, including Gary Stern, Jack Guarnieri, Roger Sharpe and his sons and a legion of players who looked up to him as an icon of their sport.”
