Pinball wizard targets industry revival

Nearly extinct a decade ago, pinball machine manufacturing has picked up again, and a Largo firm looks poised to cash in if it can quickly scale up, attract talent and manage its supply chain.

Mark Wemple. Jon Weaver is the founder, president and CEO of Largo-based Suncoast Pinball & Arcade.
Mark Wemple. Jon Weaver is the founder, president and CEO of Largo-based Suncoast Pinball & Arcade.
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During his childhood in northeast Indiana, Jon Weaver would help his father, a restaurateur, earning 25 cents for every table he bussed. A lot of those quarters, he says, wound up in the family restaurant’s arcade games.

 

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