Pre-Order Your Pinbrawl XIV Shirt & Hoodie Today!

Portland Pinbrawl XIV Shirt & Hoodie Pre-Orders Open! Portland Pinbrawl XIV weekend is here, and this year's shirts and zip-up hoodies are now available to reserve for pick-up at the tournament or to be shipped after the weekend! This dungeon-crawling pinball adventure design was illustrated by Vo Minh McBurney and colored by Lee Zeman, who've been responsible for several awesome…

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April 2025 Pinball Tournaments

April’s pinball tournament schedule is no joke! The 14th edition of our annual 128-player tournament Portland Pinbrawl sold out in just a couple of hours, but you can still win your way into the tournament if you missed out. The highest finishing player *who isn’t already registered for Pinbrawl* at each tournament leading up to Pinbrawl will win a reserved…

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Spring 2025 Hours Update

Ground Kontrol is open daily this spring, with limited hours for the blue side of the arcade every Monday through Thursday until summer. Once we begin our summer hours, the entire arcade will be open noon-midnight daily unless noted otherwise on our events calendar. Spring 2025 business hours Monday-Thursday: red side open noon-midnight, blue side open 6pm-midnight Friday-Sunday: entire arcade…

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March 2025 Pinball Tournaments

Signups for all recurring monthly pinball tournaments take place in the blue side of Ground Kontrol's lounge from 6:30-7pm on the night of the tournament. Registration is $5 for our recurring monthly tournaments, with $4 going into the prize pot and $1 per player going to the IFPA endorsement fee (only $1 registration for the FLiP women's tournament). While signing…

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February 2025 Pinball Tournaments

Signups for all recurring monthly pinball tournaments take place in the blue side of Ground Kontrol's lounge from 6:30-7pm on the night of the tournament. Registration is $5 for our recurring monthly tournaments, with $4 going into the prize pot and $1 per player going to the IFPA endorsement fee (only $1 registration for the FLiP women's tournament). While signing…

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January 2025 Pinball Tournaments

Signups for all recurring monthly pinball tournaments take place in the blue side of Ground Kontrol's lounge from 6:30-7pm on the night of the tournament. Registration is $5 for our recurring monthly tournaments, with $4 going into the prize pot and $1 per player going to the IFPA endorsement fee (only $1 registration for the FLiP women's tournament). While signing…

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Gift Certificates Available Now!

Purchase here! Give the gift of an awesome experience with a Ground Kontrol Gift Certificate! Our gift certificates are good for anything we sell or serve, including food, drink, merchandise and (of course) game cards! We can ship or arrange local pick-up in the arcade (check the box during checkout), and gift certificates can be used over the course of…

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December 2024 Pinball Tournaments

Signups for all recurring monthly pinball tournaments take place in the blue side of Ground Kontrol's lounge from 6:30-7pm on the night of the tournament. Registration is $5 for our recurring monthly tournaments, with $4 going into the prize pot and $1 per player going to the IFPA endorsement fee (only $1 registration for the FLiP women's tournament). While signing…

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Gaming Happy Hour

Ground Kontrol is excited to announce GAMING HAPPY HOUR: 1/2 price on ALL of our games from noon-5pm every week day (Monday-Friday)! With no cover charge to get into the arcade, our gaming happy hour offers the lowest prices per play for arcade games and pinball you'll be able to find! Bar happy hour is 5-7pm every week day too,…

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November 2024 Pinball Tournaments

Signups for all monthly pinball tournaments take place in the blue side of Ground Kontrol's lounge from 6:30-7pm on the night of the tournament. Registration is $5 for each tournament, with $4 going into the prize pot and $1 per player going to the IFPA endorsement fee (only $1 registration for the FLiP women's tournament). While signing up with the…

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