[FSPA] Mighty Mikes - Tomorrow, Future, Etc?

[Bob K Mertz]

Glad to hear that everyone at Mike's is ok.... the landlord stuff makes 
sense too -- especially in this area.

Sorry to hear about your mother... hope she is well and everything is 
going ok there.

Thanks for your hard work....


On 07/31/2017 11:49 PM, Roland Joyal via FSPA wrote:
> That's a thoughtful insight Bob, but in this case it is not related to a 
> family emergency.  There is a lot of financial stuff behind the scenes 
> (some I can't go into, and just found out about it a week ago), and 
> there is a lot of he said-she said between various shopping center 
> management people that have come and gone and Mighty Mikes, and some 
> stuff is not in writing.  The library may not like them, but they knew 
> the bar was there before they moved in, and legally they do not have a 
> say.  But of course there are politics involved, and so that may have 
> been one of the reasons why the landlord started to become more 
> aggressive in removing them.
> 
> So after i found out about some of the behind the scenes stuff, a few 
> days later I got the word (Friday late afternoon) about their closing 
> ...and just the day before my Mother went into the hospital ...so when 
> it rains it pours:/   And the only day I could get movers was today, and 
> have spent most of the day with them after taking apart equipment, etc., 
> jukebox was the worse.  And i did buy their changer for whatever future 
> place these pinballs end up supporting the FSPA, and that changer made 
> 10 pieces, and so much equipment that we had to move two of the machines 
> in a separate trip ... I am exhausted, and I didn't even do the lifting, 
> lol.  Good to relax and catch up on emails.  -Roland
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob K Mertz via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
> To: FSPA main discussion list <fspa at fspazone.org>
> Cc: Bob K Mertz <lists at bibleboy.org>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 31, 2017 10:23 am
> Subject: Re: [FSPA] Mighty Mikes - Tomorrow, Future, Etc?
> 
> Roland,
> Is there anything you're able to share regarding what happened? If not 
> are you able to at least say if everyone is ok. I know that sometimes 
> when a family run place like this closes suddenly it's often related to 
> a family emergency like death or illness.... Combine that with the fact 
> you mentioned a few weeks ago about them doing some upgrades to the pin 
> room soon kind of add to the sudden shocker. Understandable if you're 
> not able to share but wanted to at least ask if everyone is ok.
> 
> 
> 
> On July 31, 2017 1:00:07 AM EDT, Roland Joyal via FSPA 
> <fspa at fspazone.org <mailto:fspa at fspazone.org>> wrote:
> 
>     No one is more bummed than me, as I have a lot of money invested in
>     the FSPA league there, not to mention 2017 Golden Tee, jukebox,
>     megatouch.  This came as a shock, with no notice, as I just spent
>     money on Ghostbusters and Jungle Lord :/   It's after midnight and I
>     just got back from there prepping machines for the movers.  I have a
>     nearby location in Ashburn (on the Sterling side) that I already
>     have a pin in and they have tons of room and the manager is all for
>     the league being there but he has to convince the owner and its been
>     two days and am waiting for an answer as the machines are either
>     going to the location or to my storage area on Monday at noon.   The
>     machines are all bowing their backbox heads down right now in
>     sadness :/  -Roland
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: ethan--- via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org <mailto:fspa at fspazone.org>>
>     To: fspa <fspa at fspazone.org <mailto:fspa at fspazone.org>>
>     Cc: ethan <ethan at 757.org <mailto:ethan at 757.org>>
>     Sent: Sun, Jul 30, 2017 10:09 pm
>     Subject: [FSPA] Mighty Mikes - Tomorrow, Future, Etc?
> 
> 
>     With Mighty Mikes closing -- what's the thoughts? Bummer.
> 
>     Monday night is not a league night due to the ReplayFX event this
>     weekend, which was awesome.
> 
>     Are the pinballs out already? Is the venue open and doing food tomorrow
>     (Monday) night? If the pins are there and food and drink is pouring --
>     want to gather my homies?
> 
> 
>     --
>     Ethan O'Toole
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