Silver Ball Gardens
Silver Ball Gardens was an amusement arcade in Berkeley, California. It was founded by Byron Won in 1973 and located in a second-story loft at 2518-A Durant Avenue.[1][2] Silver Ball Gardens was decorated with interior murals by Berkeley artist Eugene Legend,[3] and a large exterior mural by Berkeley artist Bobby Vitaliano.[citation needed]
In the late 1970s, Silver Ball Gardens was purchased by Masayoshi Son and Hong Lu, two entrepreneurs running an arcade-game importing business in Berkeley.[4] Son would go on to found SoftBank Group in 1981, and Lu to found UTStarcom in 1995.
See also
[edit]- Glossary of pinball terms
- Golden age of arcade video games
- History of video games
- List of arcade video games
- List of pinball machines
- List of pinball manufacturers
References
[edit]- ^ Cheit, Dave (October 18, 1977). "Silver Ball Gardens — a new kind of place". Berkeley Gazette.
- ^ Advertisement (March 7, 1978). "A free quarter of fun." The Daily Californian.
- ^ Wagner, Kathie; LuJan, Lori (September 28, 1975). "Public Works: Beyond the City (The Second of Two Parts)". San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle.
- ^ Brown, Eliot; Farrell, Maureen (2021). The Cult of We. New York City: Crown Publishing Group. p. 142. ISBN 9780593237113.
External links
[edit]- Internet Pinball Database Searchable database of pinball machines
- Pinballhistory.com Pictures and history of pinball machines
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