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We want to spread the love for Pinball

Hosting a monthly tournament every 3rd Thursday at the Lanes! Find our locations pinballmap.com!

Come and Flip Out over Wellington's stellar pinball lineup, bought to you by Capital City Pinball! Destroy the streets of Tokyo with Godzilla, eat some pizza with Master Splinter and his ninja teens or get chased through Jurassic Park by a T-Rex 🦖

The heart of Capital City Pinball at The Lanes on Wakefield St, our Stern Army competition location we have got a great line up of 10 Stern Insider Con

nected machines! We host a monthly social comp on the third Thursday of every month starting at 6:30pm, a guaranteed fun time with some mates jamming some Pinball goodness. This'll keep you busy for a minimum 2 hours with a $15 entry fee or $10 for kids and students! The line up at The Lanes consists of:
Jaws, Venom, John Wick, Stranger Things, Elvira's House of Horrors, The Mandalorian, James Bond 007, Jurassic Park, Scooby-Doo. You’ll find these beauties tucked into the Pinball Lounge near the bar. There is also a myriad of 90's classics in between the bowling lanes that you need to check out in the Classic's Lounge. We have a hellish love for Pizza and are in many Hell Pizza's locations around Wellington including TMNT in Newlands, Deadpool in Lower Hutt and Stranger Things in Hataitai. We love your local Wellington business including the following locations
Venom Pro in Midnight Espresso on Cuba Street
The Mandalorian Pro, Iron Man Vault Edition and The Shadow at Mean Doses on Tory Street
No Good Gophers in Parkway Takeaway's in Wainuiomata
And if you are around Masterton we've got you covered with Guardians of the Galaxy, Scared Stiff and Street Fighter 2 at Masterbowl! All machines are $2 per game, and some older pins are even $3 for two games or $4 for three games so make sure you save those gold coins!

03/06/2026

Big thanks to Josh Burke

for all of your support! Congrats for being top fans on a streak 🔥!

24/05/2026

Gotta Catch ‘Em All, Pokémon!

Come to The Lanes, the only place to play both the Pro and Premium models side by side on location.
The launch party will be on the 28th of June, so lock in and learn before the big day! There will be highest score prizes to be won.

In Pokémon by Stern Pinball, Trainers embark on an unforgettable journey across four distinct habitats, discovering, catching, and bonding with many of their favorite Pokémon. Players will shoot the illuminated, mechanically animated Poké Ball to catch Pokémon, build their ultimate team, and complete their Pokémon Collection.

23/05/2026

Another comp done and dusted!
Thanks for coming out for a night on the pins and we met a couple new faces, hopefully they’re hooked on Pinball now 😅

Patrick took home a Jaws translite and a couple WPPR’s after taking out Mike on John Wick.
Lachlan wins some practice tokens after redemption in the bottom 8.

Podium 🏆

1st. Patrick Fisher-Evan’s
2nd. Mike Burke
3rd. Josh Burke

Catch Ya on the Flipper Side next month on the 3rd Thursday and our Pokémon Launch Party!

20/05/2026

Catch Ya on the Flipper Side tomorrow night!
Be there or be a pinball

3.5hrs guaranteed with an hour of practice time with the comp being the Flip Frenzy format. This means Head2Head madness rotating through a never ending queue of players, the speed dating format of Pinball.

Top 8 and Bottom 8 finals starting at 9pm-ish for the best of the best and the best of the worst!
Play your best for a shot at winning a game translite or make a comeback for free tokens for some practice 😅

Practice / Free Play from 5:30pm
Comp kicks off at 6:30pm

Entry $20
Kids and students $15
Family/Couple deals available and we’re always running the freebie entry for any noobs out there you wanna bring along and introduce to the community!

See you all there Pinfam 🫶

16/04/2026

Casey beats Damon on Star Wars Fall of the Empire, picking up a huge W!
Brooke takes out the new bottom 8 finals bracket claiming the last place winner prize.

Thanks to all for coming, regulars and newbies. Hopefully the bottom 8 bracket was a nice switch up. It’s always a great time with the Pinfam.

Podium! 🏆

1st. Casey Lochead 🥇
2nd. Damon Newland 🥈
3rd. Hugo Strang the Cameraman 🥉

See you all next month!

13/04/2026

We launched the party for The Walking Dead and Mike was crowned tournament winner!
Damon takes home the translite by being the top dog with a HUGE score just shy of 600m.

Thanks to Paul for purchasing this beaut of a machine and helping put on an awesome day for the Pinfam!

Podium! 🏆🏆🏆🏆
1st. Mike Burke 🥇
2nd. Damon Newland 🥈
3rd. Josh Burke 🥉
4th. Esther Aronheim 🏅

Well done to everyone, it was great to see new faces and ones that don’t come out so often, we hope you enjoyed the day.

Buuuuuuuuuuut you’ve got another competition coming up on Thursday cause it’s time to Catch Ya on the Flipper Side!

5:30 Free Play and 6:30pm kick off, the perfect comp for a player of any skill level!
2.5hrs of guaranteed Flip Frenzy followed by a Top 8 and a Bottom 8!
So make sure you come along and bring a mate who’s never played and they get free entry!
Regular punters entry is $20 and if you’re studying or a regular punters child you get in for $15
Be there or be square (Pinballs are a sphere)

11/04/2026

The Walking Dead Launch Party tomorrow!

Two comp running side by side, prizes galore and a lunch supplied by Ken and Paul.
7 fair-strikes main tournament.
Highest score comp on TWD Remastered.
A fantastic Sunday!

Main comp is starting at 1130ish, 7 fair-strikes means you gotta be on top to be safe, 2nd/3rd get one strike and last gets 2 strikes.
Winner walks away with WPPR’s and a tournament winners plaque.
2nd and 3rd walk away with some tokens and free bowling.

Highest score on TWD on the Insider Leaderboard by end of day wins the games translite to hang up above their TV or toilet or wherever you want really.

Entry $25
See you tomorrow!

20/03/2026

Haylem picks up the win on Iron Man vs The Haxman!
He takes home a Led Zeppelin translite and a big ol’ smile.

Filip picks up his 2nd Loserpalooza win for the year, racking up the practice tokens!

Thanks for a great night out on Thursday, more info on TWD and Pokémon Launch Parties coming soon™️

Podium! 🏆
1st. Haylem Rayner 🥇
2nd. Simon Haxton 🥈
3rd. Drew Bennett 🥉

See you all next month, same time, same place 🤙

16/03/2026

Catch Ya on the Flipper Side week is here!
Thursday 5:30pm Free Play warm ups with the comp kicking off at the usual 6:30pm.

2.5 hours of Flip Frenzy madness followed by the Loserpalooza round and a Top-8 Single Elimination bracket.

Convince a mate to play in their first comp at no cost, get them involved!
Entry $20
Kids / Students $15
Bring the fam for a night out that’s not too late for deal.

See you Thursday!

Address

Wellington
6011

Telephone

+6421663654

Website

http://thelanes.co.nz/pinball

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