About Pinnacle Entertainment Advisors and George McAuliffe

George McAuliffe President of Pinnacle Entertainment Advisors

George McAuliffe is a 30 year family entertainment center operator and president of Pinnacle Entertainment Advisors by Redemption Plus. Pinnacle is an industry consulting firm founded in 1996. George has operated public space entertainment centers from 2,000 to 150,000 square feet including a wide variety of entertainment related businesses such as bowling centers, restaurants, tourist attractions, ice skating, rides, and laser tag, to name a few. He has operated redemption and merchandise games since 1983. Pinnacle serves as the Strategic Partner for Games and Family entertainment for Brunswick Bowling & Billiards. Pinnacle’s consulting practice has served new and established family and location based entertainment operators, with clients as diverse as Wal-Mart, Disney, ESPN Zone, Brunswick, and many independent owners and investor groups.

Prior to Pinnacle, he served as the chief executive of Edison Brothers Entertainment, which was the third largest chain of family entertainment centers in its time, managing over 8,000 games, rides, and attractions in three countries. He is a founding director, past president, and Lifetime Member of IALEI, the International Association of the Leisure and Entertainment Industries. George has been a featured speaker at numerous domestic industry conventions including IAAPA, Fun Expo, and AMOA, and for worldwide assemblies including ATEI (UK), Gulf Leisure Expo (Middle East), and the Asia Pacific Attractions Conferences (Australia and Singapore). He writes regular columns for RePlay Magazine, International Bowling Industry and Tourist Attractions and Parks, and Blogs at www.familyentertainmenttoday.com and www.redemptionreview.com.

About Redemption Plus:

Based in Lenexa, KS, Redemption Plus specializes in providing redemption & incentive merchandise, ranging from penny novelties to high-end electronics, a complete line of party products and crane and merchandiser kits, and operations/management consulting. They combine legendary customer service with the latest in technology to create an easy and cost effective way to do business. Their team serves customers with a "do-whatever-it-takes" attitude and is empowered with the authority to satisfy every customer, every time. Their proprietary online ordering tool allows companies to customize their buying process to suit their business needs. The company caters to various market segments including Family Entertainment Centers, Educational/Learning Centers, School Carnivals and Fundraising Programs for organizations and other Commercial Business to Business sales. For more information on Redemption Plus or to view the company's online catalog, please visit www.redemptionplus.com