Stern Pinball Shows off Metallica pinball at Lollapalooza 2013

The games saw continuos action as they were prominently displayed in the window at the pop up Lolla Shop on Michigan Ave. located across from the entrance to the festival and in the backstage lounge for performers and top acts to enjoy.

The three-day festival in Grant Park not only sold out in advance in its ninth year, attendance topped out at a record 300,000. With the larger crowd has come more tax revenue. The city stands to haul in at least $5.3 million in sales tax alone a year by the time the contract between Austin, Texas-based Lollapalooza promoters C3 Presents and the city concludes in 2022.
C3 took a shotgun approach to genre and demographics when it booked 130 bands and artists to perform on eight stages. Once a festival specializing in “alternative” music during its early '90s incarnation, Lollapalooza not only includes most variations of rock (from indie to metal) but heavy doses of electronic music and children’s music, as well as hip-hop, R&B and even country (represented by Eric Church and the Court Yard Hounds). The performers included legendary children’s entertainer Ella Jenkins (age 88), rising South Side hip-hop star Chance the Rapper (age 20) and a bevy of veteran rock acts, including French hit-makers Phoenix and Goth pioneers The Cure.
“Lollapalooza is a hometown event and we are a hometown product. We are very proud to show off our Metallica pinball machines to the Lollapalooza crowd,” said Gary Stern, CEO of Stern Pinball.