Event hosting

Bring the arcade to your store.

Prize games, retro machines and modern consoles, hosted by us for three hours. We bring everything, set it up, run it and tear it down. Your team stays on the register.

First booking rate. Pay online, then pick your kickoff call from the receipt.

  • Prize games
  • Retro machines
  • Modern consoles
  • We bring everything
Rates

Start with one station. Add more when it works.

Every booking includes transport, setup, hosting, teardown, prizes, a Luma RSVP page and Instagram co-promotion.

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First booking

One station

$420 3 hours, hosted

  • 2–3 games of your choice, staffed by us
  • Pick from any of our 14 stations
  • Prizes included
  • $500 per station after your first booking
Browse the 14 stations

3 stations

Arcade Night

$1,495 3 hours

  • Three stations, hosted by us
  • Free Indie Showcase: playable games from NYC developers
  • Prizes included
About the Indie Showcase

Holding with 50%? The rest is due the day before.

5 stations

Signature Night

$2,495 3 hours

  • Five stations, hosted by us
  • Free Indie Showcase
  • Produced end to end by us
  • Prizes included
Build your five

Holding with 50%? The rest is due the day before.

Add-ons, invoiced after a call: extra hour $150 per station · tournament mode $100 · single game or toy $250 · Indie Showcase on its own $250 · gift bags $15 each. Stations after your first booking are $500 for 3 hours.

Not sure yet?

Try a free Demo Corner.

One station, hosted by us for two hours on a night you pick. It costs nothing. If the room works, we talk about a full booking.

What we bring

Easy to set up. Easy to play.

We lead with the games anyone can pick up in seconds. Here are six of our 14 stations.

Prize games

Claw machine, gacha and fishing game. Free play all night, stocked with prizes.

Details

Retro game machines

Arcade cabinets with fighters, shooters and high-score chases.

Details

Modern consoles

Current consoles and PC. Our #1 crowd-puller.

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Light-gun games

Quick-draw showdowns on the big screen.

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Tabletop and reflex games

Pinball, foosball and quick-reflex games in a small footprint.

Details

Party games

Everyone joins from their phone. Good for big groups.

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Who you're working with

Where Budcade is today.

We launched at Trends LIC, one of NYC's largest dispensaries. Budcade is run by Joe Leybovich, a game developer for 15 years and a Certified Steward and Server of Cannabis through CashoM.

How it works

Booking takes one payment and a call.

  1. Pay for your station or night

    Your receipt has a button to pick a time for the kickoff call.

  2. We scope it

    On site or a quick video call: your space, outlets and date.

  3. Game night

    We run it end to end. You open the doors and sell.

Consumption programming

Run separately by Budcade Collective.

Safe-consumption stations are not part of any Budcade package. They're run by Budcade Collective, our nonprofit project, at private 21+ events, and that money never goes through Budcade's checkout. Ask on your call and we'll connect you.

Budcade LLC is a for-profit company. Budcade Collective is a fiscally sponsored project of Do Good Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 85-4368754). Contributions are payable to Do Good Foundation, earmarked Budcade Collective.

Questions first? Talk to Joe.

Book a call, or call or text (917) 328-8764. We'll pick the right option together.

joe@budcade.com · @budcade_official · New York metro