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If I were going to travel across the U.S. and wanted to visit the oldest pool rooms that are still running, which rooms would you forum members suggest?
If I were going to travel across the U.S. and wanted to visit the oldest pool rooms that are still running, which rooms would you forum members suggest?
Brian's still needs attention when it comes to table care. I play there almost every Sunday and the tables are usually filthy. I hope when all the construction is done they will concentrate on fixing up the pool tables and keeping them in shape.Well, Lucky Cue in Phoenix, AZ has been around for quite some time (1960s?). It used to be a pool player's hall.
Now I believe that due to a demographic shift, it now has a nightclub in one area—although it STILL does have pool tables that can be used.
This also happened to Hawaiian Brian's in Honolulu, Hawaii. There is now a significant area of this pool room devoted to musical entertainment.
This just goes to show how pool has waned and other more lucrative ventures have been pursued by creative and flexible establishments.
In the case of Hawaiian Brian's, the care of the pool tables has virtually been ignored, save for a few gambling tables in the "outer back" area.
I witnessed this first-hand just 8 months ago when I visited O'ahu. It was sad to see this pool room decay as it did.:frown:
If I were going to travel across the U.S. and wanted to visit the oldest pool rooms that are still running, which rooms would you forum members suggest?
How long has the Amsterdam Billiard Club been around in NYC?
Brian's still needs attention when it comes to table care. I play there almost every Sunday and the tables are usually filthy. I hope when all the construction is done they will concentrate on fixing up the pool tables and keeping them in shape.
If you travel south from Washington through California, you would be doing yourself a disservice if you did not stop by The Jointed Cue in Sacramento. I don't know about being straight-up old, but I do know there is A TON of history in that room. Hell, you can walk in and look at it on the walls, one picture at a time. I'm sure you'd recognize more than just a few people in those photographs.