Hotels with pool tables

Yes, I went to GR Solaris in Cancun, Mexico and they had two bar sized tables.

This was before I got into pool (late 2023), but I still had a good time.
 
Bob Jewett said:
I was the pool demo guy at a corporate event. I shared the room with a tarot card reader. About half of the rubber on one end rail was detached.
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I have more questions.

Finding a tarot card reader seems straight forward. How does a corporate event planner find a pool demo guy? I am curious about the experience. Were you there to encourage games or what sort of role did they have in mind? How did the tarot card reader get sequestered to the pool table?
 
I traveled extensively for 30 years, the only place I recall having a table was on North Meridian in Indy. It was free and my guys would play after work for a couple hours, then grab dinner. I had a female on my exam team for a while whose dad had owned a bar with a table when she was growing up, and she was a very decent player.
 
They had one in the game room at Ladera on St Lucia...

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Most Aloft hotels I have been to have pool tables. For instance this one in Vaughan CA:

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Hilton’s Aloft competitor Tru had a pool table in Portland:

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I've visited over 30 countrys and in many places I saw a snooker table. When I first went to England it was almost all snooker and english 8-Ball. Hard to find a pool table (circa 1980's).

I played snooker in Nepal! Kathmandu.
 
staticfire98 said:
I have more questions.

Finding a tarot card reader seems straight forward. How does a corporate event planner find a pool demo guy? I am curious about the experience. Were you there to encourage games or what sort of role did they have in mind? How did the tarot card reader get sequestered to the pool table?
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There are companies that arrange corporate "nights out". I think they contacted a supply store and got directed to me. I mostly did challenge games. I had some trick shots ready. There was plenty of room for a table for the tarot card lady.
 
Bob Jewett said:
There are companies that arrange corporate "nights out". I think they contacted a supply store and got directed to me. I mostly did challenge games. I had some trick shots ready. There was plenty of room for a table for the tarot card lady.
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I was asked to accompany Ronnie O'Sullivan on his trip around the USA. It conflicted with a tournament I was asked to direct. I turned Ronnie down. Stupid me!
 
I have seen a pool table in a hotel a couple of times. One in St. Louis and I think the other one was in either Kentucky or Indiana.
 
middleofnowhere said:
My father bought a hotel on fort Lauderdale Beach years ago I'm talking like the 50s. It actually had a for real billiard room two Brunswick tables nicely laid out chairs carpeting chandeliers. I guess was kind of a throwback to another time.

It's not where I first started playing but I just enjoy playing there. The only problem was, it was only about 100 yd from the ocean and it would get a little brutal in there sometimes even with the air conditioning which in the 50s wasn't the best.

I remember reading the hotel that Minnesota fats lived in had a billiard room in it that they had put in just for him. I wonder if it's still there?
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Yes, he lived at the Hermitage 5 STAR Hotel in Nashville. The table was in the lobby and anyone could challenge him after he had his nightly steak dinner. Since he passed it has been removed but there is a display in his honor.
 
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