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This is a long post and I apologize but I think it's important. Given our limited resources, speaking for myself of course, I really believe that one of the best things that we can do to increase interest in Pool is to go after the young kids. This, of course, won't work in all rooms. It's...

I would agree that the relatively small payouts for Professional Pool tournaments are a problem and the idea of many satelite tourneys culminating into one BIG money event sounds pretty good. I don't know who would organize something like that. The APA does that on an amature level with some...

Good weather is bad for business I bought my first room 7 years ago and haven't liked good weather since. One idea I've been toying with is outdoor rental tables. How cool would it be to have a beach party with a pool table or have a pool table at your camp site for a week. Still have to...

The sad reality of this situation, as I see it, is that we as individual room owners don't have any clout. We all hoped that when Kevin Trudeau (Natural Cures) started the IPT, Pool was going to become popular again. From what I understand (maybe I'm wrong) that venture went bust. We need to...

I would really like to know what Pool Room Owners think of the BCA. I was a member for the first few years that I owned my rooms. I didn't think that the benefits outweighed the expense, but I figured it was the thing to do. Things were going well and I didn't have any complaints. I paid my...

New Room I'm in the process of writing a book about starting up a new pool room. The title's going to be "DON'T DO IT!!" Just kidding. I put a new room together with 10 Gold crowns, bar and full kitchen. Total cost, I would estimate, was about $200,000. The previous poster was dead-on. Make...

I haven't tried it yet, it's a significant investment when you consider everything. I was in a room in Pennsylvania that had it. The kids seemed to love it. We have a bowling alley in the area that does cosmic bowling and they do a terrific business on the nights they run it. It is something...

Trade-ins I don't think you can have a set policy. There are too many variables. Experience has to dictate what a trade is worth. You need to have a good feel for what you can sell it for. I don't like taking in trades, but will, most times, make the customer an offer. I tell them that...

Tournament table time It depends. I have 2 rooms. At one location, I don't serve alcohol, have a small snack bar and pro-shop. There I charge a greens fee. I usually allow 1 hour before the tourney for warm-up. After the tourney, if you still want to play, you go on the clock. At my other...

Know where you're comin' from Reading your post, all I could think about was "I could have written this". I own 2 rooms and have similar problems. Some of the things that I have done that have helped are: One of my rooms doesn't have a kitchen (or serves alcohol). Food is important. If...

Championship Tour Edition I changed from Simonis to Tour Edition because of the claim of durability. It does seem to last longer but I am starting to get some complaints that it is too fast. I'd be interested to know if anyone else is hearing the same.