My family in NYC opened a sports bar exactly one block away from Madison Square Garden.
It opened July 1, 2001 and was a instant big hit. Retired pro players & attendees at basketball
games and prize fights held at the Garden poured in. It had a full kitchen and a 120’ bar, copper
tin ceilings, booths and tables and a private dining room. This joint was a dream of my brother-
In-law and his son or specifically, my nephew. It was a bonanza & it looked like they’d become
very successful til September 11, 2001. Five months later their sports bar closed permanently.
NYC completely closed, a total shutdown for months. That was the death knoll for virtually every
start-up or cash flow dependent business. We’ve gone from being told by our Government that things
were contained when in fact it never was. That PPE, respirators and ventilators were shipped to the
hot zone hospitals when the amount needed exceeds our inventory & mfg. capacity. That 33 days ago,
there’d be zero cases and infections when today those very same officials are today telling us to expect
millions of Americans could actually die from Coronavirus and if it’s only 100,000 to 200,000 deaths, then
that’s really a very good result......OMG. At this point, you cannot trust or rely upon anything that you
are told if it does not directly originate from the lips of Dr. Fauci. He doesn’t lie or distort the truth & facts.
People are doubtful & mistrustful about what they’re being told these same elected officials who have lied.
If a pool hall goes several months without any revenue, a lot of them are going to wind up closing.
After this virus is considered contained and new infections have stopped, things are not going to just
return to normalcy. Sure businesses will reopen but people will still be hesitant to assemble in large
groups, especially at a pool hall which is a Petrie dish. How many folks touch the pool balls, the bridge,
rack, chalk, rails, cloth, table surfaces? Well, way too many not to be concerned while the virus remains
a threat anywhere in the USA. The players that return to the pool room could be asymptomatic and bring
COVID into the pool room. Every time someone sneezes or coughs you’d wonder whether the virus was
being released and distributed in the pool room. People are going to be slow to return to large gatherings
and APA, BCA, etc. involve exactly that. A lot of people in a small, confined space all touching & handling
the same common objects.......Hmn......doesn’t sound like a medically prudent thing to do until there’s been
a national or state-wide all clear announced. So just like with 9/11, highly cash flow dependent businesses
are going to close and may not return. In other words, when this is all said & done, there’ll be fewer rooms.
