It always goes unmentioned, but the Realestate boom of the past 30 years has done huge huge huge damage to pool. It’s just not a viable biz given the massive capital appreciation of property market.
This added to smoking bans, poker, video games, internet. Pool suffers more.....
Jamaica Joes in OKC was a hell of a room too and as we know it’s gone now too. Can’t get mad at the building owners for wanting maximum rents. And with pool how long does it take to collect a $Million in pool time?
Thankfully there are pockets of pool in America that are alive and well, but not in “big city” markets like it was. Where ever the boom was best for property damaged pool the most. LA is a prime example, NYC too. Chicago....
Best to Jean(one of my personal pool hero’s)
Fatboy
This added to smoking bans, poker, video games, internet. Pool suffers more.....
Jamaica Joes in OKC was a hell of a room too and as we know it’s gone now too. Can’t get mad at the building owners for wanting maximum rents. And with pool how long does it take to collect a $Million in pool time?
Thankfully there are pockets of pool in America that are alive and well, but not in “big city” markets like it was. Where ever the boom was best for property damaged pool the most. LA is a prime example, NYC too. Chicago....
Best to Jean(one of my personal pool hero’s)
Fatboy