A question about your local pool hall prices

n10spool said:
I pay $85 a month in a 33 table room if more then 8 tables are open its free with the membership. Normal price $9.00 hr daytime & 10.50 nightime.

My old pool hall I used to go to n the bay area was $35.00 a month including 15% off food. Normal rate $4.00 per person an hr. If tables were full you paid unless 3 or more were on your table then you were free again.
And if you ordered the 6.00 lunch plate you get 1\2hr free pool.
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See this sounds very reasonable for someone who is looking to get alot of table time for the money.I wish more poolhalls would offer a membership and im sure alot of players would take advantage of it and be in there more,also if they are there more often taking advantage of the membership,they will be spending money on food and drinks also. :)
 
Living in South Georgia ...

Our pool room charges 2.40 a hour per person....But they make most of thier money selling lunch to the local town folks...
 
11 years ago I bought a pool room for $15,000.

It has one 9' GC II Table, 1 TV (& PS2), 1 Stereo, a Dart Board (that never gets used), Smoking Patio with Refrigerator... and is open 16 hours a day.

I average only about 8 hours of play a week.

8x52= 624
624 X 11 = 6864
6864 x $5 = $34,320

I figure after a generous overhead cost for electric I am up about $14,000 so far.......The price seems pretty good to me...;)
 
Several pool room in the Dallas/Fort Worth area charge a flat rate from 11:00am - 7:00pm.. Usually $3 to $5. After 7:00pm the rate goes to ~ $9 per hour
 
regulars at my local hall dont pay for pool. theirs usually open tables so its not like we're costing them money. They get their money back on alcohol sales anyways. As for other pool halls around here its between 5-10 an hours depending on the hall, no subscriptions around here.
 
table time

in my room 11am to 6pm everyday can play for five dollars and sunday and wed 6pm to 11pm same special reg price six an hour for one,ten for two eleven for three ,four or more twelve an hour
 
Prices in Germany

My poolhall charges ?5,50 for 9ft Brunswick Century. They are not really maintained, but I can understand this as those are cheap public tables and especially at the weekends it's teenagers shooting some colored balls around and having a beer or 5...
They charge ?6,50 for the 4 9ft Brunswick Gold Crown III with yearly changed Simonis 860 powder-blue and are lined out for straight pool using a normal rack. Playing the other direction you have a tapped racked for 8 and 9-ball but no headstring.
Those 4 tables are also used for league matches where they use perfectly maintained SuperPro TV sets
During normal hours you have to cope with old and poorly maintained Centennials or SuperPro
They also have one 12ft Snooker table which is ?7,50/h
Beverages are resonably priced

But this is in a small city of 30.000 inhabitants.
I've seen prices up to ?10 in big cities like Munich and also beverages were quite expensive - they had perfect playing conditions never the less with either GoldCrown IV or German-made Lehmacher tables
 
Many of the sports bars, and bars in the Phoenix Metro Area that have both 4.5?s x 9.0?s, & bar boxes, and will let you play for FREE between opening and 6 or 7 PM M-F, and one Seven Days a week if you purchase a drink.
 
BRKNRUN said:
11 years ago I bought a pool room for $15,000.

It has one 9' GC II Table, 1 TV (& PS2), 1 Stereo, a Dart Board (that never gets used), Smoking Patio with Refrigerator... and is open 16 hours a day.

I average only about 8 hours of play a week.

8x52= 624
624 X 11 = 6864
6864 x $5 = $34,320

I figure after a generous overhead cost for electric I am up about $14,000 so far.......The price seems pretty good to me...;)
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Don't forget the gas/transportation costs your saving having your own "club".

Of course you may not like the person your playing with...:D
 
We aren't all that far from Portland, but the 2 rooms here in Medford have free pool from 11-2 and those are the only times I have gone to actually practice, so I'm not sure what their normal rates are. The only other times I go are for their tournaments or leagues.

Rack Em charges $5.95, but you get lunch. I got a huge blackened salmon Caesar salad and a drink and pool time. I liked that! Wish I got more days locally in our area and off around lunchtime. :(

The Break Room is free from 11-2, but their homemade BBQ hot wings are the best, so I always eat when I am there! They also have some of the most creative names for their dishes, that are pool related, like Mushroom Tip. :p
 
The normal table time where I play is $6.75/hr per person. From 11am to 6pm, the gambling tables are $6.75/hr no matter how many people are playing, and the rest of the tables are a flat rate of $4.50 for the whole 7 hours. I wish we had a monthly membership, I'd gladly pay $200 or more a month instead of what it costs me now.
 
Some of the places I go to in Baltimore are,

Merritt Point Billiards - $5/hr/person or $20 for 24 hrs

North Point Billiards - $2/hr/person or $6 for 6 hours if a league member

Cheers Bar & Grille - League on non-league night $5/hr/person. Non-league $10/hr/person

Kellys Pool Hall - $2/hr/person (I think)
 
Tell me again why pool rooms are closing everywhere. could it be they don't charge enough? when you go practice for FREE do you drink alcohol? probably not. So where are they making money off of you? Do you think the tables recover themselves? how about the person/s behind the counter are they working for free? If they are the owner the answer is YES!!! Not saying the membership is bad it's a great idea but the people on here that say they go play for free & then only on league or tournament days otherwise, are taking advantage.
 
If the room sells booze and has food they can do these type of deals.

Since I don`t sell either in my room I have a life time membership for $15.00, then they get a punch coupon for 10 hours of play and they get a free hour and a punch coupon for 30 days of play and then they get a free day, open to close.

They also get free play on their birthday and 10% discount on cues and cases. They love it.

Mon thru Thur play from noon till 6 pm for $15.00

My rates are $4.00 per hr each noon till 6 pm and $5.00 per hr each after 6 pm and lower than all the rooms around me.


highrun55
 
Quite interesting too read that most of the US poolhalls charge per hour and person.

Here in Germany it's per hour and table, no matter if you practice alone or play doubles
Discounts during afternoon are common, flatrates are an exception.
Most poolhalls have discounts for league players of the club the poolhall hosts, not for players of other clubs
 
onr pool room i play in, they dont charge me, but I tip out everyone real good, they treat me great. I'm not sure what table time is but I'm sure I tip them more than it would cost-but I dont careI like to be nice to the,.

at another one I go to i pay but I really notice how much it costs either, i tip them out more than the tab, its just the right thing to do, good guys at both rooms.


i havent been out to either spot in 4-5 months-since i got a table and back has babs. before I made any real $$$ I have awalys been a great tipper, i do the same in resteraunts and valets, its just the right thing to do, i dont tip cashiers but true house men-a rare breed nowdays i awalys take care of,
 
RI Billiards in Centredale, RI is as follows:

HOURLY RATES:
Members $3.50/hr
$6.00/hr for 2
$7.50/hr for 3
$9.00/hr for 4
Non Members: Add $2.00 per person, flat rate, like a cover charge.


ALL DAY RATE: 10am- 6pm
Members $7.00
Non Members $9.00

Membership is $10/year
 
Our room charges $3.60/hour/person.
$1.80/ during the daytime Mon-Friday and about 12 other specials. Everything from Military getting half off to free pool on your birthday. We do not serve alcohol, we have no memberships. All tables are on first come first serve basis. And we have a $2.00 minimum.

jasonlaus understands the economics well. There is very little money in pool time. Most pool rooms make their money off alcohol sales or retail sales. By having free pool when you don't buy alcohol; there is negative income with that customer.

Pros and Cons on per person charging.
Charge by the person makes larger groups hesitant to play. Charging by the table means every single person that wants to practice alone; makes them choose someplace else. A lot of places have the two person minimum rule or charges less per person as more people join a table.

Pool rooms are going out of business because they are trying to charge a price that is less than they need just to survive. This is an attempt to only lose a little money instead of not making ANYTHING. This economic adjustment will probably continue for another two years until this recession is over. Then with 60% of the pool rooms gone under there will be a price increase when demand exceeds the number of tables available. Our company has been lucky enough to survive these downturns before. Hopefully we will again.

There are very few business models where loitering is that common or your service is sometimes given away for free at a competitor.

Could you imagine if McDonalds had to compete with Burger King if they had free FOOD every day all day? And then they try and make money off selling kids toys and no one buys the toys? THAT is the current economic model for billiard parlors today. One of 20 reasons they are going down like ducks in an arcade. Tough business right now. :(
 
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