Before I pull the trigger... am I making a mistake?

[WSBC]

Much safer to go with Diamonds rather than Rasson tables, for many reasons including resale value. Sorry, but I don’t know what black ball is?

If you are going for family friendly with no alcohol, you’d better plan on having a strong food operation with a hood, as that will account for the majority of your $ sales. I mean it must be good enough to draw in numerous regulars to eat there multiple times a week who may never play pool there. To do that, you need to have a really good experienced full-time cook/chef that offers daily specials every day.

We’ve made our poolroom work for 30 years with that concept, but it’s not easy. The labor situation these days which you’ll need with a grill operation (servers and cooks) is a constant challenge, and comes at a considerable cost, as these days even young employees expect to make at least $15-$20 / hour. You’d better love the lifestyle, because there are certainly better investments out there.

We are getting the Rasson tables at cost and will be the local dealer for them.

For Blackball, look under the English Pool forum and there is a thread on Blackball that will tell you all about it. They are trying to get it to catch on in the states. My business partner is bringing them in on his dime, so it won't cost the business anything.

The plan is to have a smoker and offer smoked foods along with traditional bar foods.