Living in Boise, I find that the options for places to play is not the greatest. I pretty much quit going out for this reason. I was curious if anyone has ever been able to put together a True Membership based room similar to a private club, but open to the public for special tournaments, and possibly league play only.
It seems that a voting membership club could put together and maintain good equipment, and keep the payroll down by sharing duties of running the place and taking pride in it. Profits from table time, or F&B would go back to the operations and equipment instead of some owner's pocket who only cares about booze sales and profits and loud juke boxes.
A membership at a local poolroom here runs a cheap $75 month which is very reasonable if you play every weekend at a minimum. The problem is that you are treated as a second class citizen and can be booted from your table if the tables fill up with hourly players, which then makes your membership, kind of a waste. I want a place where members come first and Joe Public is second. Plus the rooms here don't take care of their tables any longer and teens run the place on the weekends.
It seems that for the $1000 /year a group of players could put together a decent room with enough tables to hold tournaments. Especially now that rooms are closing, quality used tables and equipment are cheaper.
Just an idea, because I am tired of handing over hard earned money to play on crappy tables in an atmosphere where pool is not the main attraction. Good idea or bad idea?
It seems that a voting membership club could put together and maintain good equipment, and keep the payroll down by sharing duties of running the place and taking pride in it. Profits from table time, or F&B would go back to the operations and equipment instead of some owner's pocket who only cares about booze sales and profits and loud juke boxes.
A membership at a local poolroom here runs a cheap $75 month which is very reasonable if you play every weekend at a minimum. The problem is that you are treated as a second class citizen and can be booted from your table if the tables fill up with hourly players, which then makes your membership, kind of a waste. I want a place where members come first and Joe Public is second. Plus the rooms here don't take care of their tables any longer and teens run the place on the weekends.
It seems that for the $1000 /year a group of players could put together a decent room with enough tables to hold tournaments. Especially now that rooms are closing, quality used tables and equipment are cheaper.
Just an idea, because I am tired of handing over hard earned money to play on crappy tables in an atmosphere where pool is not the main attraction. Good idea or bad idea?
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