Calling all gazillionaires!!!

mikemosconi said:
Well there was a time when just about every mansion in America and every country club in America had a dedicated billiard room. NYC had the Union League on Park Avenue and the NY Sports Club on Central Park W - each with large dedicated billiard rooms. The best hotels in major cities hosted week long straight pool tournaments.
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Times change and perception is reality. In those days men played in coats and ties. At the same time the flip side of that was the average place for pool was being played often pool rooms down an alley where they had no entryway from the main Street. I would say a very tiny percent of people growing up in those days who took up the game played in the ballrooms of hotels. The public perception even in those days would have been the sleazy pool room.

Even as recently as say the television show Beretta with Robert Blake. If Beretta was looking for some drug dealer or snitch where did he go, he went to the local pool room in almost every episode.
 
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mikemosconi said:
Wise they were! When my oldest was 16 and youngest was 14 in 2002 there were only a few players in their age group nation wide that were playing better- we were involved in the SBE junior tournaments .
Now, still under 40 - both guys make more money than the highest pro player in the world on an annual basis .
The revival of pool should not be directed towards career aspirations - it will never be golf, tennis, or major sport money. It is a game that can be taught, learned, enjoyed for a lifetime, and a home table can often serve as a center of social interaction with friends and family.
My sons grew up on a 9 foot table in our home - as I did as a child in the 60s and now they have tables in their homes. At every family gathering the guys all end up playing in the home rooms- you can’t beat it!
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The best investment was getting a 9ft (used) for my house. I use it every day for practice and go out once a week to the poolhall which is almost an hour away. I'm not a world beater by any means but when you can bank or kick and play some runouts it's living the dream
 
George the Greek said:
The best investment was getting a 9ft (used) for my house. I use it every day for practice and go out once a week to the poolhall which is almost an hour away. I'm not a world beater by any means but when you can bank or kick and play some runouts it's living the dream
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That is one of the nice parts of playing pool. You can own a championship quality pool table in your home the same thing that would be played in tournaments all around the world. You can't own a tennis court you can't own a golf course if you like to play tennis or golf you can't own a bowling alley but you can own a pool table and enjoy the game at a high quality level.
 
jokrswylde said:
Pool just needs one eccentric gazillionaire. ....
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I've had a couple of billionaires as students. The problem is that while they may have some interest in pool, they tend to have other, very strong interests. Like:

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More recently, there was the billionaire who sponsored a three-cushion tournament in New York. I think he doesn't do billiards any more, showing that if you depend on a single person for a program, a whim can make it disappear. The rumor was that the tournament cost in the low eight digits.
 
Bob Jewett said:
I've had a couple of billionaires as students. The problem is that while they may have some interest in pool, they tend to have other, very strong interests. Like:

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More recently, there was the billionaire who sponsored a three-cushion tournament in New York. I think he doesn't do billiards any more, showing that if you depend on a single person for a program, a whim can make it disappear. The rumor was that the tournament cost in the low eight digits.
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There is a billionaire in Texas that has a collection like that of jet fighter aircraft. You are right about their interest changing. My video was just me daydreaming out loud.
 
middleofnowhere said:
Times change and perception is reality. In those days men played in coats and ties. At the same time the flip side of that was the average place for pool was being played often pool rooms down an alley where they had no entryway from the main Street. I would say a very tiny percent of people growing up in those days who took up the game played in the ballrooms of hotels. The public perception even in those days would have been the sleazy pool room.

Even as recently as say the television show Beretta with Robert Blake. If Beretta was looking for some drug dealer or snitch where did he go, he went to the local pool room in almost every episode.
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WTF???? 'As recently as Baretta'????????? You been stuck in a time-warp???? It went off the air FOURTY-EIGHT yrs ago. I see your gist but c'mon man use something NEW like maybe 20yrs old. ;)
 
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