How many pool halls went under with fresh cloth and equipment?

My requests (from customers) for this year have been the following.


Put in a bar.
Make it non-smoking.
Put in air hockey.
Put in ping pong.
Put in another heated 3 Cushion Table.

Notice the direction here?

Not a lot of interest in "Pool" ?
 
CreeDo said:
A recent thread got me to thinking... has anyone seen or heard of a pool hall going under despite keeping the equipment up really well?

Let's ignore the obvious cases like the landlord suddenly doubles the rent and drives the guy out. I mean... the owner keeps the equipment up well, but DESPITE this he just doesn't get enough business to stay afloat.

I have seen a few places close and it always seems like they closed with tables that had over 1-year-old cloth and bad rolls. The mindset of the owners seems to be that if they spend money on the equipment and players, they can't stay open, and they must let the equipment slide and accomodate the kids/bangers.

I'm trying to get a feel for whether that's actually true. Obviously location means everything and in some places it'll be true and in others it won't. I'm just honestly wondering if people know of a place that gave a serious last-ditch effort to make the equipment right, then closed anyway.
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There are only three reasons Pool Halls go under!!!!!!

1) Bad location

2) Lack of Diversity

3) Lack of owner interest

Now if you have not ever owned a Pool Room this may be hard to understand, however, reality is can be very very Cruel.

Thats it folks!!!!!!
 
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