Baby Huey owns his building, otherwise he’d probably been done a long time ago.
How to Own a Poolhall?
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Unless you’re in Texas you should forget about 8’ tables. If I can’t play on a nice 9’ table or a Diamond bar box I’d just quit playing.
Buy a copy of More Pool Wars. There is an entire chapter on how to open and make a poolroom successful. I've done it four times!
I can relate. When you own a poolroom you now have a seven day a week, 365 days a year JOB! You've just bought yourself a full time job. That is if you want it to be successful. Absentee owners go broke! For me a 60 hour or more work week was normal. But I was making good money and I was still young and loved the life. After age 60 it started getting very wearisome to do inventory every morning and then go to the various places where I stocked up on food and supplies. That meant business was good though. I did enjoy all the fun times, but remember clearly the times when things took a turn for the worse (see Pool Wars for details). It made a man out of me and I survived. I invested well and now don't need to do that gig anymore.
One last caveat any new owner should be aware it. It's Internal Theft that dooms many small businesses. Train your employees well, then trust they will do a good job, but always have a way (hidden camera) to verify they are not stealing from you. The best "managers" are the ones who can find a way to circumvent your controls when you are not around.
If that actually worked, I think you would make money with that.Have around 12 small bar boxes with big easy pockets. The tables should all be pearl white with pink cloth. Along one side have a salon with manicure stands, large mirrors and yoga classes.
It will be all women at first until the word gets out then guess who’s coming?
Total time between immediate replacement of course.
Queens?Have around 12 small bar boxes with big easy pockets. The tables should all be pearl white with pink cloth. Along one side have a salon with manicure stands, large mirrors and yoga classes.
It will be all women at first until the word gets out then guess who’s coming?
Being self employed is not utopia, many small business people would be better off working at the VA for salary, bennies, and pension.
Many people who are self employed work for less then minimum wage at end of day, after the bills are paid.
Can not buy a New Car, Homes with love, owning a Pool Hall for love of game is goofy..
Have not seen many Pool Room Owners driving New Cars every year, most drive junkers.
Zerksies
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To be a sucessful pool hall you need a few things.
You kinda need to be a sales person to get people in the door and to keep them there.
You can't make money just with pool alone you need other sources of income in the building. Selling pool stuff or food.
Pool players are really not your income, it's the bangers where the money is at.
You kinda need to be a sales person to get people in the door and to keep them there.
You can't make money just with pool alone you need other sources of income in the building. Selling pool stuff or food.
Pool players are really not your income, it's the bangers where the money is at.
L.S. Dennis
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Yes I'm aware of that. Ownership of the building is crucial to be successful or somehow to nail down a cheap 50 year lease (slightly exaggerated) but you get the point!
Well Pool is not thriving like it was 10-15 years ago.
In Phoenix Arizona the list of Pool Rooms & Bars with Pool tables is long. That all closed.
Think over 15 are gone, and mambe 1 or 2 new places opened.
So let’s say opening a New Pool Room is risky venture.
In Phoenix Arizona the list of Pool Rooms & Bars with Pool tables is long. That all closed.
Think over 15 are gone, and mambe 1 or 2 new places opened.
So let’s say opening a New Pool Room is risky venture.
Even owning the building is no guarantee of success. Jean Balukas family closed down their poolhall a couple of years ago because they couldn't keep up with the real estate taxes.
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I agree, the majority of posters are clueless dreamers. My advice is anyone who is serious, hire the manager or owner of an existing successful poolhall as a consultant. Picked their brains. The owners of The Hub in Oceanside NY published a book detailing how they opened, and ran a pool hall. Last time I suggested this, one of people balked about buying a $40 book.
FBI has been trying to shut that down for decades.
So why does the Phoenix F.B.I. care if Phoenix has pol Rooms? What is the reason behind your statement.
That is called pride of ownership, and most successful business owner, are not work 10-15 hours a week. It's 24 x 7 x 366, even if your not on site.
middleofnowhere
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Owning the building is not the secret really. I had two rooms and rented both. One is still open 40 later. At the same time I had a building that would have made a perfect pool room, 6000 sqft and a lot of parking on a main road. It was never even a consideration.
The building was rented to an armed navy store for $6000.00 a month. And they were great tenents. Always paid on time with no problems. Running a business in a building you own is not free. Right off the top you have to take into account what you could get from it just sitting at home without the headache of running something like a a pool room.
Having said that I do have a formula for opening a pool room that works. I helped to different guys open rooms that were both successful. I don't think the op was really serious and won't bother writing it out in this thread.