Firstly Mike, I hope you don't mind me posting this here. I checked the other sections and they didn't seem appropriate. You may shift this thread there if you wish...no problemo.
I would like to talk privately with anyone with a serious interest in investing in a pool hall in Shanghai, Mainland China.
I can tell you that the potential for this industry in Mainland China is huge, and that I have been well anchored in the industry here for several years running the highest profile events through my company www.hamcorp.com and the world's busiest billiard website www.top147.com here in China. Also see my bilingual billiard instructional website www.cuezine.com
For a little background, let me tell you that Mainland China has a culture very much like Taiwan, but it's development is a few years behind, although economically racing forward. Billiards will go through a huge boom in this country in the next 10 years I am sure. There are already 500 clubs in Shanghai alone, with a population of around 16 million people in the city. Most of these clubs are run with a business acumen reminiscent of the 1950's in the west.
I want to start a club here to revolutionize the pool hall business here, and use all my other channels to promote the brand of this club nationally as an elite venue. But I need financing and I would prefer a westerner with knowledge of western practices and experience in the industry.
PM me or send to my email as provided in my profile for more information, SWOT analysis and business plan.
Below is some info on the pool scene in Taiwan, extracted from the interview with Mr.Tu on the www.worldpoolchampionship.com website.
I would like to talk privately with anyone with a serious interest in investing in a pool hall in Shanghai, Mainland China.
I can tell you that the potential for this industry in Mainland China is huge, and that I have been well anchored in the industry here for several years running the highest profile events through my company www.hamcorp.com and the world's busiest billiard website www.top147.com here in China. Also see my bilingual billiard instructional website www.cuezine.com
For a little background, let me tell you that Mainland China has a culture very much like Taiwan, but it's development is a few years behind, although economically racing forward. Billiards will go through a huge boom in this country in the next 10 years I am sure. There are already 500 clubs in Shanghai alone, with a population of around 16 million people in the city. Most of these clubs are run with a business acumen reminiscent of the 1950's in the west.
I want to start a club here to revolutionize the pool hall business here, and use all my other channels to promote the brand of this club nationally as an elite venue. But I need financing and I would prefer a westerner with knowledge of western practices and experience in the industry.
PM me or send to my email as provided in my profile for more information, SWOT analysis and business plan.
Below is some info on the pool scene in Taiwan, extracted from the interview with Mr.Tu on the www.worldpoolchampionship.com website.
[In Taiwan] where these days pool is loved like no place else on Earth, a place where pool players are treated as celebrities and the sport is even studied in school.
More than 2 million Taiwanese, nearly 10% of the population, play the game. The island's 2,500 pool rooms generate an annual income of US $800 million. A professional league is broadcast on television every Wednesday night for five straight hours, attracting viewers young and old, as well as steady sponsorship.
Taiwan's professional pool players, both men and women, have risen to become some of the best players in the world, and have achieved celebrity status at home. Pool is now the second-most-popular sport in Taiwan next to baseball.
"Thirty and 40 years ago there were not many places of leisure for people to go," Mr Tu said. "
[T]hroughout the 1990s Taiwan often played host to big-time international pool championships, including three world nine-ball championships. But the game achieved real prominence, and true legitimacy as a sport, when in 1998 Taiwan took home three gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze from the Asian Games in Thailand.
"When we came back from the Asian Games," Mr Tu said, "the government made a complete turnaround. ... within months of the Games the number of pool halls across Taiwan shot up to nearly 4,000 with upward of 70,000 tables.
More than 2 million Taiwanese, nearly 10% of the population, play the game. The island's 2,500 pool rooms generate an annual income of US $800 million. A professional league is broadcast on television every Wednesday night for five straight hours, attracting viewers young and old, as well as steady sponsorship.
Taiwan's professional pool players, both men and women, have risen to become some of the best players in the world, and have achieved celebrity status at home. Pool is now the second-most-popular sport in Taiwan next to baseball.
"Thirty and 40 years ago there were not many places of leisure for people to go," Mr Tu said. "
[T]hroughout the 1990s Taiwan often played host to big-time international pool championships, including three world nine-ball championships. But the game achieved real prominence, and true legitimacy as a sport, when in 1998 Taiwan took home three gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze from the Asian Games in Thailand.
"When we came back from the Asian Games," Mr Tu said, "the government made a complete turnaround. ... within months of the Games the number of pool halls across Taiwan shot up to nearly 4,000 with upward of 70,000 tables.
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