Lou...You are too kind, but yes I do try. When looked at like cueandcushion (not counting "specials"), my standard rate is $4.50 hour per player (based on 2), $3.33 hour (based on 3) and $3.00 hour or less (based on 4 or more). My hat is off to ANYBODY in the pool room business now...it ain't easy. Keep up the good work!
pool hall specials...
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No, it's the truth.
And as you know, I get around a bit and just in recent months have been to rooms in Arizona, California, Kentucky, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, and Texas. There are some good ones out there, but I am also constantly amazed at what passes for a pool room in some places nowadays.
Lou Figueroa
Lou...I know you get to see a fair amount of rooms while you travel. I must admit that it has been years since I did any "road duty". You know after you spend 60-70 hours a week in the pool room (mine), when I get a day off...I rarely go to another room. It would be like a "hooker" who comes home after working the streets...she doesn't wake her old man up with a "MOUNT ME"!! At any rate, that goes back to the heart of the initial thread. "Specials", are a good thing for customers...but can (in the long run) hurt the room's ability to generate operating expenses, which will eventually show in room maintenance and equipment etc.. Weather "buckets of beer" for $5, play all day for a "buck three eighty" or "having a moron behind the counter" (because he works cheap). PLUS one more thing...generally once you have a "special", you can NEVER take it away...you will probably be stuck with it for life. If you have ____days FREE, imagine how business would be on____day if you started charging time (ain't none). "Specials" can get people in a pool room during underutilized times but, it can also be the "law of diminishing returns"...For me (strictly as a pool player), I never cared what the table time cost... as long as the equipment was good. So on that note..."I gotsta go clean the pool room", so I can play my "bad game" with whoever shows up today (i.e. Jeff Carter, Tom Karabatsos, Segio Perez, Bob Hunter, Bruce Perry and let's not forget Ike Runnels....wait a minute...WOW "I got to be that MORON"). Anyhow "Happy Thanksgiving" to you and your Lovely Bride Gail.
Joey,
Don't forget The Cue Club, Mickey's and Pool Sharks also have the $8 rate available. Gotta agree, Best has the best food. Way too many items on the menu though.
Lyn
Hours
We open each day at 11:00 am and close at 1:00 am, or later. We do have a few players that are on the 'unlimited' monthly deal that frequently play from open to close. I agree with 'Red Shoes', however, in that specials can be tricky. I've found that it's very dangerous to condition your customers into thinking playing pool in your room is worth nothing. Put another way, it's naive to think that if you give someone something for free one day, that they will be inclined to pay good money for the exact same thing the next day.
We open each day at 11:00 am and close at 1:00 am, or later. We do have a few players that are on the 'unlimited' monthly deal that frequently play from open to close. I agree with 'Red Shoes', however, in that specials can be tricky. I've found that it's very dangerous to condition your customers into thinking playing pool in your room is worth nothing. Put another way, it's naive to think that if you give someone something for free one day, that they will be inclined to pay good money for the exact same thing the next day.
Great Burgers, Great Price! Good place to go just to have a burger and beer and watch a football game.(Monday night you can watch football and straight pool league.) John, do you still have free coffee all day every day? Another perk you don't get anymore at other places because it costs too much for the owner. After my second time there I felt like I was a regular the way I was treated. Looked around and saw Ike playing on one table, and two guys doing a recover on another, thought I recognized them and realized it was Bobby Hunter and Jeff Carter. I wish I lived closer.
Forgot to add Camelot Billiards in Rochester. $5 per hour OR $10 all day from Noon till 2 PM. That's a great deal. Get there early. The four Diamond Smarts are always the first tables gone! Left are twelve Gold Crown V and ten Valley Bar Box.
Lyn
Lyn
Red Shoes Billiards is truly a one of a kind room. Honestly I think if more people ran their rooms like a real business this sport may not be in the sad shape it is in.
Stopped in to a pool room today and took advantage of their special. I was the first person on the table today but it was still filthy. I needed to go to the rest room twice to wash my hands. The balls were grimy as well. The gal watching the counter finally gave up on the radio and I was blessed with the Jerry Springer show for the last 15 minutes I decided to practice. Even though the special is a good deal, I have a pretty good idea why I was the only one in the room.
This is probably not a fair statement. There are probably 100 reasons that this sport is struggling right now. I just know that I will not return to a room that does not bother to brush their tables and keep their equipment in decent shape.