Private Billiard Clubs?

[elvicash]

I voted NO but that could be changed to a YES given the proper circumstances.

I would like a place to play where you could find serious players cheap to not so cheap action going on all the time.

I know there is no place in Indy helping the junior players.

The action is pretty much hit and miss

Smoking ban is killing the pool rooms here.

Let me know when a club is coming to Indy, I could be persuaded.

 

[jgpool]

Hour and half?

Take your time, this is an IMPORTANT Poll. As you may have seen by the time stamps on my above post, I thought about it for an hour and a half before I had a moment of clarity in my brain and finally voted....
Doug

Do we have to wait another hour and a half to ask you to vote in another poll?
I never know when that moment of clarity will hit me. It definitly will not be as often as a moment in an hour and a half? A moment on a weekend is more like it! I make very small decisions!

 

[azbluemach1]

Interesting concept - but last time I looked there aint any sharks where there aint any bait. After a couple of weeks, all the action would probably be knocked.

I figure you would have to be pretty active with members only tournaments with some added $$ to keep the players interested.

100 players at 100 a month is 10k, which is about enough pay rent, equipment leases, help, etc. Whatever you can profit on food/liquor is probably where you make $$.

 

[poolhustler]

I have to vote a big NO Corey~~

I have been working my azz off converting my garage into my pool room for the last couple of months. I even sold my beloved Corvette to make the room !! That was hard, I loved my Vette..... I picked up a clean GCI for the room. Carpet is going in next Tuesday, light at the end of the tunel!!

Here's a Vette pic:

Plus there are plenty of places to play locally to you, aren't there??

Come on Corey, Jakes has some of the best tables in town, plus the lighting is hard to beat!!!



Russ.....

 

[Qjunkie]

100.00 isnt enough

At my local pool hall you pay a 100.00 just to get discounted pool time

I envision a pool hall w/ all the amenities; food and booze, 9ftrs, bar boxes lockers for cues, flat screens etc. But where the "private" aspect comes in is have a "members-only" area or room. Kinda like how casinos designate high-limit gaming areas. The room would have a 10-12 GCs and 1 bar box, a bar,cocktailers, and stadium seating for other members to watch the action.


*poof* then I woke up - it must have been a dream....

 

[Irish634]

There is actually one fairly close to me. Though I can't remember what they charge.


Bath Billiards Club
7194 Route 415
Bath NY 14810

Craig

 

[Johnnyt]

Up to 1970 there were still a lot of private clubs around Long Island...I can remember serving ice and coal to them with my Dad. A lot of them had 5x10's and some also had billiard and snooker tables. Most of the ones I was in the 1940's and 1950's were for the rich. There are about 120 towns on Long Island and probably more than half of them had a private club.

For the other people you had the Moose Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and a lot of others I can?t recall the names of now. The Irish and Italians had theirs too. Then you had volunteer fire departments in every town that were really private clubs. A lot of buildings burned down because the guy that drove the fire truck was on a long run in 14.1 when the siren sounded (joke). My dad belonged to four of these clubs, and between pool, cards and a few that had two or four lane bowling alleys in the basement, he made a nice profit. Johnnyt

 

[rayjay]

Take your time, this is an IMPORTANT Poll. As you may have seen by the time stamps on my above post, I thought about it for an hour and a half before I had a moment of clarity in my brain and finally voted....
Doug

OK,OK. I could get a lot older waiting for a moment of clarity, so I voted anyway.

 

[JesPiddlin]

...So, I pose the question, if there were a private billiard club (members and member guests only) in your area, would you join?

Let's say for shits n' giggles it would cost you $100 a month.

If it was smoke-free, alcohol-free, gambling-free, family-oriented, and the family price was $100 per month, YES.

For anything less, NO.

Now that I think about it, that might be a great idea to toss to some of the local pool halls. Thanks for the idea. It just might be something that could help some of the better family pool halls survive these times.

 

[Johnnyt]

If it was smoke-free, alcohol-free, gambling-free, family-oriented, and the family price was $100 per month, YES.

For anything less, NO.

Now that I think about it, that might be a great idea to toss to some of the local pool halls. Thanks for the idea. It just might be something that could help some of the better family pool halls survive these times.

I think we should have family feud rooms, where familys gamble against other families in pool and drinking contests. Johnnyt

 

[mantis99]

No. Too many good rooms around me, and way too expensive, especially since I have a home table.

 

[DoomCue]

With that in mind, couldn't a public pool room with out a liquor license then become a members only club, charge $1 fee to become a member (like a cover charge) and let the booze flow?

I don't think so - you still have to have a liquor license to sell liquor, whether you're private or not.

-djb

 

[bruin70]

too many variables...

does this mean smoking alowed.

membership demographic.

etc etc

under perfect conditions, yes,,,but generally, no.

 

[longhair]

I've only been here a couple of weeks, but my impression is that most of the rooms nearby, while open to the public at hourly rates, also sell memberships that include at least conditional free time. I haven't bought one yet, but I probably will when I figure out where I want to spend my time.

 

[bruin70]

thinking about it,,,it would never fly anyway.......not enough membership.

 

[John Barton]

When I lived in Germany I was a member of many private clubs throughout the years. They were almost always better than poolrooms for equipment and atmosphere.

Poolrooms were cool for tournaments and matching up.

I paid anywhere from $50 to $100/monthy for a membership. For that I either got a key for 24 hour access and free time or I got to come during "opening hours" which were staffed by the membership and paid super low table time.

I would GLADLY pay $100 a month for a place with unlimited access and great equipment. The places I was a member of had 2-6 tables - all kept in top shape.

The private clubs I was a member of had upwards of a hundred members and many league teams.

So I vote yes. In fact I was going to start one in the Charlotte area but my job sent me to China. Here I have 24 hour poolrooms that keep their tables in top condition.

 

[John Barton]

I don't think so - you still have to have a liquor license to sell liquor, whether you're private or not.

-djb

It would work if you were a bottle club. If the members kept their own liquor there then it would be no problem in most places. I wouldn't want to get into selling drinks anyway. No commerce at all, just pool mister.

 

[Tony_in_MD]

Where is this club in Pa.?

I Belong To A Members Only Club. We Have 4 Gc4. We Ask That You Donate $1 Per Hour. The Better Players Scoff At That. The Lower Rank Players Pay No Questions Asked. We Have A Full Good Kitchen. Cheap Drinks. Dues Are $20 Per Year. We Also Have Punch Board And Ticket Machine Gambling ( Which Is Under Pa Lic. Control ). Very Few Of The Players Play These Games. For Pool It Is As Good As It Gets Around Here As There Are No Open Pool Rooms.

 

[Gerry]

I voted yes because after a little mathin it makes good cents....

assuming this is a "players" room.

I play alot....about 10 to 15 hours a week if I have the time, and that multiplied by about $4 an hour means I'm getting a monthly bargain going to a private club, AND none of the negatives that some "pool rooms" can have.


Gerry

 

[hemicudas]

It would work if you were a bottle club. If the members kept their own liquor there then it would be no problem in most places. I wouldn't want to get into selling drinks anyway. No commerce at all, just pool mister.

I agree, John. Sell set-ups, ice, cokes, juices but BYOB is the way to go.