Table Hours Sold vs Total?

Patrick Johnson

Patrick Johnson

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For a pool room in normal times (no COVID) what percentage of available table rental hours is likely to be sold? For instance, if a room has 10 tables and is open 100 hours a week, there are 10 x 100 = 1,000 “table hours” available to sell. How many of those hours are likely to be sold? Is there a known standard?

Thanks in advance,

pj
chgo
 
I'm not a room owner, but it seems the answer in percentage form could be extremely skewed simply based on if the room chooses to open during slower daily times, or decides to only open during higher volume of customer time.
 
It also depends on season. Summer our hall might even close early, whereas winter they will go to closing. Rarely to tables fill in the summer at any time of day.
 
The place I regularly play at has 9 tables. From opening til 6pm table time is free as long as you're eating and/or drinking so no table time rented during the day.
Tuesday Night is league night where most tables are taken for league. Friday night and Sat night half the tables are taken for tournaments. The other half are mostly used during the night.

That leaves Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday nights open for table rentals from 6pm to 2am. From what I've seen, maybe 4 or 5 tables will rent out during peak times (7 -10) during the evenings.

While he may make a little from the tables, I believe the pool tables, along with the darts and poker are loss leaders to get people in there to buy food and drinks.
 
Cuedup said:
While he may make a little from the tables, I believe the pool tables, along with the darts and poker are loss leaders to get people in there to buy food and drinks.
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I concur, and that is a common marketing tactic.

Grocers routinely advertise milk and soft drinks at cost or a few cents less ... then put them towards the rear of the store so you have to at least walk by everything else.

Who buys milk and soft drinks? People who buy cookies and snacks and cereals ... and they carry the profit load.
 
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