The World Summit of Pool

[Jude Rosenstock]

Say it ain't so! Ugh... I'd rather go to Fat Cat than play at Slate.

I used to love Chelsea Billiards as a senior in HS... but not because of the pool. The place around the corner would sell beer to me and my friends. We would then go to Chelsea, get a table downstairs and drink. Oh yeah, ocasionally we'd shoot a couple of balls in. If I only knew then what a great pool hall it was.

From reading the UPA site, it looks like the final four matches will be held at the ESPN Zone.

Dude, where'd you go to hs?

Yes, the final four matches are at ESPN Zone which will probably make it into a media event.

 

[9 Ball Girl]

What were they?

The Q Lounge and ABC.

 

[NewGuy]

Dude, where'd you go to hs?

Yes, the final four matches are at ESPN Zone which will probably make it into a media event.

I went to Xavier HS on 16th... so Chelsea was only a couple of blocks away. Man, I had some fun times in there. Ocasionally they would have some corporate parties downstairs with an open bar. I would walk in like I belonged, start talking to the suits, and drink for free all night.

Too bad I didn't get into pool until a couple of years ago.

 

[Pizza Bob]

Was Grand Central REALLY a good place for it? The matches I saw on TV looked like the people passing through were just agravated that "something" was interferring with their movement. I hope I'm wrong.

I was helping out a vendor at that event and it appeared to me that you had very few general passersby that stopped to watch. Nice idea having the short-term spectator chairs, but most of the main crowd were people who came there intentionally to watch the tournament.

From a vendor's standpoint, it sucked, big time. Richard Chudy was the only cuemaker that sold anything. The change of venue may have been driven by the vendors - if there is even to be vendor participation this year. It might be a tough sell to get them to come back.

Jude: I haven't been to the "Slate" iteration - sounds horrible - but Chelsea was a great room. Used to tarvel into NYC once a month for a snooker tournament at Chelsea - that they have bastardized the snooker tables breaks my heart.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

 

[Jude Rosenstock]

I went to Xavier HS on 16th... so Chelsea was only a couple of blocks away. Man, I had some fun times in there. Ocasionally they would have some corporate parties downstairs with an open bar. I would walk in like I belonged, start talking to the suits, and drink for free all night.

Too bad I didn't get into pool until a couple of years ago.

I grew up in Greenwich Village (which was very Italian at the time) so I knew quite a few guys that went to Xavier though most were closer to my age than they were to yours so you probably weren't there when they were. Maybe you know Joe Santana?

Also, wasn't Xavier further downtown and on the Eastside?

 

[NewGuy]

I grew up in Greenwich Village (which was very Italian at the time) so I knew quite a few guys that went to Xavier though most were closer to my age than they were to yours so you probably weren't there when they were. Maybe you know Joe Santana?

Also, wasn't Xavier further downtown and on the Eastside?

Nah, Xavier's on 16th St and 6th Ave.

Joe Santana? The name sounds a little familiar. What year did he graduate?

 

[Jude Rosenstock]

Nah, Xavier's on 16th St and 6th Ave.

Joe Santana? The name sounds a little familiar. What year did he graduate?

Oops, it was Saltana and it was 1992 or so. I can't remember

 

[CrownCityCorey]

How does "Slate Billiards" compare to the former World Summit host location "Amsterdam East"?

 

[sniper]

Place sounds terrible... Why would the UPA choose to hold a pool tourney there?

Keep in mind this is the UPA were talking about....

 

[Jude Rosenstock]

How does "Slate Billiards" compare to the former World Summit host location "Amsterdam East"?

Slate is a two-level room, formerly the old Chelsea Billiards. Since it was sold, the owners have done very little (pretty much nothing) to attract serious pool players. (see page 1 for description)

Amsterdam Billiards East was a 30 table facility. All tables were Brunswick Gold Crown III's. All had Simonis cloth, Centennial balls and all had a relatively new cue-ball. It attracted the best players throughout the city and held most of New York City's major events. There were also several well-positioned tables throughout the room that made it a rather comfortable place to play. It was one of the city's best upscale player's rooms ever.