Top cities for league level play?
- Thread starter mnorwood
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That's a good question. I'd love to see Fargo answer this.
I know that Red Shoes had an in-house league. Are there other significant leagues in Chicago? I'd expect Chris's to have something.
I'll try to find some time to investigate. But Calgary, Alberta is going to be up there...
Not all leagues report to Fargo.
I always hoping for a singles league where you might play one or two matches per night. I suppose it wouldn't even have to be at 1 hall as long as the players agreed on where the match would take place and that it happen by a certain date.
APA is big in Cook and DuPage counties. There are also BCA leagues. Red Shoes has some of the best players on the south side.
In Addison is The Pyramid Club 16 nine foot gold crowns. The have a large ACS league that attracts many top players in the area.
I played on a team with several top level players, Mike Eck, Scottie Cohen myself and others that came and went.
Overall it may be one of the top spots to play league pool in Chicago and suburbs.
Chris’s was not a big league pool room while lived there but it may have changed after Buddy passed.
There is another very good league north of Chicago in Grays Lake called Shooters. Another high quality league which is also ACS.
By far in found the ACS to be the best pool league of them all. The handicaps were adjusted every week based on previous weeks scores. No sandbagging ever. My handicap floated between 55 - 58.
Shane McMinn played one session and if I recall his handicap was 66 or 68..
He played an entire session and never lost a set!
Good times.
Could be a challenge, I know when I searched names of better players I used to play in AZ about half of them just showed "AZ" as the location without a city. And even the players who did have a city listed, it was often a suburb rather than the main city, for example Scott Frost is listed under Tempe rather than Phoenix. Of the 10 or so better Phoenix players I searched the only one actually listed as being in Phoenix is Mitch Ellerman. Maybe you have a lot more detailed data than what's available on the app/website though.
The problem with NY league management is the same as religious organizations everyone does service at the same hour and it limits accessibility.
NYC population is 8.5 million
Queens Population 2.3 million
The best metric for pool industry is how long has the billiard room been in place.
poolrooms with leagues in Queens
Forest Hills, Carom Cafe, Cue Bar 1 and 2, BQE Billiards, Break Bar, Olympia, Cafe Uno, Raxx,
League operators can make money in Queens.
New Jersey is second to NYC. New Jersey is like LA it sounds close but driving distances can be a factor.
Brooklyn has new spots but Gotham
and Skyline are the best options.
Manhattan has Amsterdam Billiards.
Based on the distribution Queens is the capital of league pool.
NYC population is 8.5 million
Queens Population 2.3 million
The best metric for pool industry is how long has the billiard room been in place.
poolrooms with leagues in Queens
Forest Hills, Carom Cafe, Cue Bar 1 and 2, BQE Billiards, Break Bar, Olympia, Cafe Uno, Raxx,
League operators can make money in Queens.
New Jersey is second to NYC. New Jersey is like LA it sounds close but driving distances can be a factor.
Brooklyn has new spots but Gotham
and Skyline are the best options.
Manhattan has Amsterdam Billiards.
Based on the distribution Queens is the capital of league pool.
It doesn’t matter I just have a curious mind.
Colorado has a very active pool scene with lots of leagues.