Upscale Poolroom Question

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9 ball

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I'm watching the ginky memorial from steinway billiards & it got me thinking, aside from tables in good/great condition what are 5 other things you look for in a great room.

Our rooms here in Europe are abysmal because they are aimed more towards family's what with the overly loud jukeboxes, computer games & boxing machines, practice is a hard thing to do what with all the distractions & so on.


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Space between tables, temperature, clean bathrooms, a actual pro shop, and most importantly to be a great pool you need a bunch of low life pool hustlers . :thumbup:
 
9 ball said:
I'm watching the ginky memorial from steinway billiards & it got me thinking, aside from tables in good/great condition what are 5 other things you look for in a great room.

Our rooms here in Europe are abysmal because they are aimed more towards family's what with the overly loud jukeboxes, computer games & boxing machines, practice is a hard thing to do what with all the distractions & so on.


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A pool room does not have to be upscale to be a nice room. Clean bathrooms, clean maintained tables, working air conditioning, friendly employes. It does not take a huge investment to meet the requirements of a nice room. Painted or paneled walls are just as good as walls covered in some fancy motif. If the place is run right without a sky high nut it can do a nice business without having to soak the customer with prices that keep the average player out. Number one, requirement, Clean and Friendly.
 
I am with macguy and lastdimetaker on this one. Clean and maintained tables, clean bathrooms, friendly staff, maybe some blues or jazz music playing quietly in the background (not so loud you can't hear yourself think), a nice shop would be a huge plus, A/C, maybe some decorations on the walls. Its not a lot to ask for to have a nice clean maintained pool hall. The pool hall I sometimes go it isn't too bad but they desperately need to replace the table cloth. Other than that its a family friendly place.
 
For an upscale room I want good drink options (craft beer, decent selection of whiskey including variety of bourbon, scotch, rye, etc), good food, good table service, quality surroundings/decor, good tables and setup.

I love the place I play, the Brass Ring in Madison. It's is mostly a bar/restaurant that hits everything above. The pool area is small, only eight 9ft Diamond Pros, but it's enough and it's also the only place with 9footers in the area in the sea of bar boxes that is the Midwest. Only thing it lacks is a good pro shop but I don't believe that one would actually be feasible here. It's the type of place I'd go for just a drink if I didn't play pool, and many people do, because it's just really nicely done.
 
You've got to have a rack man in an upscale pool hall. My dad used to tell me stories of how you paid the rack boy a nickel to rack your balls for you at a hall he used to play at in the 70's. I've played in one hall with a rack man, but it this place had been around since the 30's and just recently closed. I've not seen any newer and more modern rooms with a rack man.
 
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