What are the stats of your pool hall? Prices?

cueandcushion

cueandcushion

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I will start this thread just to see the common characteristics and what is different from room to room. I think different sizes of rooms and whether you have alcohol or not all play a part in how you run a room. So give a lot of info.

Cue & Cushion- St Louis MO
17 tables total- 2 3-cushion tables, 1 snooker table, One-pocket match table with 4 7/16 pockets, 2 7-ft bar tables 1 8-foot bar table, 10 9-foot tables. No alcohol, pretty good drinks and snacks and candy selection. No restaurant. Large selection of cues. Sell pool tables retail and offer repair services and moving. Nice dart selection.

Pool time is $3.60/hour per person full price. Numerous discounts from Student rates to Early Bird Special, to online coupons, Val Pack coupons, Yellow page coupons. Also $20 all day special.

St Louis pool playing market in my opinion is oversaturated right now. Stagnant economy means less disposable income. Pool rooms are really struggling. A friend of mine works tournaments around town and another pool room is going to cut their room in half to try and survive. This is after several closings in the past couple years. I know one more that is quietly up for sale. I will not reveal their names out of respect. I dont want online gossip getting out of hand. Good news is a new room will be opening Oct 1 by former "Billiards on Broadway" owner Harold Johnson. His new room is called "Cuetopia". Not sure about the spelling though. I wish him the best of luck. Tough times right now. Hope to hear from other managers and owners about the state of pool in your area, what is going right and what is going wrong with the market.
 
Hello Craig, my room in Tacoma Washington, is 3800 square feet.

I have nine tables, a large retail selection of cues, cases, and accessories.

I sell assorted Beer, non-alcoholic drinks, Microwavable food, snacks and candy.

My room is an all ages room, that supports APA, BCA, pool leagues and in the near future possible BCA junior's teams.

I have a full cue repair section, and can due most basic repairs while the customer waits, such as, Tips, Ferrules, Wraps, and weight bolt changes.
We also offer all other cue repairs to include full refinish work.

I also build custom cues for my customers, from stock. I currently do not the equipment to make cut point or spliced cues at this time.

I am open from 12:30 pm until 2:00 am Sun-Thur, and then 12:30 pm until 4:00 am Fri-Sat.

Table rental is $3.00 per person or $5.00 for more than one person per hour from opening until 6 pm. From 6pm until close the rates are $6.00 per hour for one person or $10 per hour for more than one person

Business here is good, and there is only one other room within Ten miles of my location. This room is City Lights Billiards, this room is 21 and over only and they do not offer repairs, equipment for sale, or custom cue services.

Have a good one Craig

Craig
 
ElbowRoom in Norway has 19 9foot Brunswick Gold Crown IV tables and 1 snookertable.

Prices: 22 $ an hour per table. If one person, half price. If members of the local poolclub, 5,5 $ per person each hour. Members can play one week for free if they join the weekly tournaments.

Sell beers and drinks, no snacks. Need to be 20 to play.

Offer tip-repairs and sell cues, cases and some accessories.

Very popular place in the weekends.

Another poolhall 5 minutes of walking away, which has 20 tables. 19 $ an hour for a table, 6 $ for members.
 
The Hole

We are underground in an old Bowling Alley (that Earl Strickland used to shoot pool in when he was 13 or 14) and we have close to 30,000 sq ft.

We have 2 9' 1922 Brunswicks, 5 9' Kassons, 5 Greater Souther 9' Bar Tables, 2 10' Snooker tables, 25 7' bar boxes(valley & dynamo). Hour table rates are $3.00 per person per hour from open to close(10am-2am). Bar boxes are $1.00 per game.

We have a full bar with 100 seat poker room where we hold tournaments. We also have a full kitchen.

I have a shop with custom cues, production cues, tips, gloves, etc.

We have 6 more 9' tables in the back in storage that we will eventually break out and replace the 9' Bar Tables with. Only one other pool hall in town and it has 8 9' foot tables and a bar, no food, no shop....in a small building downtown.
 
D&D Family Billiards Downingtown Pa, soon moving 2.5 miles to Thorndale Pa

13 yrs in business for me, the rooms been here 28 years, im the 3rd owner

8 gold crown 111`s
aramith super pro balls w/ red circle cue balls
black diamond racks, master blue chalk
cuetec, action house cues

soda, water, coffee, tea and hot choc
snacks, chips pretzels, crackers, beef jerkey

minor cue repair
tournaments in the fall and winter
no action since texas hold-em took over

open noon till midnight, fri-sat till 1 am

$4.00 each till 6 pm
after 6 pm $5.00 per hour each

smoking for now, but no cigars
no drugs, alcohol or weapons allowed.

im done
 
No drugs, alcohol, or weapons??? And you call yourself a pool hall.....I bet there isn't even a condom machine in the bathroom............

jk
 
TheHole said:
No drugs, alcohol, or weapons??? And you call yourself a pool hall.....I bet there isn't even a condom machine in the bathroom............

jk
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LOL, great reply :D
 
You guys are located in what city/state ?

Mj

TheHole said:
We are underground in an old Bowling Alley (that Earl Strickland used to shoot pool in when he was 13 or 14) and we have close to 30,000 sq ft.

We have 2 9' 1922 Brunswicks, 5 9' Kassons, 5 Greater Souther 9' Bar Tables, 2 10' Snooker tables, 25 7' bar boxes(valley & dynamo). Hour table rates are $3.00 per person per hour from open to close(10am-2am). Bar boxes are $1.00 per game.

We have a full bar with 100 seat poker room where we hold tournaments. We also have a full kitchen.

I have a shop with custom cues, production cues, tips, gloves, etc.

We have 6 more 9' tables in the back in storage that we will eventually break out and replace the 9' Bar Tables with. Only one other pool hall in town and it has 8 9' foot tables and a bar, no food, no shop....in a small building downtown.
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Chalk & Cue Billiards in Cameron, MO.
I have 11 tables ; 8 Valley bar boxes, 2 gold crown snooker tables,1-9' gold crown,and 1-9' gold crown in storage. 2 dart boards, juke box,and video games (in sep room ). Room is about 3300sq.ft. Starting our 3rd year this month. There was one poolhall here before we opened that lasted about 6-8 months. We bought those tables and decided to give it a shot. It was 25 yrs. ago since the last hall was here, so we have to try to get the younger generation interested in playing pool. The man that owned that one (Cameron Bob) is a regular at this poolhall. Still very tough on snooker table. Snooker tables get a ton of play.No alcholol.Serve pop,pizza,sandwiches,snacks.hours are 5-10pm weekdays and 5-12pm on fridays & saturdays. Hours vary right now while I'am trying to decide whether to be sole owner, since I work in K.C during the day.Weekends are picking up again. In house league on Tuesday. Hourly rates are 3.00 per person per hour,play 5 get 1 hour free. Bar boxes are.75 per game or by the hour.We try to hold monthly tournaments with calcutta auctions.Dave Matlock, L.A. Mark Chernin and alot of K.C, and St. Joe players come play here .Nice atmosphere,very clean . 50 miles north of K.C.
 
Room Stats

Wilmington, NC. 36000 +- square feet. 29 tables, 24 bowling lanes, 100 seat full service restaurant, full alcohol service, two bar/lounges. Basic pool rates are $3.50/hour/person but many specials. Pool business is staying even to slightly ahead of last year (+2-3%), bowling up 10-13%!?

We used to run two $3,000-$5,000 added tournaments every year. We stopped last year. Even with co-sponsors we didn't make as much as we do off our regular business. We just got tired after 13 years.

You can check out our price schedule etc. at www.breaktimetenpin.com
 
Shooters-Burnsville, MN

Shooters Billiards was built in 1988 as a 32 table parlor and has since expanded to 22,000 square feet billiard parlor with 64 tables, a pro shop and full menu café. It has more tables than any room in the United States. The billiard parlor features 9 and 8 foot size Brunswick Gold Crown tables and 7 foot Valley and Diamond coin operated tables with individual seating at each table.

Rates are $3.25/hour/person from 10am to 7pm or get an all day special, $8 from 10am to 7pm. After 7pm rates go to a minimum of $4.35/hr/person. Hours of operation are from 10am to 6am every day of the year.

We run weekly tournaments M-W-F and a "special tournament" every other Saturday. Weeklies get added money dependent upon amount of entries and Saturdays are usually $300 added.

Yes, you can order food and have it delivered to your table while you play. The Massé Café offers a full menu featuring appetizers,breakfast, lunch and dinner items. Seven pages of selections. Guests can dine in or take out. Shooters has full waitress service. We also serve beer, wine and flavored malt beverages. Shooters is known for its 5 bottle beer buckets currently selling for $11.

Shooters has organized traveling and in-house leagues that are sponsored by the local distributors of Grain Belt beer and Sparks. Sanctioning includes ACS, MNACS, M-8, VNEA, BCAPL, APA and MOMA.

No matter what your skill level is, you can have fun playing pool at Shooters. Should you need some guidance in your pool game, Shooters offers lessons from our in-house instructor.

Shooters has a full service Pro-Shop with over 600 cues & cases, 100’s of instructional books and tapes, and all the accessories for sale. Shooters even has its own professional cue repair shop with thousands of repairs in experience..

Also at Shooters is an arcade with the hottest games available, four electronic dart games, 3 of the latest Stern pinballs, several Mega-Touch, Buck Hunter, Silver Strike Bowling and many, many more along with a digital juke box with an in-ceiling Bose speaker system. There are 21 TV’s located throughout so you can watch your favorite sports.

Check out the website @ shootersbilliardclub.com

How's that for advertising? If anyone hears of a room with more tables I sure would like to know of it. I know there are some rooms with 50+ tables and actually quite a few with 40+ but have yet to hear of any over 64.
 
We are in a college town (WVU) not a whole lot of student traffice during the week. We have 10 9ft K-steel tables 1 trippled shimmed Gold CrownIII and 2 bar boxes. I 5x10 billiard table. Our rates are $4.00/hr for one person and $6.00/hr with two or more. Bar boxes ar $1.00 a game. We have a full bar liquor& beer. Full kitchen. Weekly BCA pool leauge and weekly tournaments. Daily specials on food and drinks and 5 state video lottery machines. Open from 12:00 to close all week.
 
i don't know how owners can make it on $3.00 per hour.it is a tough business even when alcohol and food is served.when i go to a hall in lllinois outside of Chicago i get a daily special usually $9.00-$11.00 for 10am.-6pm.
 
cuejoey said:
i don't know how owners can make it on $3.00 per hour.it is a tough business even when alcohol and food is served.when i go to a hall in lllinois outside of Chicago i get a daily special usually $9.00-$11.00 for 10am.-6pm.
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Usually...You CAN'T make it on $3 per hour. You have to have an absurdly low price to lure people in. Then you can sell them food and beer and soda. The guys that ONLY play pool during happy hour and only drink water all day are COSTING you money. Funny thing is..they will always remind you how wonderful they are for your business. In the grocery stores they call it a "loss leader" I believe.
 
okinawarob said:
Located outside of a Marine base ....
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Which one? Hansen or Schwab? I guess it could be Futenma, though I understand that operation is moving (has moved?) to Schwab. In 1968 I tried desperately to raise the money to put an A&W (or anything resembling a US hamburger joint, or even a Shakey's, heaven help me) in Kin or Henoko. I just couldn't convince anybody how rich we'd be if we did that.... <sigh>
 
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