What Should Never Be Done or Allowed at a Pool Hall

[NolesFan83]

I used to play in a REAL poolroom. The GoldenCue in Melbourne, fla. Some of you may have heard of it. Non of this live band, poetry, dancing on the bar crap would ever go on. You walked in smelled the place and said " oh yeah" the place had character. Some of the best and I mean best walked throgh those doors for one thing and one thing only. For 50+ years it stood on it's own, without the help of a kiddy league or gimmiks. Then after 30 years of ownership, the owners decided to retire. Selling it to some ass hat that decided to try and turn it into a kiddy league and gimmik room. Needless to say he ran every single player out of the room, and closed it's doors in 6 months. Now I play in a place with an adult arcade on one side and a billiard supply store on the other. And in the middle is the " poolroo
" which lacks character and feel. I feel bad for the ones who have to play with all that noise of poetry in the background.

 

[cueandcushion]

Thank you for referring to me with such colorful metaphors. F*ck the writer... how original.

1. Have I ownerd a pool hall?

No, but I have been involved with owners who have since 1989, and I have seen what happens to a few of them when they PROSTITUTED themselves by adding non-sport and non-billiards genre gimmicks.

2. 'If a room has to put a merry go round and a swimming pool...'

If an owner has to do this in a billiard hall, then either his buisness model is bad, or there just isn't a market for players there. If he needs to diversify his business model to stay profitable, then open another business and put in a merry-go-round.

Gimmicks to mask REAL issues? That represents good business decisions?

3. 'The sport has enough negative input...'

And this is my fault... how? It had its bad apples long before I was born, and will long after Im dead. Perhaps if you have read most of my articles versus making judgment on just one or two, you would see that my POSITIVE to NEGATIVE news ratio is about 95% on the promotion of what is good in billiards and with players.

4. 'I wonder how much this writer supports his local pool room... not much I assume."

Alas, you tell me to F off, and then make vast assumptions on how little you think you know.

a. I built a website for FREE, out of my own pocket to give players information on tournaments throughout the city of Phoenix. http://www.phoenixpooltournaments.com

b. I run and promote two weekly tournaments at two bars in the West Valley of Phoenix on Thursday and Fridays nights.

c. I write and promote news, results, reviews, promotions, etc... for 7 local associations, every bar/tavern/billiard hall that I come across, and have written VERY positive articles to promote businesses for the Phoenix area.

In the end, I dont mind fair criticism of what I write. It spawns open discussion, helps me to be a better writer, and helps to point to things poeople want to read about.

But personal attacks... and assumptions made because you dont like the perspective of whats written? Thats just not kosher.

Argonath

My apologies. I read that article in a bad frame of mind after a long night at work. I should have self censored before hitting the SUBMIT REPLY button. Dealing with 20 guys every night telling me what I should do or what I am doing wrong every night probably voided my objectivity to this subject. It came off personal but I should have been more professional in my thought process. I do sincerely apologize. Next time I have that bad of a night I will stay off AZ till I cool off.

 

[argonath]

My apologies. I read that article in a bad frame of mind after a long night at work. I should have self censored before hitting the SUBMIT REPLY button. Dealing with 20 guys every night telling me what I should do or what I am doing wrong every night probably voided my objectivity to this subject. It came off personal but I should have been more professional in my thought process. I do sincerely apologize. Next time I have that bad of a night I will stay off AZ till I cool off.

No worries. I was just surprised at the perspective you wrote your rant towards.

No harm, no foul.

I hope the rest of your weekend ended up a little less stressful... and I am in partial agreement with you... in these economic times, it does change the whole ballgame in whatever business we are in.

Argonath