where would u open a new billiard room

[franko]

Northfield,Ohio

Northfield Ohio,for many reasons.The first is it supported a 20 table room all 9ft.s without any alcohol . 2nd.it is a quarter of a mile from a soon to be Racino that will house 2700 slots.3rd.the previous owners closed the original room due to many arguments between them,they could not agree on anything at all,most of the time no owners were even present in the room.The room held 3 successful tournaments every week plus 2 leagues.They held the National Viking in 2002 and 2003 drawing a128 and 134 players top pro's came from all over the country.Northeast Ohio has die hard Pool players and the area does not have all the distraction that they have in Sun belt cities.A room there today with the Racino down the street would huge.

 

[crawfish]

Syria for sure

 

[EagleMan]

Too weird

You make some good points, but I don't think it's as bad as that here. Let me explain more.
Pockets doesn't draw because of a couple reasons, imo. Reason one is that it's in pretty much the worst area of the city. Second reason would be the parking lot is tiny, full of potholes, cars get broken into and a person was shot and killed standing in it or walking near it or whatever the story was, in broad daylight.
The owner is about as nice and dedicated a human being as you could ask for, but he seems buried.
I play there virtually every day and I won't leave my car in the parking lot, so it's an issue.
Playing there, I sometimes see the downtown business type person come in to check it out, but they rarely stay. It's pretty much just die hards and practice warriors like me.

Most of the ideas Jay laid out are already in our plans. They seemed like common sense to me. Also, I'm in the position that I don't need the place to make money. All it has to do is not lose too much.
My thinking is, someplace downtown, with a nice mix of equipment new and used, darts, clean, safe, tons of parking...how could it not break even?

I'm not trying to argue, by any means. Quite the opposite. I'd like to be shooting practice drills at this new place before fall of 2013, I'll take all the input I can get from the general pool public in an effort to bring pool back around here.

Oh, also, I love Pockets. I would not like to be the guy who put them under.

I read your entire post thinking you had moved HERE to the Boise area. The room that gets most of the action here is....drum roll....POCKETS!

Actually, I think it is POCKET but many call it POCKETS...and it is in a lousy part of town.

TOO funny!

If I understand your post, you may open a room in Lansing. If so, I wish you all the best.

EagleMan

 

[Fatboy]

....Shanghai!

+1, thats the absolute best spot

unless your mad @ your $$$, America is a bad choice. I'd have a chain of 20-30 rooms in LA if pool was a viable biz.