📺 Next episode: Isaac Wooten, the founder of Digital Pool. 🔥 Sponsored by: Integrity Cues - integritycues.com/?ref=bsn 0:00 Talkin' English Intro 1:06 What what the inspiration? 1:49 Facility Tour 2:49 Pocket Sizes, tables and lights 3:56 Is NY the hardest place to do this? 4:32 Costs and membership counts? 5:38 Player Interview #1 - Ty 6:15 Player Interview #2 - Romeo 7:05 Player Interview #3 - Ryan 7:32 Player Interview #4 - Vyn 8:15 How long have you been open? 9:45 Do pool halls see you as competition? 11:34 How 24/7 access works 12:23 Have your memberships peaked? 13:07 Will you expand? 13:53 Screening member applications. 14:24 Gambling allowed? 14:55 Will this be for profit? 15:50 Who picked out the equipment? 16:50 Shipping the tables 17:25 Camera, projectors other tech 17:48 Billiards academy? 18:20 Do you allow coaches? 19:20 Who designed the logo? 19:40 Why league is different here 20:20 Membership App 21:00 Booking tables in advance. 21:29 The Honor System. 22:37 Benefits of the club structure 23:00 BYOB 🍻 23:19 Surprise 98 Year old player interview 27:42 Who's your current house pro? 28:51 Any upcoming talent? 30:00 Juniors Academy? 31:08 Tip Talk idea intro. 31:50 Billiards Industry momentum? 33:20 Future plans? 34:08 What's unique about NYCC? 35:39 Hardest part of opening? 36:53 Where is NYCC in 3-5 years 37:44 Tablets at the tables? 38:32 Cleanliness and safety 38:50 What advice do you have for people? 40:20 Where should viewers go? 40:37 Next Episode Preview
One of the best things about this room (I'm a member) is that it's a space built around the game with no compromises. People make comments about the price but I think it makes sense here in the heart of NYC near Herald Square AND it means you're serious about the game if you made that investment. There's no other reason to come here unless you came to play.
$300 a month sounds like a lot, but considering pool halls charge $20 an hour, that’s like 15 hours of play, which is not that much time for hardcore players. So $300 is a great deal.
Beautiful table and facility. I hope this sort of thing pops up where I live in San Diego. Fortunately I have a pretty decent pool hall a mile from my house that has 9 footers and 7 footers and a snooker table. I hope more money keeps entering the sport like the World Pool Championship with a 250k 1st prize pot. This will attract more young players to playing pool. Pool deserves to be televised on TV and made relevant again. There's never been more interest in this sport right now than any time ever since the 90s. It's time to promote and grow the sport again.
Places like this would allow for many more ppl to enjoy the sport at a higher level. I think so many competitors are turned off by the bar scene but would love a facility to play in.
Thanks for the interview. I saw this room's website 6 months ago, and was immediately impressed. If I lived in NYC, I would have been first on the member list. The price is also excellent for serious players. I'm also glad they went with Gabriels tables. Their rails bounce perfectly, and not excessively fast. Plus, they look amazing. Good luck to the club!
Great Idea, i wish i had a Club like this here in the Switzerland. I have my own table but this Idea is really great. Wish you all the best and many members. Much love from Swiss pool players.
Great video. Interesting hearing from someone who is doing what I've been looking in to for a few years and hopefully making it work. I wish them all the success in the world. Also, that older gent is going to live to about 140!
A FABULOUS CONCEPT!! Would that there were something similar in my area, SLC, UT. We have nothing in the state that approaches anything as nice as you have established and your monthly dues, in my opinion, are reasonable for your offerings. Best wishes for continued and increased success!
Good video. Great concept. A lot different scene than back in the pool hall days. Clean, updated, top equipment etc. The Real Estate owner of this building don’t need to worry about getting his rent out of the 8th floor or worry about convicting them or going vacant. Not sure about the other floors in the building but I know most people & RE investors have left NY or want to leave NY. Cheers
Nice one. A similar place opened for Snooker in the Phoenix area a few years ago, though I don't remember the name or if it's still there (I play pool and not snooker)...it reminded me of the Snooker clubs I'd previously seen in London and would have loved to have this for pool. The closest to this I've played in are the Senior Centers in Scottsdale, AZ (one of the guys there played regularly till he passed away at 100) and Mesa, AZ and the pool rooms in the various Sun City, AZ communities.
Great introduction to an amazingly bold idea and a unique "sanctuary" for people who love pool. Del’s questions were insightful and Paul’s answers underscored both his sincerity of purpose and commitment and a true spirit of sportsmanship few believed the NYC pool scene would reveal! Beautifully welcoming room and impeccable equipment, but what distinguishes it most is the quiet of all but sounds that attend serious pool playing. Congrats on elevating a game I’ve loved for half a century and the gamesmanship at its heart.
This is lovely to to see. I spoke with this gentleman on Facebook i believe or one of his colleagues and also lean of street light billiard academy as id love to open a club like this in the Baltimore area one day
I'm pretty sure they could handle more members. You can have 24 hour memberships, some work hours memberships, and maybe some late night/early morning memberships. Let those members have 8 hours or something during other hours per month.
They probably could squeeze people in but I really like how much priority is on the quality of the experience. They would rather have less members have a perfect experience vs a lot of members with an average experience. Their attention to detail is superb and more pool rooms should take note of this!
It's worth considering, depending on how quiet it gets there overnight or during work hours. Then again, it is in the city that never sleeps, so maybe there are always people using it.
@BilliardSportsNetwork well, he did make it clear that it is not for profit. So, if they aren't losing money, they are doing well. I imagine they need to save up cash for maintenance, though.
It’s not competition for the pool halls. The halls can have the noobs who just want to drink and have a good time while knocking some balls around. Places like this are for more serious players who want to work on their games without having to deal with telling noobs to move every other shot. 😂
Yeah its incredible how much money the rooms make from catering to the noobs. Places like this are crucial to players to want to take the sport seriously.
Growing up in the 80s and 90s, it seemed like everyone played pool. Then in the 2000's it became kind of a dead sport/hobby. All the pool halls closed down around my area (there were 5 in my small city alone) and now the younger generation doesn't seem to know anything about it. I have a table, and when my kids and stepsons and nephews or whoever come over, they seem to have little interest in learning to play decent.
We were so excited about this episode because it allows us to share the concepts and possibly impact the sport. It's not to late for them to learn it and support it!
@@BilliardSportsNetwork I think it'll come back around. A big reason pool halls shut down is because kids born in the 90s and beyond don't know how to act right in public, and owners got tired of dealing with them. I do think the sport will get popular again before too long. It's too good of a game not to.
@@CB_RedBeard417 Prime time pool in Manhattan is $18 an hour, when you can get a table, which is hard because of all of the leagues. Plus the league in the club is cheaper than in the pool hall, with more money going back to the players. Plus all of the equipment is the best around. As a member, I can tell you , this is a great deal.
This is a beautiful facility. We have a private membership pool hall here in Billings, MT. It is called Brothers Billiards. Been open for now for 4 years. 8 -7ft Diamonds, 4-9ft Diamonds, 1 3cushion billiard and 1-12ft snooker table. BYOB, lockers, refrigerators for only $50 a month.
This is NYC... Costs on everything are far more expensive than what you all experience. $295 per month is 15 hours of pool in a pool room in NYC... A huge bargain for serious players.
@sonitty I didn't miss it, on any platform, about any topic, the comments section doesnt = what the majority of people think or do in real life only a small fraction. Maybe players will open their eyes to the future of places like this because for anyone whos not playing purely for the social fun of the bar scene, this is the way!
Pool has a tough time because matches are not fun to watch unless you know what you're looking at which most people really don't. So any audience is always limited to the players. It's always going to be a niche sport and btw no producer should ever try to jazz it up because it always looks lame - (with the exception of the Mosconi Cup)
