The expansion of game room tables, products and entertainment has allowed Blatt Billiards to educate and expand their services department to bring more options to customers. They have in store many models of Viking, Valhalla, many limited edition cues and are also a Viking SmartShop dealer!īlatt Billiards history, knowledge and skills are unparalleled beginning with servicing the nearly 5,000 pool halls that once existed in New York City. Accomplishing this with the virtue of three core principles: superior hand craftsmanship, extraordinary customer service and our attention to billiard industry traditions.įrom antique tables and an array of pool cues to air hockey tables, Blatt Billiards has everything you need for any game room upgrade. Blatt Billiards’ mission is to provide clients the old-world billiards pastime experience with superb quality and pride. We are very grateful for the dedication Blatt Billiards and their employees exemplify, staying open during the recent tragedy just a few blocks away.īlatt Billiards is a fully owned and operated family business since 1923. Hunt said.Our featured Dealer of the Week is Blatt Billiards, located at 330 W 38th St. The new Amsterdam Billiard Club has had a waiting list since it opened for business on Monday, Mr. Hunt and his partners have poured about $2.5 million into their new location, at 11th Street and Fourth Avenue. “We’ll miss the Upper West Side, but this a great neighborhood and a first-floor space.” After several months of negotiations, the sides came to terms on a deal. Hunt began negotiations to take over a competitor, Corner Billiards. Last May, when the prospect of closing down was becoming a reality, Mr. The city’s zoning laws, last thoroughly updated in 1961, group pool halls into commercial districts with businesses such as movie theaters, bowling alleys, and ice skating rinks, according to a spokeswoman for the New York City Department of City Planning, Jennifer Torres. “There hasn’t been a blacksmith shop in the city for at least 30 years.” ![]() ![]() “I know its alphabetical order, but billiard parlors are followed by blacksmith shops on the list,” Mr. Hunt said the city’s zoning regulations are severely outdated, citing the City of New York Index of Uses, which describes what types of businesses are permitted in certain zones. ![]() Hunt found a desirable location on 99th Street and Broadway, but it was restricted by city zoning. ![]() Shortly after the demolition clause was instituted, Mr. “It’s almost impossible to find 10,000 square feet of prime real estate in this city when you’re on a budget, especially when zoning takes half of it away,” Mr. Hunt was aware for about three years that a development was planned for the location, he said it was difficult to face the music when the demolition clause in his lease was exercised in December 2005. “They are an example of how a billiards club should be run.”Įven though Mr. “The Amsterdam Billiard Club brought the upscale pool room back into New York City,” the publisher of Billiards Digest, Mike Panozzo, said. Since he opened the club in 1989 with his brother and comedian David Brenner, it has hosted about 1,000 corporate events for companies such as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Time Warner. Hunt argues that his club is not just a run-of-the-mill pool hall.
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