POOL HALL

:''For the Atlanta bar, see The Pool Hall.''

A 'pool, billiard[s] or snooker hall or parlo[u]r' (sometimes also written 'poolhall', 'snookerhall') is a place where people get together for playing pool and/or other cue sports such as carom billiards or snooker. (The term can also be used as synonymous with "billiard room", e.g. in a home.) Such establishments often serve alcohol and may have gaming machines, darts, foosball and other games on the side.

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Public perception

In popular culture

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Public perception

In the 1950s and 1960s especially, pool halls were perceived as a social ill by many, and laws were passed in many jurisdictions to set age limits at pool halls and restrict gambling or the sale of alcohol. Public perception had changed somewhat by the 1990s.^[1]

In popular culture

Pool halls feature prominently in the book and movie ''The Hustler'', and the sequel, ''The Color of Money'', as well as ''Poolhall Junkies''.

References

1. Pool Gets Respect, Chidley, Joe, , , Maclean's,

External links

★ Directory of pool halls in the US and Canada