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Rileys (Snooker, Pool, Darts) Goes Into Administration


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Not saying that the current economic conditions haven't tipped Rileys over the edge, but I was always surprised they hadn't gone out of business sooner.

The snooker club business was always a bubble of sorts, back when snooker was on TV more than a lot of other sports and the culture was a bit different. It burst back in the '90's IMO, I think mostly due to its faltering popularity as a spectator sport after Sky started showing the Premier League football. It has slowly deflated since then.

How many snooker clubs does a small-medium size town need?

One.

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actually a bit sad about this one.

Happy memories of being very, very drunk at 4am playing pool.

Alas they started to vigorously impose bar times and enthusiastically embraced the smoking ban, and nobody ever went back.

Surprised they carried on this long, the Manchester Rileys got turned into a strip club years ago.

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Not saying that the current economic conditions haven't tipped Rileys over the edge, but I was always surprised they hadn't gone out of business sooner.

The snooker club business was always a bubble of sorts, back when snooker was on TV more than a lot of other sports and the culture was a bit different. It burst back in the '90's IMO, I think mostly due to its faltering popularity as a spectator sport after Sky started showing the Premier League football. It has slowly deflated since then.

How many snooker clubs does a small-medium size town need?

They used to pimp for business at university freshers fayres. I think the SU got kickbacks or something.

I signed up. Went once, found even with membership it was still more expensive than the pubs. Never went again. That and the staff were rude.

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