Not only can a pool hall generate substantial profits, but the payment terms are also great: CASH. Additional income can be gained by selling monthly memberships and by starting a pool league.

Spend enough hours in the pool hall and you could lose sense of time. That’s by design. Calvin McGee lines up a shot on Thursday at Jointed Cue Billiards, a neighborhood pool hall in Hollywood Park.

“My understanding is it’s going to be a place that’s going to have a grill and have an opportunity to get snacks, but the main thing is it’s going to be a billiard hall, family-oriented for a place of ...